| {"doc_id": "01a7f2212730de383f709018b5ea24fc", "text": "The sanitation situation in Ghana is set to improve as a waste-to-energy project is being piloted at Gyankobaa in the Atwima-Nwiabiagya South district of the Ashanti Region.\nThe project, which will take 48 months to complete is expected to generate 400 KW of electricity from municipal waste. This will be scaled up to other parts of the country.\nThe German Government, through its Federal Ministry of Education and Research, signed a 5.8 million euro contract involving 4 institutions in Germany and 1 from Ghana.\nThese comprise 3 academic institutions, one research and development institution and a medium-scale industry.\nThe project’s overall aim is to develop concepts for waste segregation and the conversion of various fractions into energy by using biogas, pyrolysis and solar PV plants.\nThe project will also create business models to successfully replicate and propagate the models in 10 different regions in Ghana.\nIt will also build local experts to design, construct and maintain hybrid waste to energy facilities.\nAt a stakeholder consultation meeting at the Kumasi Technical University, the Project Coordinator and Head of the Renewable Energy Centre at the KsTU, Dr. Julius Ahiekpor said the project will begin full operation by the middle of 2022.\n“We want to produce energy and train people to manage such projects in the future. It’s a pilot that has a research component,” he summarized.\nHow the project started\nGermany's Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) of Germany in collaboration with Ghana’s Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, through the West African Science Service Centre in Climate Change and Adapted Land Use in Accra conducted feasibility studies on renewable energy resources in Ghana.\nThis was under the supervision of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research.\nTwo scoping studies were commissioned around the same time by BMBF to examine the Bioenergy production and utilization in Ghana (BioGRAG) project and the possibility of producing bioenergy from cocoa husk through the Energize Ghana by Cocoa Husk (ENGHACOH) project coordinated by the University of Rostock and SRH-Berlin respectively.\nThe three individual studies and scoping reports crystallized into one project with the common objective of finding an appropriate treatment pathway for municipal solid waste generated in Ghana.\nLatest Stories\n-\nThe Roll Call of Biblical Financial Evangelists\n-\nMahama accuses Bawumia of dubbing NDC’s policy promises\n-\nMahama echoes vision for resilient governance and economic recovery at NDC LAB Policy Dialogue\n-\nGSE’s Abena Amoah not on Bawumia’s economy committee\n-\nNDC’s Policy Dialogue marks milestone in pre-election strategy – Mahama\n-\nEOCO to launch lifestyle audits targeting celebrities and individuals with suspected unexplained wealth\n-\nUpper West Akim MP cuts sod for the construction of Mepom to Esaaso Road\n-\nEngineers urged to embrace preview of their works\n-\nParis 2024Q: Zambia edges Ghana 1-0 for crucial first-leg advantage\n-\nDr. Christian Sewordor Mensah: The Role of Sector Skill Bodies in using ESG and CSR Principles in shaping Sustainable Education and Training\n-\nTyler Perry halts $800 film studio build over AI fears\n-\nAkufo-Addo appoints Ofori-Atta as Senior Presidential Advisor\n-\nMIIF aims to position Ghana as electric vehicle hub in Africa\n-\nAvatar: The Last Airbender receives mixed reviews from critics\n-\nMahama slams Police’s decision to dissociate itself from DCOP Waabu’s comments on election security", "source": "cc", "stratum": "cc", "fetch_date": "", "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/ashanti-region-to-get-waste-to-energy-plant/"} |