The Hemang Hydroelectric power plant is a 60MW project that will be developed at Pra river/basin in Western, Ghana. The Ghana Ministry of Energy and Petroleum will develop and own the hydropower project. The construction phase of the project is yet to begin, but it’s currently at the permitting stage.
The Hemang Hydroelectric power plant will be a run-of-river project consisting of 2 turbines. The project will cost around $111.003m and it will have a 46 million cubic meter capacity. The developer expects the hydropower project to commence sometime this year and later begin commercial operations by 2025.
Reported in 2014
Ghana to build a 60MW hydroelectric power plant in Wassa
Ghana is expected to put up a 60MW hydroelectric power plant at Sekyere Himang in the Wassa East District of the Western Region to meet the high demands for electricity in the country.
The US$3m project owned by the government is expected to be completed in 3 years’ time and is under the execution of the China International Water and Electric Corporation with support from the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum. It will aim at reducing the erratic power supply in the country.
Representatives from the Energy Ministry, Ghana Water Company, Environmental Protection Agency, and traditional authorities from the various communities, held discussions Thursday last week with the residents who will be affected by the hydroelectric power plant project, on the effects and benefits of the project.
China International Water and Electric Corporation have already acquired 1,500 hectares of land for the construction of 1,650 houses in Tsitsimhwe, Bosomase, Okyerekrom, Adukwah, Nyamebekyere, and Yeriyebiahwe for the residents who will be displaced when the hydroelectric power plant project is undertaken.
In tackling power problems, Ghana has also invested in the construction of gas power plants, including the Atuabo gas power plant, whose construction has, reportedly come to a halt this November.
