Aboadze Rotan power station — Ghana

Aboadze Rotan power station is a 660 MW gas power station in Western, Ghana. It ranks #5 of 15 Ghana power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 61.4% of Ghana's electricity; the national grid averages 469 gCO₂/kWh (36.2% low-carbon) (2024).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GOGPT_aboadzerotan_ghana.

Data provenance

Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.

capacity: GEM GOGPT; fuel: GEM GOGPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 660 MW, Aboadze Rotan power station is well above the median gas plant in Ghana (330 MW). Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG). Its current lifecycle status is “Announced” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Gas plants burn natural gas either in open-cycle turbines for fast peaking, or in combined-cycle units that recover exhaust heat in an HRSG to reach roughly 55–62% efficiency — the cleanest-burning fossil option.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #2 largest gas power plant of 9 in Ghana by capacity.

Ghana has 9 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 3,885 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Amandi power station · Gas · 203 MW · Western
• Takoradi (TICO) Thermal power plant · Gas · 320 MW · Western
• Takoradi (TAPCO) 1 Thermal power plant · Gas · 330 MW · Western
• Ghana 1000 power station · Gas · 1,300 MW · Western
• Takoradi (TAPCO) 3 Thermal power plant · Gas · 132 MW · Western
• Karpowership (Ghana) Osman Khan power station · Gas · 450 MW · Western

Location

Coordinates 4.968973, -1.663185 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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