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The highest electricity demand the grid met each year, 2000 to 2025, in megawatts. ghana_peak_mw is demand within Ghana — ECG, NEDCo, VRA's direct customers, the mines and VALCO — and system_peak_mw adds exports to neighbouring countries. Read against installed capacity and the dam levels in hydro_dam_levels, it shows how much headroom the system has before load shedding. Sourced from the National Energy Statistics 2026, "Ghana and System Peak Load (MW)", PDF page 27, compiled by the Commission from VRA and GRIDCo; official statistics republished with attribution. 26 records.
Every column this dataset returns, with its type. This is the shape of the API response.
| Field | Type |
|---|---|
| year | INTEGER NOT NULL |
| ghana_peak_mw | INTEGER |
| system_peak_mw | INTEGER |
| source | TEXT |
| yearINTEGER NOT NULL | ghana peak mwINTEGER | system peak mwINTEGER | sourceTEXT |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1115 | 1161 | Energy Commission of Ghana, National Energy Statistics 2026 (from VRA and GRIDCo) |
| 2001 | 1213 | 1190 | Energy Commission of Ghana, National Energy Statistics 2026 (from VRA and GRIDCo) |
| 2002 | 1191 | 1227 | Energy Commission of Ghana, National Energy Statistics 2026 (from VRA and GRIDCo) |
| 2003 | 1012 | 1135 | Energy Commission of Ghana, National Energy Statistics 2026 (from VRA and GRIDCo) |
| 2004 | 992 | 1137 | Energy Commission of Ghana, National Energy Statistics 2026 (from VRA and GRIDCo) |
21 more rows — see the plans
See the plansGET connect.apighana.com/api/data/electricity_peak_load
Cite this dataset and the organisation its records come from (Energy Commission of Ghana, National Energy Statistics 2026). Datasets are updated, so keep the date you accessed it in the citation. These records cover 2000 to 2025; say which period your figures come from. Last updated from the source on Sep 26, 2026.
API Ghana. (2026). Electricity peak load (Version 1.0) [Data set, compiled from Energy Commission of Ghana, National Energy Statistics 2026]. Retrieved October 1, 2026, from https://apighana.com/datasets/electricity-peak-load
curl "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/electricity_peak_load?page=1&limit=20" \ -H "X-API-Key: $APIGHANA_KEY"
const response = await fetch(
"https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/electricity_peak_load?page=1&limit=20",
{ headers: { "X-API-Key": process.env.APIGHANA_KEY } },
);
const { data, meta } = await response.json();import os, requests
response = requests.get(
"https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/electricity_peak_load",
headers={"X-API-Key": os.environ["APIGHANA_KEY"]},
params={"page": 1, "limit": 20},
)
rows = response.json()["data"]