THE POWER SECTOR IS OUR MAIN ENGINE OF GROWTH

So, the past few days have seen some significant improvements in the power sector that no one is talking about, after the erratic power supply we have all being experiencing resulting in the shedding of between 300- 550megawatts (mw) of power which has been a huge burden on many Ghanaians especially industries.
Short Term Measures;
1.A continuous rise in the water levels at the Bui Generating Station saw an increase in power from 200mw (during peak periods) + an additional 100mw (during off peak periods) totally 300mw from Bui alone.
3.Yesterday, more than 300 megawatts of power has been added to the national grid from the Aboadze Power Enclave.This follows the completion of repair works in the Aboadze Power Enclave comprising the TAPCo and TICO plants. The T1 Plant which has been down since January 2014 is certainly good news.

2.The Akosombo Dam last Friday began running on five units, instead of the four it had been operating in the past.
Additional Power;
4. Today, TICO is also expected to add an additional 100mw of power into the national grid bringing to total 400mw from the Aboadze Power Enclave.
But unfortunately good news doesn't sell in this country so you will hardly hear media houses especially radio stations making noise about these significant improvements as little as they may look.

Over the weekend, I had posted on my wall here that ''the most tedious & most capital intensive of all public sectors is the Power sector.'' We must not relent on our oars at all nor be complacent, rather we must continue to work even harder by continuing to invest largely in the power sector if we must see a full closure to ''dumsor dumsor'' .
Have a sunshine day fellas.





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