The Minister for Energy and Green Transition, Hon. Dr. John Jinapor, has paid a working visit to the Akosombo Switchyard to assess progress on the construction of the temporary control room structure.The visit formed part of the Minister’s efforts to monitor progress of ongoing restoration and recovery works to ensure the timely restoration of critical
In a show of style and enthusiasm ahead of the annual worldwide Mother’s Day celebrations, Executive Officers of the GRIDCo Ladies Association (GRIDLASS) leveraged on the commemorative day to celebrate and honour GRIDCo’s first Chairlady, Kuukua Maurice Ankrah, in recognition of her outstanding leadership and historic role in Ghana’s energy sector.Kuukua Maurice Ankrah is the
Staff of the Ghana Grid Company LTD. (GRIDCo) joined thousands of workers across the country to commemorate the 2026 May Day Celebration, held in Koforidua in the Eastern Region regardless of the challenging period triggered by the Akosombo Switchyard fire outbreak, where GRIDCo Engineers were working round the clock to restore power fully.The National Event,
Since Thursday, 23rd April 2026 we have been in Phase 1 - ‘The Emergency Restoration Phase - of efforts to bring the Akosombo plant into operation. This is the phase where, we used an improvised connection philosophy to quickly bring up the Akosombo Units, as well as transmission lines at Akosombo. I'm glad to say
The President of the Republic, John Mahama, the Minister for Energy and Green Transition, Dr. John Jinapor, and the Executive Secretary for the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission, (PURC), Dr. Shafic Suleman, have commended the joint GRIDCo-VRA Engineering Teams for their efforts at restoring the generating units at the Akosombo Generating Station into service.Full restoration of
GRIDCo’s Chairlady, Kuukua Maurice Ankrah, led colleague Board Members; the Ag. Chief Executive of GRIDCo; GRIDCo Management; the GRIDCO-VRA Engineering Team, and some staff, to receive His Excellency, President John Mahama at the GRIDCo Akosombo Switchyard on Thursday 30th April 2026 Also present were the Minister for Energy and Green Transition, Dr. Hon. John Jinapor,
In a heartwarming display of praise, President John Mahama lauded a National Service Person, Miss Stephanie Baan assigned to the Akosombo Operational Area for her dedicated efforts as part of the engineering and technical team, who worked on the Akosombo restoration works. As part of his regular check in with the Joint GRIDCo-VRA Team,
On Thursday 23rd April, 2026, a fire incident occurred at the GRIDCo Akosombo Switchyard, which affected power supply. Following the incident GRIDCo and VRA formed a joint technical team to agree on a restoration plan to bring the Akosombo Generation Units back on stream to supply reliable power. Following the incident, the Minister for
A delegation from Newmont comprising executives from Newmont Ghana Gold Ltd. and Newmont’s Corporate Office in the USA, paid a familiarisation visit to GRIDCo’s Management. Ing. Vincent Boachie, Director, Technical Services Department (TSD), chaired the meeting on behalf of the Chief Executive (CE), [who was out of the jurisdiction] welcomed the delegation. Ing. Hussaini Adams,
The Ghana Grid Company LTD. recently held a technical sub-committee meeting with the Ivorian power system utility to discuss issues relating to the operation of the electrical interconnection between Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire, analyse problems and make recommendations for solution. The Ghana party comprised GRIDCo and the Volta River Authority (VRA), whilst their Ivorian counterparts
