VRA plans expansion of power generation

• 11 years ago (2013-10-19)
• David Flin

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The Volta River Authority (VRA) of Ghana has announced plans to increase electricity availability and accessibility by adding significant new capacity. Kirk Koffi, Deputy Chief Executive of VRA, said that the planned projects include: development of a 170MW thermal project in Takoradi; development of a 450MW thermal plant in Domunli; a 500-600MW thermal project in Domunli; and the development of a 150MW wind farm. He said all these projects fell within the Authority’s 10-year capacity expansion strategy, which aimed to see the execution of these projects by 2023.

Koffie said the Authority had made gas supply its highest priority and had, therefore, deepened exploration of other alternatives of the product. He said: “We have led initiatives to explore the possibility of securing additional gas supplies through re-gasified liquefied natural gas imported from around the world.” He added that the Authority’s request to increase the tariff by 128 per cent had been turned down by the PURC, which had approved a tariff increase limited to 36 per cent. He said that this meant that the VRA would have to depend on Government support for the difference to enable the Authority to operate satisfactorily without any destabilisation of the electricity network.