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A 200-megawatts solar plant is to be constructed at Yapei and Salaga to boost the country’s energy generation.
The project, which is expected to be constructed within two years, would come on stream of the national grid to augment the country’s power generation.
The Group Executive Chairman of First Sky Group, Mr Eric Seddy Kotortse, disclosed this at the 22nd thanksgiving service of the First Sky Group in Accra on Sunday by saying the project was “intended to make electricity affordable in the near future as reliance on fossil fuel power for power generation globally is unsustainable.”
Mr Eric Seddy Kotortse (inset) speaking at the thanksgiving service Photo: Ebo Gorman
The thanksgiving service which attracted people from all walks of life, including Ministers, the clergy, judges, traditional leaders, captains of industry was on the theme: ‘Proclaiming the Unfailing Love of God.’
He said the project would be the first of its kind in the West African sub-region.
“We are grateful this aligns with the vision of the President to establish the Ministry of Energy and Green Transition,” Mr Kotortse stated.
The Group Executive Chairman noted that the project would be executed within the next two years.
He said his outfit was also raising funds both internal and external to undertake the construction of a solar PV Project at Yendi.
The project, Mr Kotortse said, would be constructed on 140 acres of land filled with solar panels to harvest 50 megawatts of renewable power.
Additionally, he indicated that the project was a collaboration between First Sky Limited and Bui Power Authority.
“This project is about sixty-five per cent complete and we intend to fully complete it by the end of the second quarter of 2025,” Mr Kotortse stated.
Touching on other issues, the Group Executive Chairman called for the enactment of a law to back the establishment of a long-term organ harvesting and transplant programme in Ghana.
Furthermore, he said there was not harvesting lesgislation in the country and individuals with end-stage kidney disease in Ghana now have access to kidney transplant surgery.
Mr Kotortse highlighted that the First Sky Group was leading the finalisation of the development of an Organ Transplant Paper, indicating that the goal is to raise awareness among key stakeholders for their input towards the finalisation of the paper.
The President, John Mahama, responding to the need for legislation on organ harvesting and transplant, through the Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah, said his Minister of Health would work to promote a legislation for organ harvesting and transplant.
That, he said, had become necessary in view of growing kidney disease and the need for kidney transplant in the country.
BY KINGSLEY ASARE
