330 megawatts 'dumsor' relief to come in June
Managers of the Takoradi International Company
(TICO) plant in the Aboadze Thermal Enclave say the 330MW of power
expected from their power plants by end of June will lead to an
improvement in the current power crisis.
Speaking during a visit to the Aboadze Enclave on Thursday by President
John Dramani Mahama, the Managing Director of TICO, Nana Osafo
Kantanka, said the company is currently generating only 105 megawatts
from its second gas turbine (SC 2).
The other turbine, SC 1, which has a capacity of 110MW, has been shut
down for maintenance. The other plant in the enclave managed by VRA's
TAPCo is producing an average of about 250MW.
According to Nana Kantanka, the SC 1 turbine is undergoing total
refurbishment and rehabilitation to transform it into a "virtually brand
new machine, which will take us the journey of another 25 years."
He announced that work is almost 95% complete on the new steam turbine
under construction, from which another 110MW is expected.
"On behalf of the workforce of TAQA, TAPCo, VRA and all our partners,
we are committing that come the end of June 2015, TICO will be producing
330MW of power", the TICO Managing Director announced.
In his remarks, President Mahama said gas is now available in the
Aboadze enclave from Ghana Gas, and expressed the hope that when all the
maintenance work is completed, "and both TICO and TAPCo are working
properly, there will be enough gas to fuel them, so that there will be
reliable service."
President Mahama said when the ongoing repair works on plants in both
Tema and Takoradi are completed, and gas is also available, there would
be an increase in supply to keep up with the fast growing demand for
electricity.
President Mahama also inspected the site for the systems to be installed for the 250MW Ameri-Energy/ APR emergency power badge.
