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Atuabo Gas Processing Plant
Renewable Energy
As part of Government’s
commitment to fully incorporate
renewable energy into the energy
supply mix, a number of solar, wind,
tidal wave and biomass projects are
being pursued.
The African Plantations Limited
project under which thousands of
hectares of eucalyptus trees are
being planted near Kwame Danso in
the Brong Ahafo Region as fuel will
generate one hundred and twenty
megawatts (120MW) of power.
The project is already generating
employment opportunities for
farmers and technicians.
Government is also rolling out, this
year, new initiatives on solar energy.
A prepaid solar metre scheme that
will enable residents of remote offgrid
communities own and enjoy
solar lighting will be launched as a
private sector activity facilitated by
Government.
Energy for All
In line with the Energy for All
programme, electricity supply has
been extended to 2,861 communities
in the last three years bringing total
access to electricity in Ghana to
76% which is second only to South
Africa in sub-Saharan Africa. Under
the Second Millenium Compact,
a significant percentage of the
US$537 million will be invested in
the restructuring and strengthening
of the Electricity Company of Ghana
(ECG) to position it to meet the
needs of consumers and run more
efficiently.
Petroleum
The Atuabo Gas Plant at Atuabo
has been completed and was
commissioned by President John
Dramani Mahama on September
16, 2015. It is currently supplying
lean gas to the Aboadze enclave of
thermal plants. At full capacity it
can supply 120 million standard
cubic feet of gas per day (mmscd)
to generate about 500MW of
electricity.
This will save GHC500 million
in fuel importation for electricity
generation. The plant has the
capacity to produce 240,000 tonnes
of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)
a year, which is about 70% of total
annual demand in Ghana. About
57,502 metric tonnes of LPG had
been released for sale by the middle
of September 2015.
Gas supplies are expected to rise in
2016 when production begins in the
TEN fields. The country’s second
FPSO has been inaugurated and
christened FPSO John Atta Mills. It
is expected to sail to the TEN fields
in March, 2016 for production of oil
and gas to begin.
In January 2015, Ghana signed
an agreement to begin work on
the ENI/Vitol Sankofa field. This
investment is worth US$7 billion
and is reportedly the single biggest
investment signed in recent history.
The operationalisation of the
TEN and Sankofa fields will bring
Ghana’s gas production to above
300 mmscd.
The Oil and Gas sector currently
provides direct employment for
7,545 Ghanaians.
Under the Rural LPG Promotion
Programme a total of 33,000 gas
cook stoves and cylinders have been
distributed since 2014. Another
20,000 stoves and cylinders will be
distributed by the close of 2015.
President Mahama commissioning
the Atuabo Gas Processing Plant
President Mahama and workers of the
Atuabo Gas Processing Plant