A delegation from São Tomé and Príncipe on Wednesday, 31st May 2023, embarked on a Benchmarking understudy Tour of GRIDCo to understand the Energy Sector Recovery Programme, a World Bank Initiative. The Director of Finance, Mr. Samuel Nkansah gave a synopsis of the Cash Waterfall (CWF) initiative. He described GRIDCo’s business model, and the impact
A Female Engineer with Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) Ing. Abigail Acheampomaa Opoku been elected as the Financial Leader for the Youth in Engineering (YiE) of the Ghana Institution of Engineering (GhIE). She is also a member of the Professional Practice and Ethics Committee of the Ghana Institution of Engineering. Ing. Abigail Opoku started her
A two-member team from the Transmission companies of the Cote Ivoire, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea (CLSG) interconnectivity project has paid a working visit to GRIDCo. The four (4) day visit from 2nd May to 4th May, 2023, followed initial discussions held in September 2021 about areas of collaboration between the two entities, especially
Staff of Hitachi Energy, contractors for the Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA) Upgrade Project, recently visited GRIDCo to gain first-hand information on the status of the Project. The team of two (2) Project Managers from Hitachi ABB, met with the GRIDCo Project Team (from the System Operations Department and MIS Section), tasked with
The Utility Regulator, the PURC has hosted African Utility Regulators and regulatory experts as part of its Peer Review Learning of African Electricity Regulators. As part of its week-long programme, the PURC held a forum themed, “The Regulator in the Era of Economic Turbulence and the Energy Transition: Lessons from the Past and a
GRIDCo has inaugurated two (2) mechanised boreholes for the Navrongo Senior High School (NAVASCO) in the Upper East Region. The project was initiated as part of the Company’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme. The Headmistress, together with the GES Municipal Director, Staff, Students and The NABIA (Old Students of NAVASCO) received the GRIDCo delegation
Some Post Graduate Electrical Engineering students from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), have undertaken a familiarisation tour of GRIDCo’s Power Simulation Centre at the Anwomaso Substation in Kumasi. The Centre hosts critical training items, such as mini transformers, voltage management equipment, etc.The MPhil students were led by Prof. Emmanuel A. Frimpong,
On 5th April 2023, the Ministry of Energy held a send-off luncheon at its forecourt for the outgoing Deputy Minister of Energy, Hon. Mohammed Amin Adam, who has been elevated to the position of Minister of State at the Ministry of Finance.Representing GRIDCo’s Chief Executive at the event, Ing. Vincent Boachie in his address hailed
GRIDCo’s Right of Way Team is set to complete the clearance of the 24km 161kV single circuit Kumasi to Konongo Transmission Line Corridor in the Ashanti Region. The clearance is in accordance with Transmission Line Protection Regulations, 1967 (LI 542) as amended by Regulation No. LI 1737 of 2004, to remove illegal structures which are
Thirty-three (33) students from the Regional Maritime University (RMU) toured some of GRIDCo’s transmission facilities and Substations as part of the University's scheduled interactions with industries. Mr. Morrison Vehe, a lecturer, led the group of levels 200, 300 and final year engineering diploma students. The Director of System Operations at GRIDCo, Ing. Frank Asirifi Otchere,
