Technoeconomic Evaluation of Electricity Generation from Concentrated Solar Power Technologies in Ghana

Table 1

Current installed generation capacity for VRA and IPPs in Ghana [18].

Plant	Fuel	Installed capacity	Dependable capacity	Percentage of installed capacity
Thermal				67.89%
TAPCO-T1	GAS/LCO	330	300
TICO-T2	GAS/LCO	340	320
Amandi	LCO/gas	190	190
TT1PP	Gas/LCO	110	100
TT2PP	Gas	87	70
Genser	Gas	95	18
KTPP	Gas/DFO	220	200
Ameri Power Plant	Gas	250	230
Kar Power Badge	HFO	470	450
Sunon Asogli Ph1	Gas	200	180
Sunon Asogli Ph2 St1	Gas/LCO	360	340
Trojan	DFO/gas	44	39.6
Cenit Power Plant	LCO	110	100
Cen Power	LCO/gas	360	340
AKSA	HFO	370	350
Subtotal		3,456.00
Hydro				30.41%
Akosombo	Water	1020	900
Kpong	Water	160	140
Bui	Water	404	360
Subtotal		1,584.00
Solar				1.69%
Navrongo Solar Power Plant	Solar	2.5	1.75
Bxc	Solar	20	14
Meinergy	Solar	20	14
Nadowli Kaleo District	Solar	17
Bui Power	Solar	22.25
Lawra Solar Power Plant	Solar	6.5
Subtotal		88.25
Total capacity		5,208.25		100%