Gas at last
Posted on | September 3, 2010 | 1 Comment
The long-awaited plan of the West African Gas Pipeline Company (WAPCO) to supply gas to the Volta River Authority (VRA) through an alternative delivery point in Tema finally came on stream yesterday with the delivery of 60 million British thermal units (mmbtu) of free flow gas to the authority for power generation.
The VRA has concluded arrangement with the NGAS, marketers of WAPCO, to supply 35 million thermal units of gas out of the delivery to the Asogli Power Plant, which was completed a year ago but has remained idle because of lack of gas. With the gas now flowing, the Asogli Power Plant will be able to generate 180 megawatts of energy to complement that of the VRA.
The acting Head of Public Relations of the VRA, Ms. Bellona Gerard, reported that the supply of gas to the VRA generating plants in Tema meant that the authority would now be able to generate energy to meet total local demand and also take care of any technical emergencies and scheduled maintenance operations. Currently, the national energy demand is 1500 megawatts but the VRA is generating 1650 megawatts while the Asogli Power Plant will provide additional 180 megawatts to bring the national total to 1830 megawatts. The supply of gas to the VRA will be increased to 120 million standard cubit feet of compressed gas by the end of the year.
Meanwhile, the generating unit of the VRA, Aboadze Thermal Plant, which exploded last July has resumed full operations after the replacement of the burnt transformer at a cost of $2 million. The explosion of the generating plant affected the output of the VRA by 110 megawatts. VRA, Aboadze and its sister company, Takoradi International Company (TICO), contribute a total of 550 megawatts to the country’s energy needs.
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