Energy Minister John Abdulai Jinapor has announced that the Akosombo, fourth unit, has been successfully brought into operation, which will boost Ghana’s power generation.
According to the Energy Minister, the additional unit at the Akosombo Dam has been successfully restored to boost operation.
In a brief update on Tuesday night, John Abdulai Jinapor disclosed that “at 9:09 pm, the fourth unit at Akosombo Dam was successfully brought into operation,” describing it as “an encouraging step that strengthens power generation.”
Earlier, the Ministry of Energy and Green Transition spokesperson, Richmond Rockson, revealed that the Akosombo Dam has been completely shut down.
According to Richmond Rockson, the development follows the fire outbreak at the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) substation at Akosombo.
John Abdulai Jinapor highlighted that the fire caused massive damage to critical infrastructure at the substation, explaining that the mage disrupted operations and forced authorities to temporarily shut down the Akosombo Dam.
Speaking in an interview with Bernard Avle on the Citi Breakfast Show on Monday, April 27, the Energy Ministry spokesperson, Richmond Rockson, explained, “The switch yard, which is at the Akosombo Substation, is completely burnt down and it is not salvageable. The primary control room for the switch yard is completely gone. It was even difficult for us to walk there when we got there to assess the situation.
“And when that happened, we had to shut the Akosombo Dam completely, and so that is what caused the outages in many parts of the country as we are seeing. Because Akosombo is a major component when it comes to our power generation.”
He further disclosed that it will take several months to fully rebuild the damaged Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) Akosombo Substation.
On Thursday, April 23, the fire incident reportedly occurred at 2:01 p.m. when the substation, a vital installation within Ghana’s electricity transmission network, was suddenly engulfed by flames.
Meanwhile, Dr Mustapha Abdul-Hameed, former Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), has compiled a list of twenty-one excuses the John Mahama-led National Democratic Congress (NDC) has given for the current power outages (dumsor) in the country.
According to Dr Mustapha Abdul-Hameed, anytime one power goes off, they should not bother, as it will definitely be one of the things listed above.
In a post shared by Mustapha Hameed on Facebook, he wrote, “List of excuses government has given for the current Dumsor:
1. Fault at Ghana Gas
2. Your Area Transformer
3. Fire at GRIDCO
4. Damaged Transformer
5. Faulty Transformer
6. Fault in GRIDCO’s Network
7. Planned Maintenance
8. Fault in ECG Network
9. Underground Cable Fault
10. Technical Challenge
11. Upstream Challenge
12. Emergency Maintenance
13. Burnt HT Pole
14. Cable Fault
16. Fallen Conductor
17. Cable Joint Failure
18. Feeder Fault
19. Burnt HV Cable
20. Heavy Rainstorm
Las las las….
21. Pythons in Ahodwo
So anytime your power goes off, don’t bother, it is definitely one of these 🙏🏾”.
See the post below:
