[ 2015-11-29 ]

Ghana holds ceremony to welcome power barge
Government Sunday morning held a ceremony at the
Tema Port to officially welcome the Karpower barge
to Ghana.

Speaking at the welcoming ceremony, Power
Minister, Dr. Kwabena Donkor said there would be a
lot of work to be done to connect the barge to the
national grid.

“There will be a lot of things to be done
connecting the power barge to the national grid
and also completing some paperwork,” he
said.

The Karpower barge is an emergency power expected
to add 225 MW of power to the national grid to
help address the country’s energy crisis.
After several months of anticipation, Joy
News’ Israel Laryea reported that the ship
carrying the power barge arrived at the Tema port,
Saturday November 26.

The Power Minister together with his colleague
from the Petroleum Ministry and other government
officials officially received the barge.

Avoiding the provision of deadlines, the Power
Minister and his Deputy, John Jinapor have refused
to say when the barge will start producing
electricity.

According to Dr Kwabena Donkor, the barge will be
commissioned by President John Dramani Mahama when
all the connections have been made.

Source - MyjoyOnline

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