The President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has commissioned Ghana’s first Hydro-Solar Hybrid power generating system, which includes a 5-MW Floating Solar PV System, also the first in the West African subregion. This forms part of the first phase of a 250-MWp solar project, which is being implemented in phases of 50-MWp.
In a speech read on his behalf by his Senior Minister, Nana Akufo-Addo, stated that “this further shows my government’s commitment to deliver on the promise to increase the Renewable Energy component in our Energy Mix to 10% by 2030.”
President Akufo-Addo indicated the facility reiterates Ghana’s resolve to diversify the country’s energy generation portfolio and increase the renewable energy component of her energy mix. The project, when completed, will add 250 megawatts of power to augment the Bui Generating Station’s 404MW hydroelectric dam.
The Board Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bui Power Authority, Mr Afare Apeadu Donkor, said the construction works on the phase two of the project in addition to the novel Floating Solar Plant, was progressing steadily. The Board, in addition, he noted had spearheaded the construction of essential foundational services to stimulate economic growth and quality of life improvement that would open the economy and stimulate growth at the Bui dam enclave.