UMAT lecturer calls for tax relief to drive rooftop solar adoption in Ghana
Professor Christian Kwaku Amuzuvi, Head of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Mines and Technology (UMaT), Tarkwa, called for bold policy reforms to accelerate Ghana's transition to renewable energy, particularly residential rooftop solar photovoltaic systems, during his 13th Professorial Inaugural Lecture. He stated, "We are refusing to use it because we always say the initial cost. But now it has become so competitive; that story is over. If we don't go for it, nothing happens. We have nothing to lose if we go for it now."
Professor Amuzuvi proposed that the government temporarily remove taxes on solar equipment to encourage widespread adoption, stressing that incentives are key to triggering mass uptake. He argued that the long-standing concern over the high initial cost of solar systems is no longer valid. He explained that a similar approach to Ghana's successful Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) adoption programme could lead to a surge in solar installations across homes, hotels, and industries, describing the potential outcome as an "energy boom." Users would recover costs within five to seven years, after which the systems, capable of lasting 15 years or more, would deliver.
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