[ 2014-07-20 ]

World Cup energy conservation campaign, saves Ghana 50 megawatts
A campaign to get Ghanaians to put off
non-essential electric appliances during the World
Cup has saved the country at least 50 megawatts of
energy, Ghana Grid Company has revealed.

"We observed about 50 to 70 megawatts reduction
within that period. That's about half of the load
of Northern Ghana. Conversation helps alot. It
also helps the pockets of individuals", the
Marketing Operations Manager of GRIDCo, Mark Baah
told Joy News.

Watching the World Cup is a religion for many of
Ghana's 25 million population. The soccer
festival's 2014 edition was staged in Brazil and
run for a month from June 12 to July 13, 2014.

The event played every four years caught Ghana at
a time of erratic power supply.

Many consumers nursed concerns that they will miss
some of the action during the world's biggest
football tournament.

But the Electricity Company of Ghana assured it
will halt the ongoing load-shedding exercise in
order to allow football lovers to enjoy the 2014
FIFA World Cup.

Pitching in to make this assurance a reality,
Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) also appealed
to the general public to switch off high energy
consuming appliances such as air conditioners,
deep freezers and non-essential lights during the
evenings ( 6 pm midnight).

The company said public compliance with this
appeal will make available an estimated 100MW of
electricity for many more people to watch the
football matches with minimum load shedding.

Following a succesful public campaign, GRICO is
urging Ghanaians to continue with conscious
efforts to conserve energy.

Ghana crashed out of the competition after a poor
first round performance. Germany won the
competition after defeating Argentina.

Source - MyjoyOnline

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