Power Plants

Name: Ghana Power Plants
Creator: WRI Global Power Plant Database
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Ghana's power stations with installed capacity in megawatts, primary and secondary fuel, owner, commissioning year and reported annual generation. Sourced from the WRI Global Power Plant Database, CC BY 4.0. 6 records.

v1.0last updated Sep 18, 2026 · snapshotlisting updated Sep 18, 2026GH₵9.006 recordsEnergy & Environment

Fields

Every column this dataset returns, with its type. This is the shape of the API response.

Field	Type
name	TEXT NOT NULL
capacity_mw	DECIMAL(10,2)
primary_fuel	TEXT
other_fuel	TEXT
commissioning_year	INTEGER
owner	TEXT
generation_gwh	DECIMAL(12,2)
generation_year	INTEGER
estimated_generation_gwh_2017	DECIMAL(12,2)
region	TEXT
district	TEXT
latitude	DECIMAL(9,6)
longitude	DECIMAL(9,6)
wri_id	TEXT
url	TEXT
source	TEXT

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First 5 rows of Power Plants
nameTEXT NOT NULL	capacity mwDECIMAL(10,2)	primary fuelTEXT	other fuelTEXT	commissioning yearINTEGER	ownerTEXT	generation gwhDECIMAL(12,2)	generation yearINTEGER	estimated generation gwh 2017DECIMAL(12,2)	regionTEXT	districtTEXT	latitudeDECIMAL(9,6)	longitudeDECIMAL(9,6)	wri idTEXT	urlTEXT	sourceTEXT
Aksombo	1038	Hydro	—	1961	—	6508	2014	2571.73	Volta Region	Asuogyaman	6.2998	0.0594	WRI1000011	http://www.vra.com/resources/annual_reports/2014%20Annual%20Report.pdf	WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)
Bui	400	Hydro	—	2013	—	730	2014	1032.27	Bono Region	Banda	8.1822	-2.1661	WRI1000012	http://www.vra.com/resources/annual_reports/2014%20Annual%20Report.pdf	WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)
Takoradi 1	330	Gas	—	—	—	1688	2014	1891.94	Western Region	Sekondi Takoradi Metropolis	4.8833	-1.75	WRI1000015	http://www.vra.com/resources/annual_reports/2014%20Annual%20Report.pdf	WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)
Kpong	160	Hydro	—	1982	—	1147	2014	455.61	Eastern Region	Lower Manya	6.1201	0.1255	WRI1000014	http://www.vra.com/resources/annual_reports/2014%20Annual%20Report.pdf	WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)
Tema	160	Gas	—	2008	—	1212	2014	917.3	Greater Accra Region	Tema Metropolitan	5.67	-0.02	WRI1000016	http://www.vra.com/resources/annual_reports/2014%20Annual%20Report.pdf	WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)

nameTEXT NOT NULL	capacity mwDECIMAL(10,2)	primary fuelTEXT	other fuelTEXT	commissioning yearINTEGER	ownerTEXT	generation gwhDECIMAL(12,2)	generation yearINTEGER	estimated generation gwh 2017DECIMAL(12,2)	regionTEXT	districtTEXT	latitudeDECIMAL(9,6)	longitudeDECIMAL(9,6)	wri idTEXT	urlTEXT	sourceTEXT
example-name-1	10	example-primary_fuel-1	example-other_fuel-1	10	example-owner-1	10	10	10	example-region-1	example-district-1	10	10	10	example-url-1	example-source-1
example-name-2	20	example-primary_fuel-2	example-other_fuel-2	20	example-owner-2	20	20	20	example-region-2	example-district-2	20	20	20	example-url-2	example-source-2
example-name-3	30	example-primary_fuel-3	example-other_fuel-3	30	example-owner-3	30	30	30	example-region-3	example-district-3	30	30	30	example-url-3	example-source-3
example-name-4	40	example-primary_fuel-4	example-other_fuel-4	40	example-owner-4	40	40	40	example-region-4	example-district-4	40	40	40	example-url-4	example-source-4
example-name-5	50	example-primary_fuel-5	example-other_fuel-5	50	example-owner-5	50	50	50	example-region-5	example-district-5	50	50	50	example-url-5	example-source-5
example-name-6	60	example-primary_fuel-6	example-other_fuel-6	60	example-owner-6	60	60	60	example-region-6	example-district-6	60	60	60	example-url-6	example-source-6
example-name-7	70	example-primary_fuel-7	example-other_fuel-7	70	example-owner-7	70	70	70	example-region-7	example-district-7	70	70	70	example-url-7	example-source-7
example-name-8	80	example-primary_fuel-8	example-other_fuel-8	80	example-owner-8	80	80	80	example-region-8	example-district-8	80	80	80	example-url-8	example-source-8

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Endpoint

GET connect.apighana.com/api/data/power_plants

Auth: X-API-Key header
Pagination: page · limit
Format: JSON
Version: 1.0
Last updated: Sep 18, 2026from the source
Covers: A snapshotas of Sep 18, 2026
Refreshed: monthly
Last checked: Oct 1, 2026had warnings
Source: WRI Global Power Plant Database

How to cite

Cite this dataset and the organisation its records come from (WRI Global Power Plant Database). Datasets are updated, so keep the date you accessed it in the citation. Last updated from the source on Sep 18, 2026.

API Ghana. (2026). Power plants (Version 1.0) [Data set, compiled from WRI Global Power Plant Database]. Retrieved October 1, 2026, from https://apighana.com/datasets/power-plants

Code samples

cURL

curl "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/power_plants?page=1&limit=20" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $APIGHANA_KEY"

JavaScript

const response = await fetch(
  "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/power_plants?page=1&limit=20",
  { headers: { "X-API-Key": process.env.APIGHANA_KEY } },
);

const { data, meta } = await response.json();

Python

import os, requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/power_plants",
    headers={"X-API-Key": os.environ["APIGHANA_KEY"]},
    params={"page": 1, "limit": 20},
)

rows = response.json()["data"]

Fields

Every column this dataset returns, with its type. This is the shape of the API response.

Field	Type
name	TEXT NOT NULL
capacity_mw	DECIMAL(10,2)
primary_fuel	TEXT
other_fuel	TEXT
commissioning_year	INTEGER
owner	TEXT
generation_gwh	DECIMAL(12,2)
generation_year	INTEGER
estimated_generation_gwh_2017	DECIMAL(12,2)
region	TEXT
district	TEXT
latitude	DECIMAL(9,6)
longitude	DECIMAL(9,6)
wri_id	TEXT
url	TEXT
source	TEXT

nameTEXT NOT NULL

capacity mwDECIMAL(10,2)

primary fuelTEXT

other fuelTEXT

commissioning yearINTEGER

ownerTEXT

generation gwhDECIMAL(12,2)

generation yearINTEGER

estimated generation gwh 2017DECIMAL(12,2)

regionTEXT

districtTEXT

latitudeDECIMAL(9,6)

longitudeDECIMAL(9,6)

wri idTEXT

urlTEXT

sourceTEXT

Aksombo

1038

Hydro

—

1961

—

6508

2014

2571.73

Volta Region

Asuogyaman

6.2998

0.0594

WRI1000011

http://www.vra.com/resources/annual_reports/2014%20Annual%20Report.pdf

WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)

Bui

400

Hydro

—

2013

—

730

2014

1032.27

Bono Region

Banda

8.1822

-2.1661

WRI1000012

http://www.vra.com/resources/annual_reports/2014%20Annual%20Report.pdf

WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)

Takoradi 1

330

Gas

—

1688

2014

1891.94

Western Region

Sekondi Takoradi Metropolis

4.8833

-1.75

WRI1000015

http://www.vra.com/resources/annual_reports/2014%20Annual%20Report.pdf

WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)

Kpong

160

Hydro

—

1982

—

1147

2014

455.61

Eastern Region

Lower Manya

6.1201

0.1255

WRI1000014

http://www.vra.com/resources/annual_reports/2014%20Annual%20Report.pdf

WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)

Tema

160

Gas

—

2008

—

1212

2014

917.3

Greater Accra Region

Tema Metropolitan

5.67

-0.02

WRI1000016

http://www.vra.com/resources/annual_reports/2014%20Annual%20Report.pdf

WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)

nameTEXT NOT NULL

capacity mwDECIMAL(10,2)

primary fuelTEXT

other fuelTEXT

commissioning yearINTEGER

ownerTEXT

generation gwhDECIMAL(12,2)

generation yearINTEGER

estimated generation gwh 2017DECIMAL(12,2)

regionTEXT

districtTEXT

latitudeDECIMAL(9,6)

longitudeDECIMAL(9,6)

wri idTEXT

urlTEXT

sourceTEXT

example-name-1

example-primary_fuel-1

example-other_fuel-1

example-owner-1

example-region-1

example-district-1

example-url-1

example-source-1

example-name-2

example-primary_fuel-2

example-other_fuel-2

example-owner-2

example-region-2

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example-url-2

example-source-2

example-name-3

example-primary_fuel-3

example-other_fuel-3

example-owner-3

example-region-3

example-district-3

example-url-3

example-source-3

example-name-4

example-primary_fuel-4

example-other_fuel-4

example-owner-4

example-region-4

example-district-4

example-url-4

example-source-4

example-name-5

example-primary_fuel-5

example-other_fuel-5

example-owner-5

example-region-5

example-district-5

example-url-5

example-source-5

example-name-6

example-primary_fuel-6

example-other_fuel-6

example-owner-6

example-region-6

example-district-6

example-url-6

example-source-6

example-name-7

example-primary_fuel-7

example-other_fuel-7

example-owner-7

example-region-7

example-district-7

example-url-7

example-source-7

example-name-8

example-primary_fuel-8

example-other_fuel-8

example-owner-8

example-region-8

example-district-8

example-url-8

example-source-8

How to cite

API Ghana. (2026). Power plants (Version 1.0) [Data set, compiled from WRI Global Power Plant Database]. Retrieved October 1, 2026, from https://apighana.com/datasets/power-plants

Code samples

cURL

curl "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/power_plants?page=1&limit=20" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $APIGHANA_KEY"

JavaScript

const response = await fetch(
  "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/power_plants?page=1&limit=20",
  { headers: { "X-API-Key": process.env.APIGHANA_KEY } },
);

const { data, meta } = await response.json();

Python

import os, requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/power_plants",
    headers={"X-API-Key": os.environ["APIGHANA_KEY"]},
    params={"page": 1, "limit": 20},
)

rows = response.json()["data"]