- The deal entails constructing a 1GW solar plant with 500MWh of storage.
Huawei Digital Power Technologies, a unit of Chinese multinational tech giant Huawei, has signed a deal with Ghana-based solar developer Meinergy Technology to build a 1 GW solar plant coupled with 500 MWh of storage in Ghana over the next years.
Under the terms of the deal, Huawei will supply solar-plus-storage systems for the project. Meinergy will handle the development and construction of the facility.
In an interview with PV Magazine, Kevin Wu, CEO of Meinergy noted, “Meinergy has vigorously expanded its renewable energy business in Ghana and other countries in Africa to provide stable green power for local communities and bridge the electric power divide. We have been in Ghana for many years, and our business covers the mining, electric power, and PV sectors. We already built ground-mounted and floating PV plants in Ghana and also middle-sized hydroelectric plants. We have gained enough experience and found trusted long-term partners such as Huawei to deal with big projects.”