Lekela on track to deliver US$300m wind-power

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• kofi adu 10 years ago

  Do you read between the lines? Lekela says "IF WE HAVE PREDICTABLE PATTERN OF WIND" Another stupid waste of money. They have signed a disclaimer right there. There will be trouble in future. Please never sign off on this proj ...
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  Do you read between the lines? Lekela says "IF WE HAVE PREDICTABLE PATTERN OF WIND" Another stupid waste of money. They have signed a disclaimer right there. There will be trouble in future. Please never sign off on this project.

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• Michael 10 years ago

  Kofi Adu, why bother yourself, government is not putting a pesewa into it so please relax, if they say they can, let them.

  Kofi Adu, why bother yourself, government is not putting a pesewa into it so please relax, if they say they can, let them.

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• Addo 10 years ago

  He who tries nothing gains nothing.

  He who tries nothing gains nothing.

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• Sankofa 10 years ago

  Read the whole article.
  
  The statement Lekela have made is a general statement about the feasibility of wind power.
  
  Lekela go on to make specific statements about wind conditions in GHana which are very favourable and co ...
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  Read the whole article.
  
  The statement Lekela have made is a general statement about the feasibility of wind power.
  
  Lekela go on to make specific statements about wind conditions in GHana which are very favourable and conducive to the operation of wind power.

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• lee 10 years ago

  I don't know what your BIG beef is; PREDICTABLE PATTERN simply means the weather is predicted to behave in a certain way during the year, with slight deviation.. That is mostly true.. Just as farmers target the wet and dry se ...
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  I don't know what your BIG beef is; PREDICTABLE PATTERN simply means the weather is predicted to behave in a certain way during the year, with slight deviation.. That is mostly true.. Just as farmers target the wet and dry seasons to plant their crops, so does Lekela and the pattern of wind...

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• lee 10 years ago

  The Akosombo is low during the dry season, causing power turbines to be shot down, creating "dumsor" conditions... However, what we also have in abundance during dry season are clear skies, and strong Harmattan winds.. Good a ...
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  The Akosombo is low during the dry season, causing power turbines to be shot down, creating "dumsor" conditions... However, what we also have in abundance during dry season are clear skies, and strong Harmattan winds.. Good alternative, if these winds/clear skies could be harnessed for wind/solar power generation..

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• Gee 10 years ago

  The key factor that will determine the viability of the project is PPA with the Off-Takers. Ghana's Energy Policy places a ceiling on the Feed In Tariff at 18cents per kilowat hour.
  
  For this reason, if it costs me 20 cents ...
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  The key factor that will determine the viability of the project is PPA with the Off-Takers. Ghana's Energy Policy places a ceiling on the Feed In Tariff at 18cents per kilowat hour.
  
  For this reason, if it costs me 20 cents to produce a kilowat of power and the Off-Taker can only buy power from me at 18 cents then clearly I would be operating at a loss. This is what VRA has been going through all these years. Fair enough, government has been subsidising the cost in the past but the current IMF conditions forbids government from subsidising the cost.
  That s why all these IPP's will come in and sign MOU's but none of these projects will see the light of day unless PURC manages to implement the 100% tariff increase they are proposing

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• jaybee 10 years ago

  now Ghananian engineers are thinking outside the box...though late it better than nothing...wise up citizens

  now Ghananian engineers are thinking outside the box...though late it better than nothing...wise up citizens

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• Sankofa 10 years ago

  I wish it were Ghanaian engineers doing this analysis of the feasibility of wind power in our country.
  
  Why do we always wait for foreigners to tell us what we have got in our land and see the opportunities for progress? Wh ...
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  I wish it were Ghanaian engineers doing this analysis of the feasibility of wind power in our country.
  
  Why do we always wait for foreigners to tell us what we have got in our land and see the opportunities for progress? What are our engineers and scientists doing? What are our power producers and distributors doing? What are our academic and research institutions doing? What are our Ministries of Power and Energy doing?
  
  Where is the vision, foresight and forward-thinking? It is time we woke up from our slumber and thought much more about how to utilise our abundant natural resources for the benefit of all our people.

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• Power Analyst 10 years ago

  For the same amount of power, it will require over 1000 times land space. So if food security and the utilization of land for other purposes including industry and housing, wind -power in its current form is sub optimal.

  For the same amount of power, it will require over 1000 times land space. So if food security and the utilization of land for other purposes including industry and housing, wind -power in its current form is sub optimal.

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• kofi papabi 10 years ago

  Hold on , cease fire. It says "IF WE HAVE "This is a conditional statement. Simply put, No wind don't blame us. A waste eg. BUI DAM, no water. Wake up guys.

  Hold on , cease fire. It says "IF WE HAVE "This is a conditional statement. Simply put, No wind don't blame us. A waste eg. BUI DAM, no water. Wake up guys.

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