Takoradi (TAPCO) 1 Thermal power plant is a 330 MW gas power station in Western, Ghana. It is operated by Takoradi Power Co [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 372k homes (estimated). It ranks #9 of 15 Ghana power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1999, it is around 27 years old — long-established. 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_takoraditapco1_ghana.
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capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000406758; fuel: GEM GOGPT
At 330 MW, Takoradi (TAPCO) 1 Thermal power plant is around the median gas plant in Ghana (330 MW). Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG). 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.
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Operated by Takoradi Power Co [100%].
This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 5.0°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.
Climate zone & typical temperatures: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
For a plant’s outdoor hardware — heat-recovery steam generators (HRSG), expansion joints, valves, flanges and their insulation — the local climate sets how fast unprotected steel and coatings degrade. This site sits in an aggressive, high-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C5 — Very high), with marine salt corrosion the leading environmental stress.
Higher environmental severity is exactly where protective removable insulation pays back most: a sheltered micro-climate slows corrosion, UV and thermal-cycling damage and extends outdoor hardware service life. This is an indicative site-climate context — not a condition assessment of any specific plant or operator.
Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.
The #5 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.
Coordinates 4.971862, -1.658276 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Takoradi (TAPCO) 1 Thermal power plant is a 330 MW gas power plant in Western, Ghana, commissioned in 1999.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 371,674 homes (estimated).
Takoradi (TAPCO) 1 Thermal power plant is operated by Takoradi Power Co [100%].
