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Kpone Thermal Power Station I

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Country
  
Ghana

Status
  
Under construction

Primary fuel
  
Natural gas

Address
  
Tema, Ghana

Location
  
Kpone

Commission date
  
2016 (Expected)

Secondary fuel
  
Diesel fuel

Owner
  
Volta River Authority

Kpone Thermal Power Station I

Kpone Thermal Power Station is a 230 megawatts (310,000 hp) gas-fired thermal power station in Ghana.

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Location

The power station is located in the Kpone neighborhood of the port city of Tema, approximately 31 kilometres (19 mi), east of the central business district of Accra, the capital and largest city in the country. The coordinates of the power station are:05°44'06.0"N, 0°00'38.0"E (Latitude:5.734998; Longitude:0.010548).

Overview

The station is under construction since 2012 and is expected to come online in 2016. It is owned by the parastatal company called Volta River Authority.

References

Kpone Thermal Power Station I Wikipedia