Ghana's first 250MW floating photovoltaic project is connected to the grid
The Ghanaian government has launched a 5 megawatt floating solar photovoltaic system on the Bui hydroelectric dam reservoir.
The 5-megawatt pilot PV array is the first part of a floating PV project with a total capacity of 250 megawatts.The whole project will be implemented in steps of 50 megawatts.
The solar power station is connected to the transmission system of the 404-megawatt Bouwei Hydroelectric Dam.The dam was completed and put into operation in 2013 by Sinohydro, a Chinese company.The large floating photovoltaic project is being developed by Bouyi Electric Power Authority (BPA), which was set up in 2007 to run the dam.
The solar plant could supplement the dam's use of the Hervolta River for hydroelectric power during the dry season.According to BPA chairman Afare Apeadu Donkor, construction work on the second phase of the project is "ongoing", but did not give an exact completion date.
"This demonstrates again the commitment of this government to increase the diversity of renewable energy in our energy mix to 10 percent by 2030," said Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo at the unveiling of the five-megawatt pilot project.Ghana is stepping up efforts to increase the proportion of renewable energy in its electricity mix.Under its energy strategy, the country hopes to achieve 2.5GW of renewable power generation capacity by 2030 -- which could include hydropower.By the end of 2019, Ghana had installed solar capacity of just 64 megawatts, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency.
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