The President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo commissioned the newly constructed Accra Central Bulk Supply Point located in the Klottey Korle constituency of the Greater Accra Region today Tuesday 13 June 2023.
President Akufo-Addo said the “bulk supply point is a gas insulated sub-station which is Ghana Grid Company’s (GRIDCo’s) first sub-station with such technology”.
He indicated that the sub-station “is an innovation in technology applied in areas where spaces are significant and limited, where large capacity switch care and transformers which are compact can be installed”.
“The benefits of this Accra bulk supply point amongst others are; one, to reduce transmission and distribution losses, two, ensure high reliability of electricity supply and three, ensure a high level of personnel safety,” the President remarked.
“Now with the operationalization of the Accra bulk supply point, power voltages have become stable, protecting valuable equipment, power supply reliability has improved and with this, efficiency has been insulted, reducing system losses as required by the regulator, Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC)” he added.
The Japanese funded project through its development agency, JICA, is estimated to cost about $40 million United States dollars. President Akufo-Addo registered the appreciation of government and the people of Ghana to the government and people of the Kingdom of Japan for their kind gesture.
“This project could not have become a reality without the generous grant from the Japanese government and its external agency, the Japanese International Development Agency (JICA), without Japanese technology and technological assistance.
This project is an excellent illustration of the strong cooperation between the Republic of Ghana and the Kingdom of Japan which we cherish” President Akufo-Addo said.
“On behalf of the government and people of Ghana, I extend deep appreciation to the Japanese government and the Japanese consultants, the joint venture of Yachiyo Engineering Company Limited and West Japan Engineering Consultancy Incorporated, the main contractor, the main contractor, the Japanese joint venture of Mitsubishi Corporation, Hitachi Plant Construction Limited Yurtec Corporation for the efforts and continues corporation and contribution to Ghana’s development and growth” Akufo-Addo added.
Minister for Energy, Matthew Opoku Prempeh, and Board Chairman of GRIDCo, Ambassador Kabal Blay-Amihere in their brief statements, both took turns to register their appreciation to the Japanese government for making the project a reality.
They added that overall, the project will relieve the existing substations of overloads and thereby allowing for planned maintenance works to be carried out without power supply interruptions customers, significant reduction in power losses especially at the medium voltage level, among others.
