Title:
ELECTRICITY POTENTIAL AND ECONOMIC VIABILITY FOR SOLAR THERMAL PLANT IN GHANA

Authors:
John Abban, Ghana

Abstract:

The electricity crisis in Ghana has become so problematic, that increases the country's economic growth, and reduces Nation’s development growth. This decline in industrial activities, and income losses, and has brought electricity discrimination power-outages in Ghana. The paper analyzed the technical and economic performance of the solar thermal plant system based on solar energy potentials for the consumer in Ghana and assess all the financial viability for the facility. The study explored RET Screen tools to optimize to meet Ghana’s electricity demand based on available energy resources and technologies. The study proposed a 3000 MW power supply nearly to the central grid of 50% power factor for 20years project life. The results showed that 13140MWh power would be exported to the central grid of the 10065 million dollars the Greenhouse Gas GHG emission reduction was 5.5 million tCO2, and the total initial cost for the project estimated to 754 million Dollars, and if the country can afford this development the electricity discriminations power outages could be solved.