Ghana - World Nuclear Outlook Report
Projection of future nuclear capacity in Ghana in 2050
|
Planned (MWe) |
Proposed (MWe) |
Potential (MWe) |
Government target (MWe) |
Total for 2050 (MWe) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
0 |
0 |
1000 |
0 |
1000 |
The Ghanaian government has been considering using nuclear energy for nearly 20 years. In September 2021 Ghana’s Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation said that five vendors – from Canada, Russia, South Korea and the USA – had responded to a request for interest issued to help the country build its first plant, with the expectation being that a contract would be signed for a 1000 MWe plant sometime in 2024/2025.
New capacity
Large-scale reactors
In 2018 Nuclear Power Ghana (NPG) was established to be the owner/operator of Ghana’s first nuclear plant. In September 2023, NPG announced that it selected Nsuban in Ghana’s Western Region as its preferred nuclear power plant location, with Obotan in the Central Region as a backup site.203,204 Ghana aims for start-up of a 1000 MWe plant by 2034.205
Smale-scale reactors
In August 2024, NPG and Regnum Technology Group signed an agreement to deploy a single NuScale VOYGR-12 multi-module SMR plant.