Environmental Activists Making a Difference in Africa
In 2015, when Portia Adu-Mensah heard about a proposed coal plant located in Ekumfi Aboano, in Ghana's central region, she knew she had to rally people …
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Chinese coal projects threaten to wreck plans for a …
When the Ghanaian government agreed to coordinate with Shenzen Energy Group, a Chinese energy company, to build a 7,000-megawatt coal power plant in the country's Ekumfi district, Chibeze ...
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Kpone Thermal power plant
Background. The construction of the plant started in 2012. Key milestones regarding the Gas Turbine Unit 1 (GT1): In December 2014, cold commissioning started.; In December 2015, the turbine was fired with natural gas for the first time.; In January 2016, the turbine was fired with Diesel Fuel Oil for the first time.; In April 2016, the first …
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Ghana is planning its first nuclear energy plant: what's …
Ghana's electricity sector is dominated by thermal plants that use natural gas – a fossil fuel. Fossil thermal plants make up 64% of the current energy mix. This is an over-dependence on a ...
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Ghana shelves proposed coal power plant
The Volta River Authority (VRA) and Shenzhen Energy Group have been pushing to get a 700MW coal plant up and running from April 2017. ... 350 Ghana anti-coal campaigner. High-level officials ...
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Takoradi (TICO) Thermal power plant
The plant accounts for 15 percent of Ghana's installed power production capacity. To increase the efficiency and capacity of Takoradi T2, TICO proposed converting and expanding the plant to operate in combined cycle mode with the addition of a 110 MW steam turbine and generator. [9]
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Ghana shelves proposed coal power plant, but campaigners …
The coal plant would have contradicted Ghana's ratification of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change last August in the pursuit of sustainable development and attaining clean energy goals in ...
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Chinese coal projects threaten to wreck plans for …
When the Ghanaian government agreed to coordinate with Shenzen Energy Group, a Chinese energy company, to build a 7,000-megawatt coal power plant in the country's Ekumfi district, Chibeze ...
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Aboano coal-fired power plant, Ghana
In July 2013, it was reported that the central government of Ghana proposed the construction of a coal-fired power plant with a cost of US$700 million to be built within 2.5 years and a new port adjacent to Aboano, a coastal fishing community in …
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Chibeze Ezekiel, the activist who blocked a coal …
The power plant can't be built. Like many other African countries, Ghana suffers from a lack of adequate power infrastructure as well as energy production capacity, as continuous blackouts and a lack …
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Ghana targets power from coal
A 2,000 Megawatts coal plant is to be established at Otuam in the Central Region by 2019 to complement the country's hydro, thermal and solar sources of power generation. ... Ghana targets power ...
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Chibeze Ezekiel
As a direct result of Chibeze Ezekiel's four-year grassroots campaign, the Ghanaian Minister of Environment canceled the construction of a 700-megawatt (MW) coal power plant and adjoining shipping port to import coal. The coal power plant would have been …
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A sense of units and scale for electrical energy production …
For example, in the chart below a very large hydro or nuclear plant could produce enough electricity to meet the demands of 100 million people in Ghana; a large hydro, nuclear, or coal plant could provide for 10 million average global citizens, and average-sized plant would meet demands of ten million in Brazil.
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Takoradi (TAPCO) 1 Thermal power plant
The plant is part of the three Takoradi power stations in Aboadze, including: Takoradi (TICO) Thermal power plant, and Takoradi (TAPCO) 3 Thermal power plant. The financiers of the project include International Development Association, Kuwaiti Fund, European Investment Bank, BADEA, and the World Bank. In 1999, the plant came online.
