660MW additional power in 18months

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Agya koo 12 years ago

Invest in solar energy,there is sun energy abundance in Ghana.

Invest in solar energy,there is sun energy abundance in Ghana.
selira 12 years ago

Ghana is sitting in the sun for 24 hours through out the year.I think renewable energy will befit the country too.It is more clean and no effects of pollutions.

Ghana is sitting in the sun for 24 hours through out the year.I think renewable energy will befit the country too.It is more clean and no effects of pollutions.
Kwame Okoampa Ahoofe, Jr, Ph.D 12 years ago

NPP would have blow this dosh fili fili. Ghana WILL NEVER VOTE FOR NPP CRIMINALS AGAIN.

NPP IS A CRIMINAL ORGANISATION, FULL OF NARCOTIC DEALERS, NATION WRECKERS, AND DAMN RIGHT LOOTERS!!!

NPP would have blow this dosh fili fili. Ghana WILL NEVER VOTE FOR NPP CRIMINALS AGAIN.

NPP IS A CRIMINAL ORGANISATION, FULL OF NARCOTIC DEALERS, NATION WRECKERS, AND DAMN RIGHT LOOTERS!!!
TROUBLE-MAKER 12 years ago

The idiots don`t know its cheaper going for solar energy.They instead continue building dams causing thousands of acres of land to submerged under water.

The idiots don`t know its cheaper going for solar energy.They instead continue building dams causing thousands of acres of land to submerged under water.
SASABONSAM 12 years ago

Where does this take us, are we on the way to industrialization or at least convert our raw materials to secondary products before selling them in the world markets?

Where does this take us, are we on the way to industrialization or at least convert our raw materials to secondary products before selling them in the world markets?
Agoh Dodoo 12 years ago

We must explore Daming for electricity. if we need $660m to generate 400MW of power forever and we nee $50m x 360/20 = $990m per year to genearte 330MW power per year then the mathematics should be considered so that we can m ...
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We must explore Daming for electricity. if we need $660m to generate 400MW of power forever and we nee $50m x 360/20 = $990m per year to genearte 330MW power per year then the mathematics should be considered so that we can make use of what we have. Resources are not but they become. If we have water we must make use of it.we must do and environmental Impact Assessment and explore mitigating procedures that will enable us to use water to generate electricity. We must manage the environmetal effect of the consruction of the hydrodam so that we can make maximum use of the water our natural resource. I will write and article for the president consideration. The Tema Oil refinery is another source of generation of cheap thermalpower. The authorities at the TOR are very much aware of this fact. They must be challenge to generate power for the country instead of consuming what the country is generating.
MENSAH 12 years ago

Thanks for your contribution,I like it.

Thanks for your contribution,I like it.
MENSAH 12 years ago

NDC does not believe in processing our natural resources.If they are interested,why are the local manufacturing businesses surfering from the Chinese inferior products being dumped into the country with impunity?THEY ARE WAIT ...
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NDC does not believe in processing our natural resources.If they are interested,why are the local manufacturing businesses surfering from the Chinese inferior products being dumped into the country with impunity?THEY ARE WAITING FOR FOREIGN COMPANIES TO PROCESS OUR RAW MATERIALS FOR US.NANA ADDO would be doing just the opposite,when voted in.Industrilization os far from our reach,with NDC IN POWER.THAT IS VERY SAD,THOUGH!
kofi doooooooooooooo 12 years ago

agyu koo 419

agyu koo 419
ADAMA 12 years ago

ATONGO MAHAMA THE THIEF

ATONGO MAHAMA THE THIEF

SAY 12 years ago

Mahama will do far better.

Mahama will do far better.
John Kpeglo 12 years ago

Give the power or energy and stop this "Let my Vote Count" publicity!

Give the power or energy and stop this "Let my Vote Count" publicity!
kyekyeku 12 years ago

this is absolutely bullshit, dont we pay for the power we use in Ghana? what the hell do we have to hear every day where they are getting power from, do we actually care. should we praise them for doing their job. do we hear ...
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this is absolutely bullshit, dont we pay for the power we use in Ghana? what the hell do we have to hear every day where they are getting power from, do we actually care. should we praise them for doing their job. do we hear this in America and europe every day . this is nonsence.
SoMoRah 12 years ago

ei Kyekyeku hwe yie oooh. Actually you are right. It is only Ghana that the whole President opens a nursey school. It is only Ghana when local European musician visit Ghana they call on the President. ei Kyekyeku, how come yo ...
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ei Kyekyeku hwe yie oooh. Actually you are right. It is only Ghana that the whole President opens a nursey school. It is only Ghana when local European musician visit Ghana they call on the President. ei Kyekyeku, how come you know all these things. You dey too much.
THIS IS NOT NEWS.
Brongba 12 years ago

