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SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REGULATION AND POLICYMAKING TRAINING MANUALpage 9.96Currently, there are a number of private companies offering renewable energytechnologies and services in Ghana. Most of them are involved in solar electricity,and mainly sell to private urban households. The companies sell discretecomponents such as panels and balance of system (BOS) parts: batteries, inverters,chargers, solar lanterns, and submersible pumps. However, some companiesoffer full system design, installation and maintenance. A few companies offerinstallation and maintenance services only.Recently, some opportunities were created for the private sector to supply largequantities of solar PV equipment. For example, in 2005, the Ministry of Educationrequired 300 solar home systems for its Non-formal Education Division (NFED).The supply and installation of the pre-designed PV systems was put to a competitivetender.Several projects have deployed solar PV systems to provide electricity servicesto off-grid communities. Notable projects are the Renewable Energy ServicesProject (RESPRO) in the East Mamprusi district. This project started in February1999 and was originally expected to last three years after which RESPRO wouldbecome a public sector company providing rural energy services for a fee.Although the project phase formally ended on 31 March 2003, the Ministry hascontinued to support the programme.RESPRO has installed and is operating solar PV systems in over one hundredcommunities in thirteen districts of the three Northern regions and Brong-Ahaforegion. Table 3 shows the total number of installations under RESPRO. 13Table 3.Number of installations carried out under RESPROSolar home systems 2,200School systems 42Clinics systems 6Water pumping system 1Street lighting 24Total 2,273Another solar electricity initiative is the Solar Rural Electrification Project run by theMinistry of Energy between July 1998 and December 2000. More than 1,500 systemswere installed in several communities in the Volta, Eastern, Upper West,Greater Accra and Northern Regions. Some of these communities have since beenconnected to the national grid, and the Ministry intends to relocate those PV systemsto other districts where they are needed.13Ministry of Energy: www.energymin.gov.gh
MODULE 9: RENEWABLE ENERGY: REGULATORY AND POLICY OPTIONSpage 9.97The Ministry has also installed a number of PV street/area lighting projects inthe rural areas. This application of PV has been found to benefit the communityas a whole, suggesting a higher social impact vs. cost ratio than individual homesystems. For example, a single street or area lamp placed at a lorry station orthe village centre extends hours of business for food vendors and bus operators.The maintenance of such projects can be put under the local authority or thetransport union, and this can be more sustainable in the long run.Table 4 summarizes the extent of PV deployment in Ghana. The RESPRO projectis item 4 on the list, appearing as the Rural Energy Services Company (RESCO).Table 4. List of PV projects in Ghana 14OrganizationProjectDanida/MOH Solar Project PV refrigeration, lighting, water pumping and heating, Equiprural or small health sectors with reliable tech.CIDA-UR/UST Renewable Small-home-systems (SHS), battery charging, water distillationEnergy ProjectUST/GTZ solar pump project Radial flow centrifugal water pumpMOME [special unit, in close UNDP/GEF, GEF grant of $2.5 mil. Ghana Gov. $0.5 million forcollaboration with the Volta establishment of RE-based rural energy services company RiverAuthority (VRA/NED)] UNDP/GEF (RESCO) to provide off-grid solar electrification to initially 13 villagesMOME2 solar service centresFunding through a $185 million (306,177 million Cedis) syndicatedloan provided by IDA, ORET of Netherlands, DANIDA,Nordic Development Fund (NDF) and Caisse Francaise deDeveloppement (CFD), the rest of 105,066 million Cedis was tobe the local component of the programmeMOME Wachiau Project2.1 kW solar battery charging centreBattery operated home systems (BOHS)MOME Spanish Solar Project Concessionary loan of the Spanish Government of $5 million foroff-grid solar electrification of 10 villages, Home, school & communitysystems, water pumps, streetlightsMOME Solar Thermal Projects Crop dryers for reduction of post-harvest lossesImprove quality of agric. produce for high export pricesCIDA-University Of Regina, in Solar service centres (SSC), installed in rural communities sincecollaboration with the 3.1995University of Science and CN$ 1.24 , of which CIDA (Canadian International DevelopmentTechnology of GhanaAgency) contributes $900,000 with the remaining amountdonated by the participating universitiesThe Ghana Solar EnergyGEF Small Grants Project andsociety (GHASES)/GEF also Women’s World Banking micro-credit schemeGhases/Women’s World Banking Training/marketing for improved charcoal stove; administrationof a micro-credit schemeSun ovenProduction and marketing of solar ovens14www.areed.org/country/ghana/ghana.pdf
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