Osagyefo Barge

Osagyefo Barge tashar samar da wutar lantarki ce ta 125 MW da ke Effasu a Ghana, Yankin Yamma, Ghana. 

Na 77 m dogon jirgin ruwa yana sanye da wasu nau'ikan injin turbine mai nauyi mai nauyi guda ɗaya wanda Ansaldo ya gina wanda ke da ƙarfin haɓakar 125. MW  An ƙera shi don ƙone ko dai iskar gas ko man dizal . 

Gwamnatin Ghana ta ba da umarnin jirgin ruwa na 125 MW a cikin 1995 tare da taimakon kuɗi daga Asusun hadin gwiwar tattalin arziki na kasashen waje na Japan. An yi niyyar samar da wutar lantarki daga iskar gas da aka samu daga filayen samar da teku. Ci gaban aikin ya bukaci 450 MW na haɗin wutar lantarki na sake zagayowar da za a jinkirta a cikin wani mutum da aka yi da lagoon. An gina jirgin a Italiya a Navalmare Yard, an kammala shi a 1999, kuma an kawo shi Ghana a watan Oktoba 2002. Daga nan ne aka rataye shi a sansanin sojan ruwa na Sekondi a Sekondi har zuwa shekara ta 2005, lokacin da aka tura shi zuwa Effasu bayan kammala aikin da ake buƙata don ba da damar shiga tashar jiragen ruwa a can. Filin mai da iskar gas na bakin teku ba su bunkasa da sauri kamar yadda ake tsammani ba, don haka jirgin ruwa ya zauna ba tare da aiki ba kuma yanayin sa ya lalace. Akwai wani tsari na motsa jirgin zuwa Tema, amma an watsar da wannan shawarar a shekara ta 2007.  A wannan lokacin, akwai ƙananan kulawa da aka gudanar a kan jirgin ruwa na wutar lantarki ko a shafin, wanda ya haifar da lalacewar yawancin tsarin.

An fara aikin jirgin ruwa na wutar lantarki ne a karkashin kulawar Western Power, wani reshe na GNPC kamfanin Ghana National Petroleum Corporation; an canja alhakin ga Hukumar Kogin Volta a shekara ta 2003.  A watan Yulin 2007, gwamnatin Ghana ta shiga yarjejeniyar haya ta shekaru 20 da ba a nema ba tare da kamfanin Balkan Energy Ghana don gyarawa da sarrafa jirgin ruwa na wutar lantarki, da farko ta amfani da man fetur na diesel sannan daga baya ta amfani da iskar gas da za a kawo ta hanyar West African Gas Pipeline. Ghana ta nemi ƙarin samar da wutar lantarki daga jirgin ruwa don rage karancin wutar lantarki wanda ya haifar da rage matakan ruwa a aikin wutar lantarki na Akosombo Dam. Kamfanin ya yi alkawarin fara aiki a cikin kwanaki 90. Har ila yau, an sanar da shirye-shiryen kara karfin samar da jirgin ruwa da MW 60, wanda ya kawo shi daga karfinsa na yanzu na MW 125 har zuwa MW 185 . Rukunin bai taba aiki ba kuma ba a kammala fadada ba. Gwamnatin Ghana ta kai karar a kotun Ghana, tana neman soke kwangilar tare da Balkan Energy .   Balkan Energy ta zargi ProEnergy, wani kamfani na Amurka wanda ya yi kwangila da shi, saboda rashin iyawar Balkan don kawo tashar samarwa a kan layi lokacin da aka yi alkawari. Balkan Energy da ProEnergy sun kai karar juna a kotunan Amurka kuma gwamnatin Ghana daga baya ta shigar da kara a kan ProEnergy a kotun Amurka.     

Sunan "Osagyefo" yana tunawa da Kwame Nkrumah, shugaban farko na Ghana. 

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