- ECG plans to curtail power supply interruptions in the country.
- The mobile substation will avert challenges such as low voltage and power outages.
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has introduced a mobile substation at Ablekuma in Accra to curb the erratic interruptions in power supply for its customers within the area. The mobile substation is to mitigate challenges such as low voltage and power outages which have affected residents and businesses in the area.
In a statement by Emmanuel Ankrah, Accra West Regional Enginner for ECG, the over GH¢450 million substation which houses about 20 MVA of power, was being installed on a temporary basis to meet the electric power demands of the area. According to him, the Ablekuma community in recent years has seen massive growth in infrastructure without equal growth in electricity supply.
“We came earlier to investigate the situation and after the investigation, we saw that they needed another station to boost up the supply and that is exactly what we have done here,” Mr Ankrah stated.
He noted that the ECG feeders were overloaded which led to frequent trippings of power adding that the new 11Kv feeders set up would relieve the overloaded Joma and Ablekuma feeders.