Ghana Power Capacities

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Contents

Intro Introduction worksheet

New capacities Current power mix, installed capacity at date, capacity under construction and under development
Power Sector Performances Historical data on installed capacity, power generation, thermal power plants inputs, average thermal power plant efficiency, CO 2 emissions of the power sector, carbon factor of the power sector
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Under construction capacity: 450 MW

Power Plants Technology Mix

Operational (MW) Under construction (MW) Under development (MW)

Nuclear Nuclear Nuclear

Coal/Lignite Coal/Lignite Coal/Lignite

Gas Gas Gas

Oil Oil Oil

Biomass Biomass Biomass

Hydro Hydro Hydro

Wind Wind Wind

Solar* Solar* Solar*

Geothermal, Ma- Geothermal, Ma- Geothermal, Ma-

rine, etc rine, etc rine, etc

Capacity expansion by status (MW) Capacity expansion status by technology (MW)

7,000
Geothermal, Marine,
etc
6,000
Solar*

5,000 Wind

Hydro
4,000
Biomass
3,000
Oil

2,000 Gas

Coal/Lignite
1,000

Nuclear
0
Operational (MW) Under construction Under development 0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000 3,500 4,000 4,500 5,000
(02-2024) (MW) (MW)

Nuclear Coal/Lignite Gas

Oil Biomass Hydro Operational (MW) Under construction (MW) Under development (MW)
Wind Solar* Geothermal, Marine, etc (02-2024)
 Hydro
4,000
Biomass
3,000
Oil

2,000 Gas
New capacities
Coal/Lignite
1,000
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0
Operational (MW) Under construction Under development 0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000 3,500 4,000 4,500 5,000
(02-2024) (MW) (MW)

Nuclear Coal/Lignite Gas

Oil Biomass Hydro Operational (MW) Under construction (MW) Under development (MW)
Wind Solar* Geothermal, Marine, etc (02-2024)

Operational (MW)
Energy Share Under construction (MW) Share Under development (MW) Share
(02-2024)

Nuclear 0 0% 0 0% 1,000 17%

Thermal 3,766 69% 200 44% 1,545 26%
Coal/Lignite 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Gas 2,673 49% 200 44% 1,545 26%
Oil 1,085 20% 0 0% 0 0%
Biomass 8 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Unspecified 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Renewables (Excl. Biomas 1,682 31% 250 56% 3,437 57%
Hydro 1,584 29% 60 13% 147 2%
Wind 0 0% 0 0% 1,468 25%
Solar* 98 2% 170 38% 1,723 29%
Geothermal, Marine, etc 0 0% 20 4% 100 2%
Total 5,449 100% 450 100% 5,982 100%
of which carbon free te 1,691 31% 250 56% 4,437 74%
Under development: Announced, Submitted, Authorized, Bidding process, PPA signed, FID
Under construction: Under construction, Suspended construction, Synchronized
*: under construction and under development solar capacities covered utility-scale installations only, i.e. capacity related to distributed systems are not covered.

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Installed capacities (MW)

MW Installed capacities
6,000

5,000

4,000

3,000

2,000

1,000

0
1990 2000 2010 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

Nuclear Coal/Lignite Gas Oil Biomass

Hydro Wind Solar Geothermal, Marine, etc

CAGR 2018/2022
MW 1990 2000 2010 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2021/2022 (%)
(%)

Nuclear 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0.0%

Thermal 90 586 992 3,406 3,690 3,702 3,761 3,766 0.1% 2.5%
Coal/Lignite 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0.0%
Gas 0 340 340 1,496 2,529 2,673 2,673 2,673 0.0% 15.6%
Oil 90 240 645 1,902 1,153 1,021 1,080 1,085 0.5% -13.1%
Biomass 0 6 7 8 8 8 8 8 0.0% 0.0%
Renewables (Excl. Biomass) 1,072 1,072 1,180 1,646 1,656 1,679 1,682 1,682 0.0% 0.5%
Hydro 1,072 1,072 1,180 1,580 1,584 1,584 1,584 1,584 0.0% 0.1%
Wind 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0.0%
Solar 0 0 0 66 72 95 98 98 0.0% 10.5%
Geothermal, Marine, etc 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% 63.5%
Total 1,162 1,658 2,172 5,052 5,347 5,382 5,444 5,449 0.1% 1.9%
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Share (%) 1990 2000 2010 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

Nuclear 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Thermal 8% 35% 46% 67% 69% 69% 69% 69%
Coal/Lignite 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Gas 0% 21% 16% 30% 47% 50% 49% 49%
Oil 8% 14% 30% 38% 22% 19% 20% 20%
Biomass 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Renewables (Excl. Biomass) 92% 65% 54% 33% 31% 31% 31% 31%
Hydro 92% 65% 54% 31% 30% 29% 29% 29%
Wind 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Solar 0% 0% 0% 1% 1% 2% 2% 2%
Geothermal, Marine, etc 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

Power generation (GWh)

