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Flooding, drought threaten
Ghana’s power grid
GHANA
A geospatial analysis by the Green Policy Forum found that during project preparation, no climate
on the impact of climate change in Ghana has risk assessment was required for new energy sec-
revealed that flooding and landslides affecting tor projects as part of the Environmental Impact
roads, including major highways, could cause as Assessments (EIAs).
much as $3.9bn in damage, Joy News reports. Meanwhile, drought is also expected to
The amount is three times Ghana’s estimated reduce river runoff, which is likely to affect some
$1.3bn investment in transportation infrastruc- 1.3mn people across the country.
ture for 2019 according to the study, entitled Airports and ports which are considered cru-
Ghana: Roadmap for Resilient Infrastructure in cial for economic development and international
a Changing Climate. mobility are also at risk, including over 500,000
Ghana’s energy sector is exposed to drought passenger trips in the top three exposed airports
and flood risks which threaten the production in Tamale, Ho and Takoradi.
and transmission network. Some 1.7mn people in the i5 most-exposed
The five main exposed power plants include inland river ports in Makanje, Yeji, Dambai,
Akosombo, Sunon-Asogli, Bui, Kpong and Dodolkpe, and Kete Krachi are also at high risk.
Cenpower electricity, which transmit to about The cross-sectional study was a 21-month
16.3mn people. project by eight sector ministries, eight agencies,
The five main substations, which serve an the Global Centre for Adaptation, the University
additional 3.9mn people, are also located in the of Oxford, the United Nations Office Project Ser-
Greater Accra, Volta and Western North Regions vices and the UN Environmental Programme
of Ghana. with the aim of defining and proposing solutions
The Green Policy Forum study however to meet Ghana’s priority adaptation needs.
Clean Vision to build two plants in
Morocco with Eco Synergie
MOROCCO US green energy firm Clean Vision and Moroc- work on waste management recycling convert-
can business Eco Synergie plan to establish two ing it into raw materials. The company is active
facilities in Morocco to convert plastic into in the Souss-Massa and Tanger-Tetouan-Al
energy sources, the news portal Al Maghribia Hoceima regions.
reports. The EU said in February that it would invest
Through its subsidiary Clean-Seas, the US €1.6bn in Morocco to encourage green energy
firm will construct the facilities through the plas- projects in infrastructure, value-chain and pri-
tic-to-energy pyrolysis process at an as-yet-un- vate-sector development, vocational training
disclosed location. Clean Vision will also set up and health.
a Moroccan subsidiary to facilitate the construc- Morocco targets a 45.5% cut in greenhouse
tion and operation of the two plants. It also has gas (GHG) emissions by 2030 and has set a
plans to double its existing plant capacity to 50 renewable energy goal of more than 52% in
tonnes per day. installed electricity capacity by 2025.
Eco Synergie, founded in 1999, is the parent
company of Aqua Flore Protect and focuses its
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