Eighty percent of Upper Kotamale completed

[January 28 2011]
<P>Nearly 80 percent of the construction work of the Upper Kotamale Hydro Power Project has been completed.

<P>Once completed, the plant will add 150 MW into the national grid, which will contribute 3.5% of the country’s total electricity requirement for the year 2012.

<P>The installation of power generating machines is in progress. Machine parts have been imported from a Japanese company.

<P>The machines are being installed under the supervision of the Japanese company which handles the contract.