The country’s biggest plant since Akosombo
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The country’s biggest plant since Akosombo

… the origination questions to settle before cutting the sod

Dr. Abdul-Jalil Ibrahim
Published 50 minutes ago5 min read

Akosombo was not built because Ghana needed 1,020 megawatts. It was built because a smelter had signed a long-term offtake before the first turbine was ordered. The dam had a customer before it had concrete.

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