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President Akufo-Addo commissions first indigenous gas for Karpowership

Sekondi, Dec. 8, GNA
– President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated that the Government was
committed to providing cheap and sustainable power to Ghanaians.

He said the
requisite energy partners have been brought onboard to provide the energy needs
of the country.

President Akufo-Addo
said this when he formally turned on the valve for the first flow of indigenous
gas from the Takoradi Regulatory Metering Station to the Karpowership at the
Sekondi Naval Base.

The Karpowership was
relocated from Tema to the Sekondi Naval Base to ensure it received natural gas
from the Atuabo Gas Processing Plant to help produce 470 megawatts of
electricity.

It was dependent on
heavy oil to operate but with the conversation to gas it would save the country
about one billion dollars as cost of production.

The President said
since Ghana now produced its own gas to power the Karpowership, it would result
in the establishment of more factories and industries, which would help Ghana
become an industrial economy.

He said the
production of the 470 megawatts of electricity would also go a long way to help
bring down the cost of electricity as well as ensure stable and sustainable
power supply.

President Akufo-Addo
urged Ghanaians to endeavour to save energy by using energy efficient bulbs, of
which the Government had procured 12 million for distribution nationwide.

If properly
utilised, the bulbs would save about 120 megawatts of electricity, he said, and
urged the public to patronise them.

He commend the
Turkish Embassy for the cordial relations, which had resulted in the provision
of the Karpowership to address the electricity needs of Ghana.

The President
commended the Management of the Naval Base for the feat, and urged the chiefs
and people of Sekondi-Takoradi to adopt the project as their own.

Mr John Peter Amewu,
the Minister of Energy, said the commissioning was the President’s dream
fulfilled and commended all the stakeholders for making it possible.

He said that would
ensure sustainable power supply and bring outages to the barest minimum as high
energy management systems had been put in place to manage all challenges.

The Chief Executive
Officer of Karpowership, Mr Volkan Buyukbicer, expressed gratitude to the Naval
Base for hosting the ship and cooperating with the team.

He said with the
production of the 470 megawatts of electricity, Ghana would now be in a better position
to export electricity to neigbouring countries.

GNA

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