Relocation Of Ameri Plant Will Stabilise Power – Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh

The Minister of Energy, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has stated that the decision to relocate the Ameri Thermal Power Plant from Takoradi to Kumasi is to ensure stable electricity system in the country. That decision, he said, became necessary after the Ameri contract elapsed in January 2021 and the plant became fully owned by the Government of Ghana. Addressing journalists at the Parliament House last Friday, he explained that grid stability had been the weakest link in the country’s transmission system, especially in the Ashanti Region. He said the region suffered from more interruption than anywhere else in the country,…