Ghana has begun constructing the 200 MW Norbert Anku solar park, its biggest renewable funding to this point, with plans to lengthen the mission to 1 GW by 2032.
Patrick Jowett
Image: Presidency of Ghana
The Ghanaian authorities has broken floor on the nation’s biggest solar mission, the Norbert Anku solar park, situated in the Dawa Industrial Enclave at some stage in the Greater Accra predicament.
Solar for Industries Ltd., a subsidiary of Ghanaian conglomerate LMI Holdings, is rising the mission in two 100 MW phases. The major segment is slated for completion by December 2026, with the 2nd expected to join to the grid nine months later.
The presidency of Ghana said in an announcement that the mission’s capability shall be expanded to 1 GW by 2032, making it the finest solar farm in sub-Saharan Africa outside of South Africa.
Global Finance Corp., Enclave Energy Co., John Murphy Improvement, China Global Water and Electric Corp., and SgurrEnergy are listed as enforcing partners.
President John Mahama said the mission symbolizes the rising investor confidence in Ghana. “Let us accomplish this mission with integrity, lumber, and cause, in command that after we return right here to price it, we can all remark with pleasure that this is the damage of day of Ghana’s dapper industrial revolution,” he added.
As soon as the mission is operational, companies in the Dawa Industrial Enclave will attend from a 10% slice help label on the energy generated.
Per the Africa Solar Industry Association’s (AFSIA) mission database, Ghana at this time operates 188 MW of build in solar capability, 112 MW of which comes from gargantuan-scale solar projects. The database lists Ghana’s biggest operational solar asset as a 50 MW solar farm commissioned by Bui Energy Authority as segment of a hybrid hydro-solar plan.
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