18/12/2024
PRESS RELEASE
11th December 2024
Dutch & Co. Commissions 60.95 kWp Rooftop Solar PV System at WAMCO
Sekondi, Ghana, 2024 – Dutch & Company, a leader in solar energy solutions, has successfully installed a solar system designed to reduce carbon emissions and provide stable, clean energy to the administration and processing facility in Sekondi of WAMCO, the West African Mills Company Ltd.
The Ghana-based firm, commonly known as Dutch & Co, was selected by WAMCO to design, engineer, supply, and construct a 60.95 kWp rooftop solar PV solution to follow up on WAMCO’s strive to include green, clean, and sustainable energy to its energy mix and to reduce the carbon footprint of the company.
The new rooftop solar installation is projected to generate over 92,000 kWh of green, stable, and clean electricity in its first year of operation, and over 2,174,848 kWh throughout its lifetime. Additionally, it will reduce WAMCO’s carbon footprint by 1,380 tons of CO2 emissions.
Commenting on the new development, Mr. Frank Bednar, Managing Director of WAMCO, said, “In-line with WAMCO’s strategy to gradually change the energy mix by adding renewable (“green”) power generation, Management has decided to purchase a Solar Power Plant. Once it is operational, it is expected to help the company to make significant savings in electricity costs and to support Ghana in achieving its carbon dioxide emission targets.”
Mr. Herbert Friese, General Manager of Dutch & Co, added, “We are very pleased to be working with the WAMCO team in meeting their climate goals and are proud of the outcome of this first phase of Solar PV at their facility. We are already working on further implementation of energy-efficient and renewable energy solutions for WAMCO.”
