Country Ghana Status Operational Primary fuel Diesel fuel | Location Tema Commission date 2008 | |
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Nameplate capacity 236 megawatts (316,000 hp) | ||
Tema Thermal Power Station is a 236 megawatts (316,000 hp) diesel fuel-fired thermal power station in Ghana.
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Location
The power station is located in the Industrial Area neighborhood of the port city of Tema, approximately 30 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°40'43.0"N, 0°00'55.0"E (Latitude:5.677362; Longitude:0.015828).
Overview
It was constructed in two stages. The first stage, known as TTPS1, with capacity of 110 megawatts, owned by the Volta River Authority (VRA), was commissioned in 2008. The first stage consists of 25 Caterpillar 3516B diesel generators, each rated at 2000 kVA.
The second stage, TTPS2, commissioned in 2012 as a privately-owned power project, with capacity of 50 MW, consists of 12 Caterpillar 3516 TA diesel generators, each rated at 1750 kVA. It is owned by CENIT Energy Limited (CEL). CEL’s sole shareholder, CENIT Investment Limited, is an investment company, wholly owned by the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), a Ghanaian enterprise. TTPS2 shares premises with TTPS1 and the two share a common control room, switch gear and other common facilities.
The power plant is connected to the electricity grid in Ghana and supplies energy to Tema and Accra.