GHANAIANS like empty talk. Always criticising, but have nothing to offer. The president going to open a kindergarten or receiving foreign musicians is a gesture of encouragement. But people like SoMoRah and kyekyeku are quick ...
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GHANAIANS like empty talk. Always criticising, but have nothing to offer. The president going to open a kindergarten or receiving foreign musicians is a gesture of encouragement. But people like SoMoRah and kyekyeku are quick to criticise. This president would be one Of the best GHANA has ever had, apart from Nkrumah, JJ and KOUFOUR.
Kyekyeku 12 years ago

I sit here in the USA and sometimes wonder why most of our politicians got their education here but as soon as they go to Ghana, they behave as if simple thing like providing electricity and water is a big deal, I don't bl ...
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I sit here in the USA and sometimes wonder why most of our politicians got their education here but as soon as they go to Ghana, they behave as if simple thing like providing electricity and water is a big deal, I don't blame them , I blame the people of Ghana . Most of them are acting like fools.
Mr Jay ******************London 12 years ago

When have the NDC done anything on time and on budget.

Take NDC pronouncements with a pinch of SALT.

NDC top priority is lining their own pockets and using MINISTRY OF ABLAKWA TO BE IN DENIAL OF THEIR LIES AND CORRUPTIO ...
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When have the NDC done anything on time and on budget.

Take NDC pronouncements with a pinch of SALT.

NDC top priority is lining their own pockets and using MINISTRY OF ABLAKWA TO BE IN DENIAL OF THEIR LIES AND CORRUPTION.

NDC IS NO MORE THAN AN ORGANISED CRIME ORGANISATION FORMED BY A BUNCH OF GUYS WHO SAW POLITICS AS A MEANS TO BECOMING FILTHY RICH.

THESE GUYS ARE RAWLINGS THE MAN WHO PREACH THE GOSPEL AND YET REFLECTS RICH AND WEALTH.
RAWLINGS KEEPS TELLING US HE IS NOT RICH, YET AS WE ALL KNOW HIS ANONYMOUS FOREIGN ACCOUNTS DOES NOT PLAY ON HIS CONSCIENCE FOR HE HAS NO CONSCIENCE.

YET RAWLINGS KEEP CREATING THE IMPRESSION OF A MAN WHO IS CLEAN. THAT CANNOT BE POSSIBLY TRUE.

FOR ONETHING THERE WAS NO ACCOUNTABILITY UNDER RAWLINGS FOR TWENTY YEARS.

NEXT, IS THE TSIKATAS CLAN THE PEOPLE WHO RAN THE NDC NOW AS JJ POWERS HAVE WANED OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS.

NDC AND JJ PATCHED UP THEIR DIFFERENCES FOR THE SAKE OF THE 2012 ELECTIONS AND NOW THAT THEY SEEM TO HAVE OUTMANOEUVRE THE PEOPLE AGAIN WITH THEIR GOSPEL TRUTH POLITICS OF TRIBALISM FOR VOTES AND CORRUPTION IN POWER, GIVEN THE POWER STRUGGLE IN NDC WE WOULD SEE FOCUS OF THE SHITING ONCE MORE TO INNER POLITICS WHILE THE STUPID GHANAIAN VOTER IS LEFT TO THEIR MISERABLE CONDITION.
The Critical Mind 12 years ago

So true

So true
Bentruo 12 years ago

Need more power if you need to have an industralised country with refineries,mines, factories etc. Our problemin Ghana is the manufacturing base is collapsed.

Need more power if you need to have an industralised country with refineries,mines, factories etc. Our problemin Ghana is the manufacturing base is collapsed.
Branaboy 12 years ago

After 4 years of inaction its finally dawned on the NPP government that we Ghana needs to be building more power generating facilities. In 2009 they stupidly shelved all the plans and programs on energy from the Kuffuor gover ...
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After 4 years of inaction its finally dawned on the NPP government that we Ghana needs to be building more power generating facilities. In 2009 they stupidly shelved all the plans and programs on energy from the Kuffuor government.

This included commission of a completed 125MW station Osono. This power station after 4 years of political machination is now owned by SSNIT, government having forced its NPP owners into bankruptcy, yet the station is still not on line.

MY advice to the Mahama administration on power generation is that he quickly tasks his Minister responsible for power generation to ensure that a minimum of 400MW of new generating capacity with the requisite fuel source are commissioned every year starting in 2014.

