The Swiss Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) and the Embassy of Switzerland in Ghana paid a courtesy call on the Acting Executive Secretary of Ghana’s Energy Commission, Adwoa Serwaa Bondzie, in Accra, seeking to explore areas for collaboration in Ghana’s energy sector.
During the engagement, the Acting Executive Secretary outlined her strategic vision for the Commission, highlighting priorities such as developing an in-house outage management system, advancing electric mobility through a grid impact assessment of Electric Vehicles (EVs), and finalising draft EV regulations currently under review by the Attorney-General’s Department.
The Swiss delegation raised concerns about delays in the full implementation of the Net Metering initiative, a flagship area of Swiss interest. The Deputy Head of Cooperation, Madam Magdalena Wust, called for accelerated implementation, while SECO’s Mr. Daniel Menebhi commended the Commission’s forward-looking approach and reaffirmed Switzerland’s commitment to supporting Ghana’s energy transition through technical cooperation and capacity-building.
He also stressed the need for the Government of Ghana to remove bottlenecks hindering the Net-Metered Solar PV (NMPV) Project. Ms. Adwoa Bondzie assured the delegation of the Commission’s continued support for the Net-Metering Program to be off the ground as soon as possible.
The Swiss Government, through SECO, is co-funding Ghana’s Net-Metered Solar PV component under the Scaling-Up Renewable Energy Program (SREP), alongside the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Climate Investment Fund (CIF).
The project aims to deploy 12,000 Net-Metered Solar PV systems in secondary schools, hospitals, police stations, and Municipal and District Assemblies across Ghana, and to install 35 mini-grid solar home systems in off-grid communities.
