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Ghana Approves Project that will Alleviate Power Shortages

The lights of a new power project now shine at the end of what has been a long "Dumsor" tunnel for Ghana. The Ghanaian government recently signed a 20-year power purchase agreement for the 400MW greenfield Bridge Power project, which will provide 12% of the country's planned power generating capacity by 2020. GE will provide 400MW of power generating capacity through nine GE gas turbines and two purpose built  GE steam turbines. Find out more. More about GE in Africa in this BRIEFING

Ghana's president John Dramani Mahama meets with GE's chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt at the Presidential Villa in Accra, Ghana, January 2015.

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