Ing. Samuel Nimako BOATENG

Ing. Samuel Nimako BOATENG

Director, Power Operations

Samuel Nimako-Boateng is the Director of Power Operations at Bui Power Authority. He holds a BSc in mechanical engineering from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana.

Samuel has spent the larger part of his professional career in the Bui Power Authority, where he started as an Assistant Mechanical Engineer in 2009. He was one of the lead Engineers who supervised the installation and commissioning of electro-mechanical equipment as part of the 400MW Bui hydroelectric power project. After the project phase, he continued to work in the Power Operations Department as an Electrical Maintenance Manager and was later tasked with the additional responsibility of managing the Mechanical Maintenance section. He also served as Deputy Director/Plant Manager of the Power Operations Department for a period of time.

Samuel is meticulous in his approach to data collation and maintenance organization. He has been very instrumental in the success story of POD’s ability to consistently excel in all key performance indicators year in year out, a feat he attained through initiation and facilitation of appropriate logistics acquisition such as training of employees and provision of appropriate equipment spares. He recently led his department to successfully commission the largest grid-connected solar plant in Ghana.

He was part of the successful planning, execution, and continuous operations of the following projects: Level-A maintenance on 133.33MW Generating Unit #3 at the Bui Generating Plant; Commissioning, Operations, and Maintenance of the 50MWp of Solar at the BGS; Operations and Maintenance of the Tsatsadu Micro-hydro Plant; Installation, Operation, and Maintenance of the BGS Permanent Water System.