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Huawei to provide solar,

storage tech to Ghana

CHINA
CHINA’S Huawei Digital Power has signed a to 10% by 2030 in a bid to meet the increasing
strategic co-operation agreement with African demand for power, diversify the country’s econ-
PV developer Meinergy to provide a smart PV & omy, and accelerate economic development.
energy storage system (ESS) solution for a 1-GW The target would also meet the UN’s sustain-
utility-scale PV plant and 500 MWh ESS project able development goals. Renewable energy cur-
being developed in Ghana. rently accounts for 2.4% of all power generated
Huawei said in a statement that the two in Ghana.
firms noted they had been working closely in Much is being funded by multilateral lend-
utility-scale PV plants, integration of PV and ers. In February, the African Development Bank
hydropower, energy storage and residential PV (AfDB) provided a $27.39mn grant for the devel-
in Ghana. opment of a mini-grid and solar photovoltaic net
Both parties expect to co-operate further in metering project in Ghana, which should gener-
PV & ESS plant development, data centres, eLTE ate 111,361 MWh of electricity, corresponding to
and public cloud to build a greener Africa. an installed capacity of 67.5MW of power.
Meinergy has operated in the mining, electric In Ghana, as in most of Africa, even as
power and PV sectors in Ghana for many years demand for renewable energy is going up, there
and has expanded its renewable energy business is a serious shortage of personnel experienced in
in Ghana and other countries in Africa to add the sector.
green power to the mix in meeting the energy That has meant slower offtake and project
access. execution too, a gap that dominant Chinese
The Ghanaian government aims to raise firms have been pushing to fill.™
renewable energy’s share of the energy mix

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