Prampram power station

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Prampram power station is a 200-megawatt (MW) gas-fired power plant in Greater Accra Region, Ghana.

As of December 2019, the project has not progressed in more than four years and appears to be cancelled.

Location

The map below shows the approximate location of the proposed power station in Miotso - Ningo-Prampram District, Greater Accra Region, Ghana.

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Background

In 2014, Santerre Electric Power Company Limited announced that they would build 200 MW Prampram power plant. A website for Santerre Electric Power Co Ltd. (SEPCO) that describes the project was last updated in 2015.

Project Details

• Sponsor: Santerre Electric Power Co Ltd.
• Parent company: Santerre Ltd.
• Location: Miotso - Ningo-Prampram District, Greater Accra Region, Ghana
• Coordinates: 5.7562, 0.0831 (approximate)
• Gross capacity (cancelled): 200 MW
  • Unit 1: Gas-fired combined cycle, 200 MW (start-up in 2015)