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Solar trackers, wind turbines, hydro balancing and battery infrastructure in an integrated renewable complex
Competitive moat · Captive generation

Solar-Wind-Hydro Hybrid Mega-Complex

A captive 500 MW tri-source generation backbone immune to grid instability. Zero marginal cost, 24/7 — the reason Ghana's Eastern Corridor is a structural advantage rather than simply a location.

Back to the challenge500-acre site
Illustrative project vision
Technical specifications

Four sources. One firm supply.

Solar PV

300 MW peak
Technology
Bifacial mono-PERC, single-axis tracking
Irradiance
5.5 kWh/m²/day equatorial belt
Role
Primary daytime generation
Land footprint
Approx. 60% of generation area

Eastern Corridor Wind

150 MW
Technology
Utility-scale onshore turbines
Regime
Predictable evening/night profile
Role
Complementary to the solar curve
Integration
Shared 33 kV collector network

Hydro balancing

50 MW
Technology
Contracted hydro dispatch
Role
Dispatchable firming and black-start
Response
Sub-minute ramping
Function
Residual load and outage cover

ASIS AI dispatch

99.7% uptime
Function
Second-by-second co-optimisation
Inputs
SCADA · EMS · weather · load forecast
Objective
Lowest-cost firm supply to H₂/DRI/MOE
Storage
BESS buffering for ramp events
Site layout

How the complex is organised on the 500-acre parcel.

Zone A — Solar field

Tracker arrays laid out on the western plateau of the 500-acre parcel, arranged in blocks around internal service roads.

Zone B — Wind row

Turbine string on the exposed northern ridge line, sited for prevailing corridor wind and set back from process areas.

Zone C — Energy park

Substation, battery storage, hydro interconnection bay and the central control room housing ASIS.

Zone D — Hydrogen block

Electrolysers and hydrogen storage placed adjacent to the energy park to minimise electrical distance.

Zone E — