WAPCo Maintenance: GRIDCo Working to Mitigate Potential Dumsor
The Ghana Grid Company Limited says it is working actively to keep the lights on despite the shutdown of Tema Thermal Plants due to the suspension of gas supply from Nigeria.
The suspension of gas supply comes as the West African Gas Pipeline Company Limited (WAPCo) commences maintenance work on its gas pipeline from Nigeria to Ghana.
The exercise is advertised to end on March 2, 2025.
“Thermal plants in Tema will not have gas to operate and would have to shut down,” GRIDCo said in a statement on February 5.
It indicated that stakeholders in the energy sector led by the Ministry of Energy and Green Transition have procured volumes of liquid fuel for some generating plants in Tema that have the capacity to operate on alternative fuel.
This is a mitigating measure which will last till the end of the cleaning of the gas pipelines by WAPCo.
It assured, “The Ghana Grid Company Ltd and other stakeholders are working around the clock to mitigate any potential power supply challenges that might arise from the shutdown.”
Source: opemsuo.com/Hajara Fuseini
