This project involves the establishment of a wave energy park in the Gulf of Guinea, about 17km off the coast of Ada
(a suburb of Greater Accra), to generate 1,000 megawatts (MW/H power from sea waves, employing Wave Energy
Converters (WEC) from the Swedish Company Seabased. The project involves the installation of generator units
(WECs) and marine substations offshore; installation of an onshore sub station to connect the national grid; and the
laying of cables to link the offshore generating units and the onshore sub station located about 100m from the
shore.
The first phase of the project, which involved the installation of 6 WECs to generate 0.6 MW of electricity was
successfully executed and test connected to the grid in May 2015. The plan is to gradually install, and bring on
stream, about 1,000 WECs each year to achieve 1,000 MW of power by 2025.
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