UK developer secures feed-in tariff for 155MW of PV in Ghana

The Ghanain capital Accra. Africa's ninth-largest economy has only 2.6GW of domestic electricity capacity

UK-based renewables developer Blue Energy has secured a 20-year feed-in tariff (FIT) for a 155MW PV project in Ghana, in what would be the world’s fourth-largest solar array if it was operating now.

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…

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