The Ghanaian Minister for Power, Dr Kwabena Donkor has announced plans to push through emergency power arrangements to beef up the supply situation to 5000MW, which would be generated from natural gas, clean coal and renewable energy sources within the next five years. The ministry is also looking to add another 1000MW before the end of the year.

At present, Ghana’s total demand including export far exceeds available power generation capacity. Current suppressed peak demand is about 2,400MW, however only 1,600MW of capacity is available at peak and 1,400 MW at off-peak leaving a deficit of about 800MW at peak.

This is mainly expected to be the crux of discussion during the coming ‘The Powering Africa Ghana Meeting taking place on 17-18 September 2015 in Accra’ and a strong delegation of public and private speakers giving participants an insight in to Ghana’s power development plans and highlight opportunities for private sector investors have been confirmed to grace the event.