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Nationwide Power Outage Hits Ghana as GRIDCo Investigates System Disturbance

303  A major power system disturbance plunged several parts of Ghana into darkness in the early hours of Wednesday after a fault on the National Interconnected Transmission System triggered the simultaneous shutdown of some electricity generation plants across the country. The incident, which occurred at approximately 3:11 a.m. on Wednesday, July 29, 2026, caused widespread […]

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Government Will Deal Ruthlessly with Power Saboteurs — Energy Minister

578  The Minister for Energy and Green Transition, John Abdulai Jinapor, has delivered a strong warning to individuals and groups whose actions threaten Ghana’s electricity supply, stressing that government will not tolerate any attempt to sabotage the national power system. Speaking during a working tour of Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) project sites in the […]

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GRIDCo’s 161kV Aboadze-Tarkwa Transmission Line Damaged, Repair Works Underway

643  The Ministry of Energy and Green Transition has announced that the Ghana Grid Company Ltd.’s (GRIDCo) 161kV Aboadze-Tarkwa transmission line has been damaged, potentially affecting power supply in parts of the Western and Ashanti Regions. According to the Ministry, a maintenance team has been swiftly deployed to the site to begin urgent repair works. […]