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Stage one of the project took place in April 2017. Credit: Office of the President, the Republic of Ghana.
The first stage of the 400MW Bridge Power project will be installed with five GE TM2500+ gas turbines. Credit: GE.
Stage two of the project will add 206MW of capacity. Credit: GE.
Bridge Power project is a 400MW liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)-fuelled combined-cycle power plant being developed in Tema, Ghana. The project is the first of its kind to be undertaken in Africa.
The $953m power plant is being built in two phases with the first stage with a capacity of 194MW and the second with a capacity of 206MW.
ARCHITECTS: Ennead Architects and Bora Architects
ENGINEERS: Affiliated Engineers Inc. (mechanical, electrical and plumbing); Northwest Engineering Service Inc. (MEP test and balance); Thornton Tomasetti (structural – lab buildings and bridge, façade engineering); KPFF (civil, garage, landscape, structural engineering); Notkin Wood Harbinger Alliance (systems infrastructure engineering); PBS Engineering and Environmental (hazardous materials/soils abatement); Systems West Engineers (energy modeling and commissioning); Kittelson & Associates (transportation engineering and planning)
(Bruce Damonte, courtesy of University of Oregon)
OTHER TEAM MEMBERS: Jacobs Consultancy Inc. (laboratory planning); Shalleck Collaborative (audio/visual systems); Shen Milsom & Wilke of New York (acoustics/technology/security); Brightworks (sustainability consultant); PLACE (landscape architecture)