Business News of Friday, 6 October 2017Source: citifmonline.comKATA Solar partners CSIR to improve energy supplyEnergy Ministry is saving Ghc90,000 annually from the use of solar power - William Owuraku AidooDeputy Minister in-charge of Renewable and Alternate Energy, William Owuraku Aidoo, has called on Ghanaians to take advantage of energy from the sun, and embrace the use of solar in the supply of power, for both domestic and commercial use. According to William Owuraku Aidoo, solar is a cheap source of energy, which has been used in most countries in the world to augment their traditional source of energy. He made the call at the commissioning of an 80 kilowatts Solar Power project of the Building and Road Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (BRRI-CSIR) in Kumasi. The project, which is under a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) with Kata Solar in Japan, would be managed by Kata Solar for five years, after which it would be handed over to CSIR-BRRI to operate. Mr. Owuraku Aidoo indicated that, the Energy Ministry is saving Ghc90,000.00 annually from the use of solar power.

Source: GhanaWeb October 06, 2017 16:18 UTC