Electrician shrink belt is located in a small market near Bouvi Village in the northern part of Ghana's Brown Ahaf Province. A 35 year old woman, Kugebora Sadoch, is busy selling bread and mangoes to workers from nearby construction sites. Not far from her village, a project carrying the centenary dream of Ghanaians - the Ghana Bouvi Hydropower Station is under intense construction. The river water of the upstream Qingwalt River rushes forward through the dam.
We hope that the Bouvi hydropower station can generate electricity as soon as possible, so that our people's homes will no longer have frequent power outages and life will be more convenient, "Kugebora Sadoch said eagerly.
Like most African countries, Ghana has been plagued by electricity shortages for a long time. Whether in urban or rural areas, power outages are a common occurrence, with frequent interruptions lasting for more than 10 hours. With the development of Ghana's economy and society, the demand for electricity has increased from 1.66 million kilowatts in 2011 to 1.8 million kilowatts in 2012, but its electricity supply is severely insufficient. Especially since August last year, the damage to natural gas pipelines in West Africa has led to the almost cessation of natural gas power generation, leading to a severe shortage of electricity in Ghana and the need to take power rationing measures. According to data from Ghana Electric Power Company, its peak electricity demand gap is at least 300000 kilowatts.
The Bouvi hydropower station, which was loaned by the Chinese government and constructed by China Water Resources and Hydropower Construction Co., Ltd., is considered a key project for Ghana to solve the power dilemma. This hydropower project, which has been under construction for nearly 5 years, will become the second largest hydropower station in the country after the Akosombo power station after completion at the end of this year. On the 3rd of this month, Ghanaian President Mahama personally pressed the button, and Bouvi's first 133000 kilowatt generator set was officially connected to the grid for power generation. It is reported that by the end of this year, all three units with a total installed capacity of 400000 kilowatts will be put into operation for power generation, with an annual power generation capacity of up to 1 billion kilowatt hours.
Shenneng Ansogu Power (Ghana) Co., Ltd. was jointly invested and constructed by Shenzhen Energy Co., Ltd. and the China-Africa Development Fund. The natural gas generating units with an installed capacity of 200000 kilowatts in the first phase of the power plant project in Tema City, Grand Accra Province, Ghana, were completed and put into operation at the end of 2010. According to Li Xiaohai, the chairman of the company, the annual online electricity consumption of the power plant exceeded 1.2 billion kilowatt hours in 2011, accounting for 12% of Ghana's national electricity generation that year. The second phase of the 360000 kilowatt power plant project is also actively being promoted.
It has been proven that Chinese enterprises have effectively ensured Ghana's electricity supply with their advantages of low equipment costs, high energy utilization efficiency, and stable power generation capacity, safeguarding Ghana's economic development, "said General Manager Zhang Haicheng.
In addition, the solar power plant constructed by Chinese companies in Upper East Province of Ghana has recently officially generated electricity. In the western province of Ghana, the Ghana natural gas infrastructure project, which is funded by the Chinese government and undertaken by China Petrochemical Corporation, has also begun.
In an interview with Xinhua News Agency, the CEO of Ghana Natural Gas Company, George Spia Aja Yanki, said that in recent years, China has played a crucial role in Ghana's electricity and energy sector, and Chinese enterprises have made great contributions to Ghana's energy development. We express our sincere gratitude to the Chinese government and people. Electrician shrink tape.