Ghana: Pay 10 Percent & Own Energy @ Home - Jinapor

The Deputy Minister for Power, John Abu Jinapor, has disclosed that his ministry, in close collaboration with the Energy Commission, is designing a package for Ghanaians to own solar panels in their homes and reduce the pressure on the national electricity grid.

Under the package, he said, the Commission will put together all the equipment needed to produce solar energy at home, and ask consumers to pay only 10% of the cost and spread the rest for an agreed period of time. Independent checks conducted by The Chronicle reveal that it cost between GH¢5,000 and 6,000 to acquire the solar panels and battery to produce energy at home in Ghana. This is, however, above the means of most Ghanaians.

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