Seeking to increase the Authority’s renewable footprint, a Rooftop Solar Photovoltaic and a SolarĬar Park Installation with a capacity of 148kWp has been installed at the Head Office, Electro. Government of Ghana, KfW Development Bank and the Authority. The Kaleo and Lawra solar projects will be expanded from a total of 19.5MW to 35MW under a similar financing arrangement between the As at the end of 2020, 9.6MW of Solar PV was in commercial operation and 13.0MW was under construction at Kaleo, also in the Upper West region and expected to be completed by the end of 2021. The programme for the second phase was set for 2016 to 2020 with about 100MW of Solar PV and 200MW of Wind Energy. Accordingly, the first phase of the Renewable Energy Development Programme (REDP) instituted from 2011 to 2015, targeted the development of 14.5MW of solar PV and 150MW of Wind Energy. Renewable Energy (RE) Policy objective, VRA formulated a Renewable Energy (RE) Policy toĭevelop and operate RE plants in an efficient, cost-effective and environmentally sustainable To diversify the Authority’s generation portfolio and assist in achieving the Government’s Joint Venture with CENIT Energy Limited (CEL), a subsidiary of the Social Security and National The Tema TT1PP/CENIT simple-cycle plants are being converted into combined cycle as a T3 Plant at Takoradi and converting the existing 220MW Kpone Thermal Power Plant (KTPP) into a combined cycle power plant. The Ameri Plant will be relocated from Aboadze to Kumasi to improve electric power reliability in the middle and northern belts of the country.Īs part of the Authority's expansion programme, VRA is exploring the re-powering of the 132MW Which the Government of Ghana handed over to VRA in January 2022 to manage as part of its portfolio. Station 3, a 220MW Kpone Thermal Power Station (KTPS) and a 250MW Ameri Power Plant (TT1PP) now designated Station 2, an 80MW Tema Thermal 2 Power Plant (TT2PP) designated as Venture (JV) between VRA and TAQA from Abu Dhabi a 110MW Tema Thermal 1 Power Plant The Authority’s thermal facilities include the 330MW Takoradi Thermal (T1) Power Station, a 340MW Takoradi International Company Thermal (T2) Power Plant, which is a joint The VRA also owns a number of thermal plants located in Aboadze near Takoradi, and the Tema enclave. Solar PV Plant at Navrongo in the Upper East Region, a 6.54MW Solar PV Plant at Lawra and a 13MW Solar PV Plant at Kaleo, both in The Volta River have 1,020MW and 160MW respectively. The two main hydro plants, Akosombo and Kpong Generating Stations both located on The Authority owns and operates a total installed electricity generation capacity ofĢ,532MW. The VRA has diversified its power generation portfolio to take advantage of available and sustainable sources of energy, mainly hydro, and natural gas and The Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo), while the distribution agency, the Northern Electricityĭepartment (NED), established in April 1987, also evolved into the Northern Electricity DistributionĬompany (NEDCo), a wholly-owned standalone subsidiary of the VRA. The amendment also hived-off the VRA's transmission function into a separate entity designated This amendment has created an enabling environment to attract Independent Power Producers (IPPs) into the Ghana Energy market. However, following the promulgation of a major amendment to the Act within the context of the Ghana Government Power Sector Reforms in 2005, the VRA's mandate has now been largely Transmit and distribute electricity under the Volta River Development Act, Act 46 of the Republic of Ghana. The Volta River Authority (VRA) was established on Apwith the mandate to generate,
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