The fuel source is very critical and since government is not in a position to pay for said fuel it should leave that to the private sector and focus on making sure that supplied electricity is paid for by ALL including government agencies, government officials and the public at large.

Action not platitudes is what is need at this juncture. My fear is that the Mahama led NDC government will once again fall short.

Branaboy 12 years ago

First sentence should read - "NDC Govrnment"

First sentence should read - "NDC Govrnment"
SoMoRah 12 years ago

More POWER. You what Cargo gin bitters can do? It can even give more POWER to Ghana. This Kyekyeku person too. What news do you want?

More POWER. You what Cargo gin bitters can do? It can even give more POWER to Ghana. This Kyekyeku person too. What news do you want?
Kyekyeku 12 years ago

So mo rah , you are too much for meoooo.

So mo rah , you are too much for meoooo.
JIMMY 12 years ago

PLS LET TALK WISELY TO SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT WITH VERY GOOD ADVICE TO RAISE THE THE COUNTRY FORWARD?

PLS LET TALK WISELY TO SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT WITH VERY GOOD ADVICE TO RAISE THE THE COUNTRY FORWARD?
STEFANO LUIGI. 12 years ago

Why do we spend money to import when we are drilling the same product just about a few miles away? What is the fundamental logic in such a transaction? Are we that dumb? What is it with our management team and style, that it ...
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Why do we spend money to import when we are drilling the same product just about a few miles away? What is the fundamental logic in such a transaction? Are we that dumb? What is it with our management team and style, that it comes accross that, we are soo stupid or the team in power is indeed stupid? Asisde the stupidity, we also know, this process is the perfect way of siphoning money by these crooks. This is soo outrageous. When will these guys ever think of the country and it's development?
Joe 12 years ago

Ghanaians should thank President Kuffour's foresight for this Bui dam which someone is boasting for its achievement. Bui dam has been on the drawing borad since the colonial days; yet it too the vision of President Kuffour t ...
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Ghanaians should thank President Kuffour's foresight for this Bui dam which someone is boasting for its achievement. Bui dam has been on the drawing borad since the colonial days; yet it too the vision of President Kuffour to make it happen. Like the oil which someone said it was a gift from God and not the foresight of any individual. But this oil has been on the ground in the high seas of Ghana since the world was created; and it took the vision of President Kuffour to make it happen, yet some one thinks no one deserves praise for it. God has given eveyone conscience and that conscience should be applied for the betterment of the citizenry and not those who never labored yet enjoying the labor of others. We need visionary people like Kuffour to rule this nation who can move it forward instead of backward. Thank you, President Kuffour.
Joe 12 years ago

The VRA must be told that it is not the regulatory body for power in Ghana. That is why the Bui power is also an authority of its own so that we can see how inefficient the VRA is. If the government makes mistake and give Bui ...
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The VRA must be told that it is not the regulatory body for power in Ghana. That is why the Bui power is also an authority of its own so that we can see how inefficient the VRA is. If the government makes mistake and give Bui to VRA to run. Then the energy crisis would continue till thy Kingdom come. What Ghana need is Power ministry, a power regulatory body before VRA, BPA, Thermal Power Authority and other being private come in. By doing this, would bring competition and efficiency. The ECG broke into regional power companies for efficient managment. So VRA shutup you have been making noise since 1983. We are fed up.
Sankofa 12 years ago

It appesrs Nigeria is playing politics with the West Africa gas pipeline. Or is it corruption?

This project has taken so long to complete and supply us with the gaas we need to power our thermal plants. There is always som ...
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It appesrs Nigeria is playing politics with the West Africa gas pipeline. Or is it corruption?

This project has taken so long to complete and supply us with the gaas we need to power our thermal plants. There is always some problem with the supply of gas from Nigeria, so we have to buy expensive oil to fuel the thermal plants.

President Mahama should discuss this with Goodluck Jonathan and impress upon him the urgent need to resolve the problems with the pipeline to ensure that gas flows to our plants.

If the problems are not resolved expeditiously, we will continue to suffer 'dumso' for the rest of this year.
Concerned 12 years ago

Qs.... What did they do before the Gas pipeline.. I don't remember prices falling when it started, so how is the gas pipeline the source of our energy problems - there were other ways to lift gas before, there were other opti ...
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Qs.... What did they do before the Gas pipeline.. I don't remember prices falling when it started, so how is the gas pipeline the source of our energy problems - there were other ways to lift gas before, there were other options for producing energy that are still around, so HOW and WHY does the gov't keep using the pipeline as the cause of the tariff and power outage complaints

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