[ 2021-02-25 ]

Ghana exports 250 to 300MW of power – Amewu
Ghana, according to the Minister-designate for
Railways, John Peter Amewu has achieved a major
milestone in its history by exporting 250 to 300
MW electricity to its neighbouring countries.

Speaking before the Appointments Committee today,
Mr Amewu indicated that the country has generated
enough power to surpass the demands of citizens
and is currently exporting a significant number of
megawatts of electricity to Ivory Coast, Burkina
Faso, Togo and Benin.

“I am happy to announce to this House that for
the first time in the history of this country
export arrangements are in excess sometimes of
about 250 to 300 megawatts being given to Ivory
Coast, Burkina Faso, Benin and Republic of
Togo,” he said.

In 2019, government announced its plans to export
electricity to Mali and Niger.



The Akufo-Addo administration explained that the
two countries will join the West African countries
that were already benefiting from Ghana’s energy
to help improve the socio-economic conditions of
Ghana’s neighbouring countries.

The Hohoe MP, however, explained that the
receivers of the electricity are not developed
enough to utilize all the power that is given,
which ends up being wasted, and accounting for the
financial loss from excess power generated.

“Export of power is not like transporting a
cargo of crude oil. Unfortunately most of these
countries do not have developed infrastructure as
we have in Ghana.

“So we export power to the border of Cote d’
Ivoire and Burkina Faso, but when it gets there,
there is no demand for it and these are some of
the restraining factors.”

Although he was hopeful that Ghana could increase
its power exports in the future, he bemoaned the
fact that the infrastructural limitations of the
receivers of this exported power made it difficult
to do so.

“Ghana could increase its exports but the
infrastructure is not developed in these
countries, so we are limited by the amount of
power that we can export that is why it comes back
to us as power being available and not
consumed.”

Source - Joyfm

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