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Ghana’s renewable-energy leap: Where nuclear energy fits in

  Ghana is moving fast. In 2025 the government announced a major US$3.4 billion clean-energy programme to accelerate its transition away from expensive, polluting thermal generation and to scale up utility solar, wind, mini-grids, charging infrastructure and other green investments. The package is framed as a five-year push to add large volumes of renewables, expand off-grid access and support clean cooking and water-pumping solutions for agriculture and public services. What that money will buy in practice: the plan targets around 1,400 MW of new renewable capacity, hundreds of mini-grids and other enabling projects (transmission upgrades, storage pilots and fast-charging corridors among them). The idea is to broaden access, cut generation costs and reduce dependence on costly fuel imports and legacy power-producer arrears that have dragged the sector in recent years.  Where nuclear sits in Ghana’s energy picture (timelines and status) Alongside that renewables push, Gha...