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- The Kumasi Technical University (KsTU) in Ghana is undertaking a new renewable energy project.
- When completed, it will supply electricity to support the national grid with 400 kilowatts (KW) of renewable energy
- The project funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) can be a game changer in ensuring the west African country to inch towards energy security.
The Kumasi Technical University (KsTU) in Ghana is undertaking a new renewable energy project. When completed, it will supply electricity to support the national grid with 400 kilowatts (KW) of renewable energy.
The project funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) can be a game changer in ensuring the west African country to inch towards energy security. The project is aimed at developing tailor-made solutions to tackle the problem of waste management as well as power management in Ghana by converting municipal domestic waste into useful energy.
The project is titled as “ Hybrid Waste to Energy(W2E), a Sustainable Solution for Ghana”. It will develop concepts for waste segregation by using biogas, pyrolysis and solar photovoltaic (PV) technologies. This is a part of Ghana’s move towards achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) targets in energy, waste management, job creation and climate change.
Being hosted by the Department of Chemical Engineering and the Department of Civil Engineering, and coordinated by the Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency-Kumasi Technical University (CREK), the project is aimed to bring about considerable augmentation in power supply in the country.
The government of Ghana in 2020 signed a US$5.7 million agreement with Germany to construct a 400 kW waste-energy plant in Kumasi to improve waste management in the country. This will come on stream in 48 months.
