According to Blue Energy, a renewable energy company in the United Kingdom, Ghana may soon have the largest solar power plant on the African continent. The $400 million plant is projected to be able to power up to 100,000 homes upon completion.
Until now, costs for renewable energy projects have been too high for many African nations to put them into place. However, solar power production has been high, and prices for the necessary parts have been falling. This is great news for nations like Ghana, which sits close to the equator and receives a great deal of sun year-round.
When asked about production of the plant, project director Douglas Coleman had this to say:
“The project has land, it has planning consent, it has a generating licence, and it has received a feed-in tariff,” he said, “it is the right plant in the right place at the right time.”
We’re all for renewable energy, and we’re excited to see Ghana taking advantage of this great opportunity to create jobs and deliver electricity to Ghanaian homes. This also shows that renewable energy is a possibility on the African continent, and providing electricity to rural communities is a very real possibility in coming years.
-Brady
(Photo Credit: BBC)
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