Engineering, construction and operation of 5 solar PV hybrid rural microgrids for 4 villages on a turn-key basis executed under the Ghana Energy Development and Access Project (GEDAP). TTA’s services included also: study of demand, development of operational schemes for the electricity services, design of a tariff framework, training and capacity building, as well as O&M services for 2 years after commissioning. The Renewable Energy fraction is 100% with diesel gensets as back up for communities which are located at one day distance from the capital, in different islands of Volta Lake, accessible only by river between 20 minutes and 2 hours from the coast.
After one year of operations, some of the plants were upgraded with in total nearly 30kW, reaching a total installed capacity of 228.5 kWp. The plants have the following capacities: Kudorkope and Aglakope: 54 kWp, Pediatorkope 50 kWp (including 11 kWp wind generation), Atigagome 40,5 kWp and Wayokope 30 kWp.
Additional work: the distribution grid on the island of Pediatorkope was extended by TTA to a close-by hamlet and 20 additional customers connected, bringing up to a total of 620 the customers connected before the end of the O&M phase (06/2018)