Takoradi Thermal Power Station

De Takoradi Power Station be a thermal power station at Aboadze, 17 kilometres (11 mi) east of Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana. E dey consist of three power plants. De Aboadze power station cam be operational insyd 1997 wey be de first fossil fuel power station wey be operated by de Volta River Authority. Na dem hold official inauguration on 15 October 2000 in participation of Presido Jerry Rawlings. E be a combined cycle power plant plus an installed capacity of 330 MW combined by two 110 MW GE Frame 9E combustion gas turbines, den one 110 MW steam turbine generator. De plant be fueled primarily by light crude oil. Dem dey receive oil thru a single point mooring wey be connected to de plant by approximately 4.5-kilometre (2.8 mi) undersea pipeline. Dem dey store oil insyd four storage tanks plus a capacity of 29,500 cubic metres (1,040,000 cu ft) each. De secondary fuel be distillate fuel oil, wich dem dey use for start-up den shutdown of de plant. As de plant get dual firing capacity, e sanso fi run on natural gas. De second plant get a capacity of 220 MW, plus a future expansion up to 330 MW. E be owned den operated by Takoradi International Company, a joint venture of de Volta River Authority (10%) den CMS Generation, a subsidiary of TAQA. De third plant go be a 132 MW combined cycle power plant. E go consist of four gas turbines, heat recovery steam generators den one steam turbine. De plant go be operated by de Volta River Authority. Engineering, Procurement, den Construction (EPC) for de project be carried out by HPI, LLC insyd consortium plus S&W Solutions, both Texas companies. Ein cost be $185 million. Sanso spy Electricity sector in Ghana References