Africa: Developing Renewable Energy Resources

An official of the German Wind Mill Association has said that replicating the German success story in the development of Renewable Energy Resources in Sub-Saharan Africa especially Ghana will require interventions from governments through passing of laws to protect and attract investors into the sector.

Ulf Winkler, a member of the German Wind Mill Association said building and operating windmills in some Sub-Saharan African countries will be difficult because there is no legal framework to support the sector in terms of pricing and tax incentives.
Other difficulties expected are high cost of production, compared to hydro, high cost of transporting equipment and lack of connectivity to the grids.

Another limiting factor is the high cost of building a windmill, which is estimated to be between 600,000 euros and 1.5 million euros and with installed capacity of producing between 600 and 1,500 kilowatts of electricity.

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