- Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo commissions 330 kV Transmission Line Project.
- The project cost a total of US$173.9 million.
The President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has commissioned the 330 kV Kumasi to Bolgatanga Transmission Line Project at the commencement of his four-day tour of the Ashanti Region.
The project, which is an integral part of the West Africa Power Pool Project, seeks to reinforce the Ghana Transmission System and ensure the export of at least 100 megawatts of electricity to Burkina Faso to increase the reliability of the Ghana to Burkina Interconnection Project. To help achieve this objective, GRIDCo also constructed a 330kV Transmission line from the Aboadze Power Generation enclave through Prestea to Kumasi.
The 330 kV Kumasi-Bolgatanga Transmission Line Project consisted of the construction of approximately 550km of 330kV Transmission Line from Kumasi to Bolgatanga, the construction of 330kV Substations at Kumasi, Kintampo, Tamale and Bolgatanga as well as expansions of the existing 161kV Substations at these locations, and the implementation of Environmental Mitigation Measures and a Resettlement Action Plan for the Project.
The French Development Agency (AFD) financed the project at a total cost of US$173.9 million.
The project has succeeded in supplying 150 megawatts of power to Burkina Faso, and it has also increased transmission capacity to meet growing demand in Ashanti, northern Ghana and beyond.