Publication date: 2016, September
Author: Power Africa
Description: One of Ghana’s paramount constraints to economic growth is its unreliable and inadequate supply of electric power. The country has 2,930 megawatts (MW) of installed generation capacity, including 1,380 MW of hydro generation, (of which nearly 700 MW is actually available) and 1,550 MW of thermal generation capacity, (of which 890 MW is from independent power producers [IPPs]).