MoU Signed On 4 Hydro Projects

Originally published in Modern Ghana.

The Ministry of Energy and local consortium, Pato Power Company, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to begin work on four mini hydroelectric dams on rivers Tano, Ankobra and Pra.
The US$900 million project, which is scheduled to be completed in three years, is estimated to provide a total of 250 megawatts of electric power to boost the country's energy supply.
The River Pra, which runs through both the Central and Western regions of Ghana, will accommodate two of the dams: one at Awisam in the Central Region and the other at Sekyere Heman in the Western Region.

The other two dam sites are on the Ankobra River at Bunso and on the Tano River at Tanoso, both in the Western Region.

Synohydro Company of China, the firm constructing the Bui Hydroelectric Dam, has been awarded the contract to work on the projects.

Speaking to the Daily Graphic in Accra, the Executive Chairman of Supercare Group Limited, the local representative of the Synhydro Company of China, Mr William Oppong Bio, said preparations were ongoing to get the sites ready for separate sodcutting ceremonies in the four communities by the President, Mr John Agyekum Kufour, by the end of August 2008.