Puma Energy’s Future Energies business has launched 11 solar projects at its retail fuel stations and a further three at its terminals in Ghana, West Africa.
The solar power generation at 11 of the 14 sites is supported by battery storage.
The combined solar and battery power systems in 14 service stations and terminals in Ghana are part of Puma Energy’s Future Energies’ wider business plan to roll renewable energy projects around the world.
These projects benefit from Ghana’s high solar energy potential and have a total capacity of 422kW and associated battery storage of 224kWh and can provide up to 100% of a site’s energy.
Puma Energy Ghana general manager Henry Osei said: “We are proud to install the solar systems in our sites and depots as it meets our purpose of energising communities and reinforces our commitment to clean energy solutions and meeting our ESG goals.
“Africa, and Ghana in particular, has a great potential of solar power and we are establishing the first steps to transforming this potential into a more sustainable and energy efficient system to power our sites and depots.
“Ghana is pleased to be the first country to show the first footprints of our energy transition drive in Africa.”
Future Energies global head Mitchell Board said: “By combining our expertise and local knowledge with the right sites and access to finance, we hope to accelerate the renewable energy transition in Ghana not just for Puma but for our customers too.”
Puma Energy’s Future Energies business unit focuses on developing lower carbon, modular, distributed renewable energy systems, including energy management and storage, particularly in emerging markets across the Americas, Africa and Asia-Pacific where so far the renewable energy transition has been slower and has huge potential for growth.
Puma Energy aims to deploy solar and or battery storage in at least 75% of company owned retail sites, depots and terminals in the world by 2023.
Future Energies is also scaling the roll out of solar hybrid systems to other nations with high solar energy potential including Puerto Rico, Nicaragua, Honduras and Papa New Guinea.