Axcon Energy Limited will supply solar power to residents of Appolonia City, as part of the new city’s renewable energy strategy for homeowners and businesses. As part of its agreement with Appolonia City, Axcon Energy will design, build, commission, operate and maintain a 5MW solar farm.
Appolonia City CEO Bright Owusu-Amofah said, “Part of Appolonia City’s unique proposition in Ghana is to provide world-class utility service to its residents. Our agreement with Axcon Energy comfortably satisfy load growth and provide clean and reliable power to our industrial and residential clients.”
Appolonia City already receives supply from the national grid via a 33kv overhead line, serving a dedicated 60MVA primary substation. The new solar farm will augment this power supply, with further substations planned as the city grows.
“We are excited to deliver clean and renewable energy solutions for Appolonia City. We admire the city’s concept of retaining 25% of its land for public open spaces and conservation areas and will complement this by providing clean electricity,” said Pascal Siamey, CEO of Axcon Energy.
In October, Appolonia City was awarded “Best Mixed-use Development in Africa” at the Africa Property Investment Summit and has led the way in delivering innovative urban solutions. MainOne, the leading commercial data centre provider in West Africa, recently announced it is building a new data centre at Appolonia Industrial Park, within Appolonia City.
About Appolonia City
Appolonia City is a 2,325-acre (941-hectare) inclusive mixed-use new city in Greater Accra. A seamless live-play-work community, Appolonia City offers homes, offices, shopping, schools, healthcare and ample parks and open spaces. High-quality tarred roads, power, ICT, water and storm drains are already available at Appolonia City.
Appolonia Industrial Park is a 200-acre, modern warehousing, logistics and light industrial zone with world-class estate management services.
About Axcon Energy Limited
Axcon Energy Limited is a clean and renewable energy solutions expert. Axcon specializes in Design, Installation, and Maintenance of industrial electrical systems, without polluting the environment or depleting the earth’s limited resources.
The Ghana Energy Commission would in August organise the second Renewable Energy Conference and Exhibition
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The Ghana Energy Commission would in August organise the second Renewable Energy Conference and Exhibition to explore investment and financing in the solar energy sector to attract investors.
The exhibition aims at creating a common platform for dissemination of information on renewable energy and energy efficiency, enhance consultation between the private sector, donors, financiers, decision makers and consumers.
It would also give the platform for enterprises in that sector to showcase their products and network.
The 2016 Renewable Energy Conference, scheduled for August 9 to 11, would run concurrently with the exhibition over the three days.
An official statement from the Commission, copied to the Ghana News Agency, said participation and admission to the conference would be free for local participants and admission would be on first come first serve basis.
It said foreign participants registering before June 30, 2016 would be required to pay a registration fee of 300 dollars. Thereafter, the registration fee would be 500 dollars.
“Online registration would be opened from May 2, 2016 and opportunities also exist for 15 minutes presentations on Renewable Energy Technologies and Energy Efficiency options to be made by both companies and individuals during the conference.
“Participants interested in making presentations should submit a synopsis of their proposed presentations by 13th May, 2016 for consideration,” the statement said.
Topics should be related to the theme; “Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency: Accelerating Energy Access and Security.”
They should also include renewable energy technologies for electricity, heat, fuel production, energy efficiency technologies, clean cooking solutions, and policy, regulations, licensing, standards and labelling, it added.
The Ghana Renewable Energy Fair’s flagship programme, dubbed: “Investment Forum” was held on November 4, 2015 which involved top executives from government institutions, private developers, financial institutions and development partners.
It explored investment and financing opportunities in large scale rooftop solar and regulatory instruments to attract private sector investment.
