Kumasi – Kintampo – Tamale – Bolgatanga Line is a 330kV overhead line with a length of 550km from Kumasi, Ashanti, Ghana, to Bolgatanga, Upper East, Ghana.
Construction works on the Kumasi – Kintampo – Tamale – Bolgatanga Line started in 2018 and the project was commissioned in 2019.
Description
The Kumasi – Kintampo – Tamale – Bolgatanga Line, which is an overhead line, is being operated by Ghana Grid. The Kumasi – Kintampo – Tamale – Bolgatanga Line is a new line. The line carries alternating current (AC) through double circuit cable.
Kumasi – Kintampo – Tamale – Bolgatanga Line project development status
The development of the Kumasi – Kintampo – Tamale – Bolgatanga Line project was approved by Public Utilities Regulatory Commission of Ghana in 2018 and the project works were completed in 2019.
Contractors involved
KEC International was appointed by Ghana Grid to supply the cables for executing the 330kV Kumasi – Kintampo – Tamale – Bolgatanga Line.
Methodology
All publicly-announced T&D Line & Substation projects included in this analysis are drawn from GlobalData’s Power IC. The information regarding the projects is sourced through secondary information sources such as country specific utility players, company news and reports, statistical organisations, regulatory body, government planning reports and their publications and is further validated through primary from various stakeholders such as power utility companies, consultants, energy associations of respective countries, government bodies and professionals from leading players in the power sector.
