The development of Wind Energy Projects, which we are pushing forward on behalf of our holding company Upwind International AG in Ghana, is picking up speed.
After the Ghanaian Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) having issued an Environmental Permit for our Wind Energy Project Amlakpo some time ago, this now needed to be renewed because of the time that has already passed since then.
While our 225 MW wind farm Ayitepa in Ghana is fully permitted in the meanwhile (www.upwindayitepa.com), the project at Konikablo is also making substantial development progress. As a next step, we have handed-in to the Energy Commission by mid of January 2018 the application for the so-called Siting Permit.
A delegation of engineers and managers of the Ghanaian Grid Operator GRIDCo and the Electricity Company of Ghana visited Lekela’s wind farms in South Africa. The one-week event took place in the second half of October 2017 and was attended by 15 people from ECG and GRIDCo.
Motivated by the success of the last Global Wind Day, where pupils from local schools were invited to share their ideas on wind energy in a drawing contest, we decided to carry out a similar event also this year.