Excellentia Qualitas in Opportunite (EQO); an Italian renewable
energy company has earmarked some water bodies in the Volta region for the constructions
of mini-hydropower plants to boost the current energy capacity of Ghana.
This was announced in Ho at a meeting for heads of the
various departments in the region. In her welcome remarks, the Volta Regional Minister
Hon Hellen Adjoa Ntosu said it was imperative to explore the renewable potentials
of generating power considering the increasing demand of electricity in the
country. She said the Volta region is
endowed with essential natural resources that must be harnessed. The Project
according to her, would also provide jobs for the people in the locality as
well harness the tourism and agriculture potentials of the region.
“The region is endowed with important natural resources and
it is important to invite investors to unearth these resources” she said
Hon Hellen Adjoa Ntosu therefore thanked the Paramount Chief
of Asogli Traditional Area, Togbe Afede XIV for facilitating the project and
his continuous efforts in wooing investors into the region.
As
part of the project, the installed turbines would generate
hydroelectricity to feed the National Grid. The proposed sites include
the Dayi
River, Wli Water Falls,Dodo Papasi and Menu River. Also in the list are
Nuboi River,Tsatsadu River,Wawa River and Likpe Kukrantumi Dam.
The leader of the Italian delegation and the representative
of Togbe Afede ,Mr Appiah Kufour
insisted that project would be environmentally friendly. The Italian
investors also gave 12 months time scale for the completion of the
projects on the eight selected sites.
The Volta Region is most likely to have the best prospects
for hydro-power generation considering the number of waterfalls and other water
bodies in the region. A significant land area of the region falls within the
Volta River Basin with the River flowing through the valleys in the region; a landscape suitable for hydro-power
generation.
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