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.

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