GWh Power generation

25,000

20,000

15,000

10,000

5,000

0
1990 2000 2010 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

Nuclear Coal/Lignite Gas Oil Biomass

Hydro Wind Solar Geothermal, Marine, etc
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CAGR 2018/2022
GWh 1990 2000 2010 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2021/2022 (%)
(%)

Nuclear 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0.0%

Thermal 0 614 3,171 8,837 9,976 12,364 14,398 14,798 2.8% 13.8%
Coal/Lignite 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0.0%
Gas 0 0 1,096 5,116 7,190 11,590 13,800 14,637 6.1% 30.1%
Oil 0 614 2,075 3,721 2,785 774 597 161 -73.1% -54.4%
Biomass 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7% -1.2%
Renewables (Excl. Biomass) 5,721 6,609 6,996 6,050 7,303 7,350 7,653 8,366 9.3% 8.4%
Hydro 5,721 6,609 6,996 6,017 7,252 7,293 7,525 8,196 8.9% 8.0%
Wind 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0.0%
Solar 0 0 0 33 51 57 128 170 32.8% 50.9%
Geothermal, Marine, etc 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0.0%
Total 5,721 7,223 10,167 14,887 17,278 19,714 22,050 23,163 5.0% 11.7%

Share (%) 1990 2000 2010 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

Nuclear 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Thermal 0% 9% 31% 59% 58% 63% 65% 64%
Coal/Lignite 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Gas 0% 0% 11% 34% 42% 59% 63% 63%
Oil 0% 9% 20% 25% 16% 4% 3% 1%
Biomass 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Renewables (Excl. Biomass) 100% 91% 69% 41% 42% 37% 35% 36%
Hydro 100% 91% 69% 40% 42% 37% 34% 35%
Wind 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Solar 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 1% 1%
Geothermal, Marine, etc 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

Efficiency

Thermal power plants inputs (ktoe)

*: Energy consumed by power plants for power generation

ktoe Thermal power plants inputs

3,500

3,000

2,500
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ktoe Thermal power plants inputs
3,500

3,000

2,500

2,000

1,500

1,000

500

0
1990 2000 2010 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

Coal/Lignite Gas Oil Biomass

CAGR 2018/2022
ktoe 1990 2000 2010 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2021/2022 (%)
(%)

Total 0 156 1,068 1,947 2,289 2,653 3,091 3,216 4.0% 13.4%
Coal/Lignite 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0.0%
Gas 0 0 354 1,201 1,688 2,488 2,962 3,182 7.4% 27.6%
Oil 0 156 714 746 602 165 129 35 -73.0% -53.5%
Biomass 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7% -1.2%

Average power plants efficiency (%)

% Average power plants efficiency

120

100

80

60

40

20

0
1990 2000 2010 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
 % Average power plants efficiency
120

100

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40

20

0
1990 2000 2010 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

Global efficiency Thermal efficiency Efficiency of coal power plants Efficiency of gas power plants

CAGR 2018/2022
% 1990 2000 2010 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2021/2022 (%)
(%)

Global efficiency 100 86 52 52 51 52 51 51 0.1% -0.6%

Thermal efficiency 0 34 26 39 37 40 40 40 -1.2% 0.3%
Efficiency of coal power plants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0.0%
Efficiency of gas power plants 0 0 27 37 37 40 40 40 -1.2% 1.9%

CO2

CO2 emissions of the power sector (ktCO2)

ktCO2 CO2 emissions of the power sector

8,000

7,000

6,000

5,000

4,000

3,000

2,000

1,000

0
1990 2000 2010 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

Coal/Lignite Gas Oil

 5,000

4,000

3,000

2,000

1,000

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Coal/Lignite Gas Oil

CAGR 2018/2022
ktCO2 1990 2000 2010 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2021/2022 (%)
(%)

Total 0 478 3,024 5,190 5,842 6,366 7,368 7,585 3.0% 10.0%
Coal/Lignite 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0.0%
Gas 0 0 832 2,821 3,965 5,845 6,960 7,475 7.4% 27.6%
Oil 0 478 2,192 2,369 1,877 521 408 110 -73.0% -53.6%

Carbon factor of the power sector (gCO2/KWh)

gCO2/KWh Carbon factor of the power sector (gCO2/KWh)

400

350

300

250

200

150

100

50

0
1990 2000 2010 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

Carbon factor of the power sector

CAGR 2018/2022
gCO2/KWh 1990 2000 2010 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2021/2022 (%)
(%)

Carbon factor of the power sector 0 66 297 349 338 323 334 327 -2.0% -1.6%

Indicators
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CAGR 2018/2022
Indicators 1990 2000 2010 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2021/2022 (%)
(%)

Installed capacity per capita (MW/Mhab) 75 84 85 164 170 167 166 163 -1.8% -0.1%

Load factor of total installed capacity

4,874 4,331 4,656 2,937 3,137 3,549 3,918 4,174 6.5% 9.2%
(hours/year)
Share of CHP in total electricity
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0.0%
consumption (%)

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