{"id":11422,"date":"2014-04-07T11:53:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-07T11:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=11422"},"modified":"2014-04-07T11:53:00","modified_gmt":"2014-04-07T11:53:00","slug":"severe-power-crises-to-hit-ghana-in-2015-kite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=11422","title":{"rendered":"Severe power crises to hit Ghana in 2015 \u2013 KITE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/KITE-LOGO-copy.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11423\" alt=\"KITE-LOGO-copy\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/KITE-LOGO-copy.gif\" width=\"629\" height=\"294\" \/><\/a>Energy Research firm, KITE is warning that Ghana is likely to be hit with another phase of severe power crises next year if rainfall for this year remain the same or lower than the previous year.<\/p>\n<p>Hydro Power accounts for about 52 percent of Ghana\u2019s energy mix with three major dams- Akosombo, Bui and Kpong hydro dams.<\/p>\n<p>Water levels at Akosombo have fallen to 251.3 feet from 261.82 feet recorded same time last year.<\/p>\n<p>There are fears the level may drop further to the required minimum level of 240 feet.<\/p>\n<p>KITE reckons that inflows into the dams last year were significantly low and could pose a threat for power supply next year should the dams not receive substantial amount of water this year.<\/p>\n<p>Energy Analyst and executive director of KITE, Ishmeal Agyekum speaking to Citi Business News said \u201cwhen you monitor the inflows into the Volta Lake, the inflows last year was not good enough. If we don\u2019t have good rains, it means that by the time the dry season is here with us, we will have very little water in the Volta Lake and that will be a massive problem for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By:\u00a0 Anim Kwaku Boadu\/citofmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Energy Research firm, KITE is warning that Ghana is likely to be hit with another phase of severe power crises next year if rainfall for this year remain the same or lower than the previous year. Hydro Power accounts for about 52 percent of Ghana\u2019s energy mix with three major dams- Akosombo, Bui and Kpong [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":11423,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[22,4],"class_list":["post-11422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-medcirclesgh","tag-st-augustines-college"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11422\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}