Takoradi Power Station
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The Takoradi Power Station is a thermal power station at Aboadze, 17 kilometres (10.6 mi) east of Sekondi-Takoradi
, Ghana
. It consists of three power plants.
The first power plant operated by the Volta River Authority
became operational in 1997. Official inauguration was held on 15 October 2000 in participation of President Jerry Rawlings
. It is a combined cycle
power plant with an installed capacity of 330 MW combined by two 110 MW GE Frame 9E combustion gas turbines, and one 110 MW steam turbine
generator. The plant is fueled primarily by light crude oil. Oil is received through a single point mooring connected to the plant by approximately 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) undersea pipeline. Oil is stored in four storage tanks with a capacity of 29500 cubic metres (1,041,782.7 cu ft) each. The secondary fuel is distillate fuel o, which is used for start-up and shutdown of the plant. As the plant has dual firing capacity, it can run also on natural gas.
The second plant has a capacity of 220 MW, with a future expansion up to 330 MW. It is owned and operated by Takoradi International Company, a joint venture of the Volta River Authority (10%) and CMS Generation, a subsidiary of TAQA.
The third plant will be a 132 MW combined cycle power plant. It will consist of four gas turbines, heat recovery steam generators and two steam turbines. The plant will be operated by the Volta River Authority. Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) for the project is being carried out by HPI in consortium with S&W Solutions, both Texas
companies. Its cost $185 million.
Sekondi-Takoradi
Sekondi-Takoradi, population 335,000 , comprising the twin cities of Sekondi and Takoradi, is the capital of the Western Region of Ghana. It is Ghana's fourth largest city and an industrial and commercial center. The chief industries are timber, plywood, shipbuilding and railroad repair and...
, Ghana
Ghana
Ghana , officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south...
. It consists of three power plants.
The first power plant operated by the Volta River Authority
Volta River Authority
The Volta River Authority is the main generator and supplier of electricity in Ghana.-Establishment:The VRA was established by the Volta River Development Act, Act 46 of the Republic of Ghana on April 26, 1961....
became operational in 1997. Official inauguration was held on 15 October 2000 in participation of President Jerry Rawlings
Jerry Rawlings
Jerry John Rawlings is a former leader of the Republic of Ghana and now the African Union envoy to Somalia. Rawlings ruled Ghana as a military dictator in 1979 and from 1981 to 1992 and then as the first elected president of the Fourth Republic from 1993 to 2001...
. It is a combined cycle
Combined cycle
In electric power generation a combined cycle is an assembly of heat engines that work in tandem off the same source of heat, converting it into mechanical energy, which in turn usually drives electrical generators...
power plant with an installed capacity of 330 MW combined by two 110 MW GE Frame 9E combustion gas turbines, and one 110 MW steam turbine
Steam turbine
A steam turbine is a mechanical device that extracts thermal energy from pressurized steam, and converts it into rotary motion. Its modern manifestation was invented by Sir Charles Parsons in 1884....
generator. The plant is fueled primarily by light crude oil. Oil is received through a single point mooring connected to the plant by approximately 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) undersea pipeline. Oil is stored in four storage tanks with a capacity of 29500 cubic metres (1,041,782.7 cu ft) each. The secondary fuel is distillate fuel o, which is used for start-up and shutdown of the plant. As the plant has dual firing capacity, it can run also on natural gas.
The second plant has a capacity of 220 MW, with a future expansion up to 330 MW. It is owned and operated by Takoradi International Company, a joint venture of the Volta River Authority (10%) and CMS Generation, a subsidiary of TAQA.
The third plant will be a 132 MW combined cycle power plant. It will consist of four gas turbines, heat recovery steam generators and two steam turbines. The plant will be operated by the Volta River Authority. Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) for the project is being carried out by HPI in consortium with S&W Solutions, both Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
companies. Its cost $185 million.