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Ghana's fight against coal inspired the rest of Africa
The cancellation of what would have been Ghana's first coal-fired power plant has sparked a wave of anti-coal struggles across the continent – from Senegal to Kenya, from Zimbabwe, to Cote d'Ivoire and South Africa where activists are fighting alongside the affected communities to stop the construction of new plants and the …
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Environmental Journalists' Group Protests against Coal-Plant
By: Francis Npong, Ghana A journalist group in Ghana, Media Advocates for Sustainable Environment (MASE) is taking on the managers of Ghana's electricity Company-Volta River Authority (VRA) over ...
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Ghana's fight against coal inspired the rest of Africa
The cancellation of what would have been Ghana's first coal-fired power plant has sparked a wave of anti-coal struggles across the continent – from Senegal to …
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An Overview of Energy Resource and Future Concerns for …
The 2019 Energy Policy Draft aims to add coal and nuclear energy options to Ghana's energy mix to serve as baseload energy options. Integrating such energy …
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Shenzhen Energy to build coal-fired plant in Ghana
Ghananian power producer Shenzhen Energy Group (SEG) has announced plans to build a 700MW coal-fired power plant in the country. Shenzhen Energy Group director Hong Can has indicated that the coal-fired power plant will take 24-30 months to complete and also include the construction of a coal-port with approximately 50,000 tonnes berth.
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ENVIRONMENTAL & SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT: …
(including the affiliated coal handling terminal) to be situated along the coastline of Ghana. The project is intended to contribute considerably to addressing the domestic power generation shortfall in the near future to improve Ghana's future power balance. ... 2x350 MW Supercritical Coal-Fired Power Plant ESIA ...
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Environment award for man who stopped new coal power plant in Ghana …
A climate activist has been awarded a prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize for leading a grassroots campaign to stop a new coal-fired power station being built in Ghana.
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Ghana's coal plant project to commence in 2017
Ghana's coal plant project to commence in 2017 . GNA May - 14 - 2016, 14:12 The Volta River Authority (VRA), says the 1.5 billion dollars coal power plant scheduled to be built would commerce ...
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NDC to set-up coal plant at Ekumfi Otuam
Otuam (C/R), Oct. 16, GNA – The Flagbearer of National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr John Dramani Mahama, has announced plans by the Party to establish a coal plant at Ekumfi Otuam in the Central Region. The envisaged 2,000 megawatts (MW) plant will significantly augment the country's hydro, thermal and solar sources of power …
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Chinese company says to build 700MW coal power plant in Ghana
As Ghana struggles to come to terms with and deal with the country's current energy crisis, a Chinese company is proposing to build a coal-fired power plant in the country at a cost of $700 million, with coal imported from South Africa. A press release from the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum, issued July 5, […]
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Egypt Targets World's Largest Clean-coal Plant
Plans are underway for the construction of the largest clean-coal plant in the world in the Egyptian town of Hamrawein, to generate a massive seven gigawatts of power when it operational in 2024 .
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Top five solar PV plants in development in Ghana
This is expected to contribute 30% by the end of 2030 with capacity of installations aggregating up to 4,002GW. Of the total global Solar PV capacity, 0.02% is in Ghana. Listed below are the five largest upcoming Solar PV power plants by capacity in Ghana, according to GlobalData's power plants database.
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Sunon Asogli power station
The power plant was the first privately-owned electricity generation installation in the history of Ghana. The Sunon Asogli power station is the first power production project in Africa fully owned by China. The power plant generates 3 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity each year, providing 20% of the electricity needed by Ghana.
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Shenzhen Energy to build coal-fired plant in Ghana
Ghananian power producer Shenzhen Energy Group (SEG) has announced plans to build a 700MW coal-fired power plant in the country.
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Coal-Fired Power Plant, Not Solution To Ghana's Energy …
Nana Amuah Afenyi VI, Chief of Ekumfi Otuam and Mankrado of Ekumfi Traditional Area in the Central Region of Ghana, has expressed her disappointment and shock at plans by the Volta River Authority VRA to construct a coal-fired power plant at the Ekumfi Traditional area to ease the erratic power supply in Ghana. Speaking at her …
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