The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) is to commence a 33kV line upgrade project aimed at improving power supply reliability in the Ashanti Region.
The project, being undertaken by Indian firm Arvensis Energy Private Limited over an 11- week period will focus on enhancing the existing 33kV line from Ridge BSP through the Kaase Substation to the Boadi Substation of ECG.
Ing. Eugene Nyanor, manager of network maintenance for Ashanti Sub-Transmission at ECG who led a delegation to brief Ashanti Regional Minister Simon Osei-Mensah on updates of the project, said once completed, the upgraded transmission lines will increase capacity to transmit more power and thus enhance the overall reliability of electricity supply across the region.
He said the project would entail upgrading conductors from 265mm² to 400mm² to boost power generation and supply reliability, doubling one-phase cables per phase to increase capacity, and installing galvanized steel towers.
Ing. Nyanor announced that the project is has the full backing of the Energy minister, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh.
The Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah, assured the ECG and the contractor of the Regional Coordinating Council’s support for the successful completion of the project.
He stressed the importance of the project which, he said, would come to complement the proposed commissioning of the Ameri Plant, towards stabilizing the power situation in the region.
