Drugb posted:Also jackass Granger got Nana to pledge to help Guyana with energy sector. Surprising, considering what a wonderful job he is doing in his own country.
From usaid.gov
Ghana Energy Sector Overview
One of Ghana’s paramount constraints to economic
growth is the unreliable and inadequate supply of electric
power. The country has 2,450 mega-watts (MW) of
installed generation capacity, including 546 MW of
generation from independent power producers (IPPs).
But actual availability hardly exceeds 2000 MW. This
serves a population of 25 million that is growing at 2.1%
per year. An existing thermal power plant is being re-fitted
as a ‘combined-cycle’ facility that will run on natural gas
and oil, generating an additional 110 MW. Another IPP,
CenPower/Kpone, reached financial close in November
2014, and ultimately will produce 348 MW. These
increases in capacity aid the Government of Ghana
(GOG) to partly achieve its target of 5,000 MW of
installed generation by 2016, including 10% from
renewable sources.
Reforms across the power sector will be necessary for
Ghana to scale-up private-sector investment. Thus,
Power Africa and other partners focus on the following
priorities: (1) building a transparent framework for the
development and management of Ghana’s substantial
natural gas resources; (2) initiating a least-cost, transparent approach to generation expansion
including competitive bidding; (3) effective allocation and pricing of legacy hydropower; (4) integrated
resource and resiliency planning among the generation, transmission, and distribution sectors; (5);
improved energy efficiency and demand-side management; and (6) expansion of renewable energy
sources.
Well, this is not the first dumbass decision that Granger has made.