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1020 MW Hydro Power Plant at Akosombo
 
The Volta River Authority (VRA) was established on April 26, 1961, under the Volta River Development Act, Act 46 of the Republic of Ghana.

The Authority's primary function is to generate and supply electrical energy for industrial, commercial and domestic use in Ghana.

The Authority is also responsible for safe-guarding the health and socio-economic well being of the inhabitants of the communities alongside the lake, and management of any incidental issues including sustainability of the environment........ read more
  
 
Akosombo Lake Level
Thursday
11th March 2010
....80.39 meters
263.76 feet
Level Last Year :
11th March 2009
....79.02 meters
259.26 feet
 
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  The Story of Akosombo Dam: A Historical Perspective  
 

The idea of the development of hydro-electric project at Akosombo begins with Albert - later Sir Albert Kitson, an Austrian Jew whose first arrival in the Gold Coast in 1913 set about opening up vital prospects for the mineral wealth of Ghana.

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  VRA - "The Ontario of Africa"  
 

"VRA today has the capacity to become the Ontario of Africa"; this vision of Mrs. Sophia Abena Tijani, the only female Electrical Engineer at the Hydro-generation department seems to be in line with Dr. Kwame Nkrumah's vision for Ghana and Africa as well as the new direction of VRA, setting the standards for public sector excellence in Africa.
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