Adnan Adams Mohammed
The West African Gas Pipeline Company Limited (WAPCO) has indicated it will soon undertake planned maintenance termed as ‘pigging’ (cleaning) exercise offshore from January 20 to February Febr 16, 2025.
Ghana GRID Company Limited in a document titled, “Power Supply Outlook For The WAGP Offshore Pigging From
January 20 – February 16, 2025 And Projections For 2025 revealed that, the planned maintenance which was initially scheduled to take place in October 2024, but the immediate past NPP government coerced the company to postpone the exercise to this year.
This is expected to affect gas supply to power generation plants, basically in Tema enclaves. It is expected that, there will be deficit in generation capacity during the period of the WAPCO pigging exercise. There is therefore the need to procure liquid fuel to run thermal plants in Tema to meet demand.
“A total of US$ 89.90 million is required to purchase liquid fuel to run thermal plants in order to meet demand for the period”, the GRIDCo document stated. “System demand is projected to grow steadily to an annual peak of 4,415.42MW by the last quarter of 2025.”
It further indicated that, “There will accordingly be the need to secure additional generation resources with dependable capacity of at least 244.66 MW by the last quarter of the year to ensure sustained supply adequacy by the end of the year.”
This is likely to resort in load shedding in days to come.
