Ghana Power Crisis: Gas Shortage Causes Nationwide Blackout 

Due to a shortage of gas to run the nation’s electricity-generating gear, many sections of Ghana experienced total power outage.

According to Ghana Grid business inadequate (GRIDCo), the nation’s electrical utility business, the issue began on Thursday night and is “due to limited gas supply to Teme.”

It states in a statement that there would be “a supply gap of 550 MW at peak time.” For many years, Ghana has experienced an electrical deficit. The majority of its electricity comes from

This represents almost 10% of the nation’s overall capacity.

Starting on Thursday evening, there was a tremendous outage.

Ghana experiences frequent power outages, but this is the worst one to hit the country in the past two years.

“Critically unhealthy and tottering towards a power crisis” was the assessment made in June on the nation’s energy supply.

The financial misery of the nation has made the electricity situation worse, and it may get worse in the years ahead, according to a study conducted by the Centre for Socioeconomic Studies (CSS).

The gas supply issue’s cause and the estimated time it will take for regular supplies to restore were not disclosed by the electricity utility company.

Ghana has been suffering from power outages for a number of years; these outages are commonly referred to as “dumsor” in the Akan language, which means “on and off.”

The majority of the electricity in the West African nation comes from thermal and hydropower sources, many of which are not well maintained.

Glamour Adah

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