- The project is a contract between the German and Ghanaian governments.
- The facility will serve as a training centre for waste management.
The Federal Ministry of Education and Research in Ghana and the German government have inked a $6.5M contract toward developing a waste to power project. The contract involves four German and three Ghanaian institutions.
The 48-month facility comprises the construction of a hybrid waste-to-power plant to treat municipal solid waste with an extensive plan to cover several parts of the country. Known as the Hybrid-PV-Biogas-Pyrolysis-Plant, the 400kW facility will convert 12 tonnes of waste into bio-fertiliser and electricity daily. According to a local news report, the plant power will comprise 200KW from solar, 100KW from biogas and an additional 100KW from the pyrolysis of plastic waste.
Upon completion, the project will serve as a training centre for waste management and solar energy sourcing, provide training for 17 master’s degree students and four PhD students at the University of Energy and Natural Resources(UENR), the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and the Kumasi Technical University (KsTU), all supporting partners of the project.
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo noted that the new plant at Gyankobaa was a manifestation of the government’s efforts to pursue reliable and sustainable alternatives to hydro and thermal energy generation.