Kpong Dam

E352672
dam hydroelectric power station infrastructure project renewable energy facility

Kpong Dam is a hydroelectric power facility on Ghana’s Volta River that generates electricity and supports irrigation and water supply in the region.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kpong Dam canonical 4
Kpong Hydroelectric Power Station 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dam ⓘ
hydroelectric power station ⓘ
infrastructure project ⓘ
renewable energy facility ⓘ
basinCountry Ghana ⓘ
category Dams in Ghana ⓘ
Hydroelectric power stations in Ghana ⓘ
Volta River ⓘ
connectsWith Akosombo Dam ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1970s ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Ghana ⓘ
energySource renewable energy ⓘ
gridConnection Ghana national grid ⓘ
hasEffect improved water supply reliability ⓘ
increased irrigation potential ⓘ
river flow regulation ⓘ
hasPart Kpong Dam self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kpong Hydroelectric Power Station

irrigation canals ⓘ
powerhouse ⓘ
spillway ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Eastern Region of Ghana ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Region, Ghana
locatedInDrainageBasin Volta River basin ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Greenwich Mean Time ⓘ
locatedNear Akuse ⓘ
Kpong ⓘ
Tema ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Volta River ⓘ
operator Volta River Authority ⓘ
outflow Volta River ⓘ
ownedBy Government of Ghana ⓘ
partOf Ghana national energy infrastructure ⓘ
Akosombo Dam ⓘ
surface form: Volta River hydropower system
purpose electricity generation ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
water supply ⓘ
regionServed Eastern Region of Ghana ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Region, Ghana

Greater Accra Region ⓘ
Southern Ghana ⓘ
surface form: southern Ghana
startDate 1982 ⓘ
supports agricultural irrigation ⓘ
industrial water use ⓘ
municipal water supply ⓘ
use hydropower ⓘ
watercourse Volta River ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Volta River → notableStructure → Kpong Dam ⓘ
Lake Volta → hasDam → Kpong Dam ⓘ
Kpong Dam → hasPart → Kpong Dam self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kpong Hydroelectric Power Station
Volta River basin → majorDam → Kpong Dam ⓘ
Akosombo Dam → relatedStructure → Kpong Dam ⓘ