Ghana’s 2027 budget, presented on 12 November, enlarges a planned state-owned gas power plant at Kafodzidzi-Abrobeano in the Central Region to 1,450 megawatts (MW) and adds a 600 MW state solar plant with 2,000 megawatt-hours of battery storage. Finance Minister Cassiel Ato Forson said construction starts in December, the first 600 MW is due by December 2028 and the rest by 2030, and the state will pay without borrowing. The government first announced the plant at 1,200 MW in its July mid-year review. The plants would let Ghana retire costly emergency power units by 2030 and supply mineral processing, provided the Sankofa and Jubilee fields deliver about 150 million extra cubic feet of gas a day.
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- Citi Newsroom: https://www.citinewsroom.com/2026/11/2027-budget-ghana-to-build-1450mw-state-owned-thermal-plant-600mw-solar-facility/
- 3News: https://3news.com/news/pillar-3-of-the-new-economy-govt-to-undertake-a-us-2bn-investment-in-energy-infrastructure-finance-minister
- 3News: https://3news.com/business/energy/solar-panels-batteries-import-duty-vat-exemption-2027-budget
- Ecofin Agency (July 2026, background): https://www.ecofinagency.com/news-industry/2407-57701-ghana-plans-state-owned-gas-plant-to-cut-electricity-costs