Douglas
Coleman,
lead
project
director,
tells
Recharge
the
FIT
level
–
which
was
negotiated
on
a
project-specific
basis
–
is
lower
than
most
European
PV
rates
but
“not
dissimilar”
to
South
Africa’s
recent
renewables
tender.
The
Ghanaian
government
will
make
the
rate
public
at
a
later
date,
Coleman
says.
The
$400m
Nzema
array
is
the
first
large
renewables
project
to
be
awarded
a
FIT
under
Ghana’s
renewable
energy
act,
passed
into
law
last
year
with
broad
political
support.
In
addition
to
the
FIT
contract,
a
generation
license,
a
100-year
land
lease
and
all
planning…