Incidents recorded in Ghana across battery storage, solar, wind, grid infrastructure and data centres.
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A transformer fire was reported at Pipeline-Salam Junction, Koforidua, on 6 October 2026. The Ghana National Fire Service received the call at 18:46 and a crew arrived at 19:04. Electricity was disconnected before firefighting. The fire was brought under...
A fire broke out at the Akosombo Substation, operated by GRIDCo, which serves the switchyard of the Akosombo Dam in Akosombo, Ghana, on 23 April 2026. The blaze damaged the switch system and the primary control room, resulting in the loss of 1,000 megawatts...
A fire reportedly damaged parts of the Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) substation at Mallam, Accra, Ghana, according to a report published on 14 October 2026. The report said the fire reportedly destroyed control boards and transformers at the facility....
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The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission facilitated replacement of 10 damaged and overloaded electricity distribution transformers across the Central Region after complaints of prolonged power outages. The work, with the Electricity Company of Ghana,...
A fire was reported at an electricity substation, with the national energy ministry quoted as saying the event cut about 1,000 megawatts from the national supply. Reporting available at the time of writing is limited to a headline and short summary, so the...
A fire broke out at a Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) substation supplying electricity to Obuasi and surrounding communities in the Ashanti Region. The fire led to the explosion of a transformer, causing a major power outage across the affected area. The...
An earthing transformer at the Achimota Bulk Supply Point, operated by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), unexpectedly caught fire during April 2025. The fire caused widespread power outages across various parts of Accra, including the Abelemkpe area,...
Volta River Authority (VRA) transformer lines in the Area Two neighbourhood of Sunyani caught fire in the early hours of Thursday 3 October 2024. Residents reported hearing an explosion before seeing the transformer on fire. Attempts by residents to bring the...
On 23 January 2023 a 33kV transformer, described in the report as an earthen transformer, was destroyed by fire at the Electricity Company of Ghana Achimota Bulk Supply Point in Abelemkpe, Accra. The fire started at about 3:55 pm. An eyewitness reported a...
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