US$164m hydro power project to take off

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  • Joe Turkey 10 years ago

    I thought with our experience with the Volta River Project and our reliance solely of "God", we would have learned some lessons. Why don't we diversify into other areas. In one hydroelectric project I saw in a remote area of ...
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  • VOH-TARKWA 10 years ago

    GHANAINS THIS IS ALL POLITICAL TALKS.
    I NOW UNDERSTAND WHY WE ARE WHERE WE ARE.
    THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN THERE ALL THIS WHILE; MR. KWADJO BAAH-WIREDU INTIATED IT BEFORE HIS DEMISE;NOW ITS BEING ATTENDED TO AS IF ITS A NEW APPR ...
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  • garbeben 10 years ago

    Folks we need the cheap hydro power to run our aluminium industry. If this country is to make it into the big league of an industrialised one, it will be on the back of an aluminium based platform. Don't mind if these guys ar ...
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  • nana usa 10 years ago

    Hey this is wasting if money and shd be discarded is time with move away from hydro to something esle

  • efo joe 10 years ago

    i think this project is a misplaced priority. relying on hydro power is not the best for this country, considering the history of akosombo dam during the dry seasons which will not go away.
    Instead, the money should rather ...
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  • KE 10 years ago

    PLEASE PLEASE HYDRO ENERGY CAN'T WORK.USE THIS FUND TO SUBSIDIZE SOLAR ENERGY FOR HOME OWNERS.INEXPERIENCE MAHAMA GOV'T.EARLIER U LEAVE THE BETTER.

  • Posto 10 years ago

    Black people lack basic intelligence to plan beyond a year

  • Kwadjoe Yeboah 10 years ago

    This is stupid, shorted and waste of money. Where are the brains of my people? Don't we have enough hydro electrical projects already in Ghana? Why can't we think outside the box and have a good mix sources of energy? Will so ...
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  • ozone 10 years ago

    Eiiii..Ghana wont learn..bcos Nkrumah built hydro so everyone wants to build one...abah!!!!!!....no wonder people say we dont think

  • KG 10 years ago

    Did u say 42 megawatts? Then it's a waste

  • RT 10 years ago

    Please evaluate the seasonality of the water levels of the river. Is it going to be useful in the dry season? Take a cue from Bui dam. We may not be able to rely on natural factors any longer. Otherwise a healthy idea

  • Ameyibor 10 years ago

    what is 42MW?