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A team of investors on the ECO Project working on the installation of the first mini hydro dams in the country say project would transform the region’s local economy.
The installation, is the first of nine in the Volta region.
Leader of the team of investors from Italy and Switzerland told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that the supply of sustainable energy through the dams would create jobs.
A mini hydro is a type of hydroelectric power unit that could produce 5 kw to 100 kw of electricity using natural flow of water. The installations could provide power to small communities.
Mr Plank said the aim was to supply uninterrupted power to small scale industries in the countryside to sustain those ventures.
“Our civil, geological and environmental engineers are satisfied with identified locations and happy to help improve the living conditions of people in the catchment areas with the provision of sustainable energy source,” he stated.
Ms Lisa D’ Andrea, Executive Director, Lighting and Construction Africa Company Limited, which has license from the Energy Commission for the project said chiefs and beneficiary communities were anxious and “cannot wait for the project”.
Togbe Afede XIV, President of Volta Region House of Chiefs at the first meeting of the House in the year informed chiefs about the project and called for support from them.
He said Dodi Papase, Wli Waterfalls, Tsatsadu Waterfalls, Hohoe and Afife among others were identified as sites for the dams.
Togbe Afede said if successful, the project would be first in the country, with huge socio-economic opportunities for people in the region.
