Speaking during a visit to the Aboadze Enclave on Thursday by President John Mahama, Nana Osafo Kantanka, Managing Director of TICO, said the company was currently generating only 105MW from its second gas turbine (SC 2).

 

   He said the other turbine, SC 1, which has a capacity of 110MW, has been shut down for maintenance, while another plant in the enclave managed by the VRA's TAPCo was producing an average of about 250MW.   

 

   President Mahama was conducted round all the expansion projects in the enclave, where he received briefings on the progress of work.

 

    According to Nana Kantanka, the SC 1 turbine was undergoing total refurbishment and rehabilitation to transform it into a "virtually brand new machine, which will take us the journey of another 25 years."  

 

    He announced that work was almost 95 per cent complete on the new steam turbine under construction, from which another 110MW is expected. 

 

    "On behalf of the workforce of TAQA, TAPCo, VRA and all our partners, we are committing that come the end of June 2015, TICO will be producing 330MW of power," the TICO Managing Director announced.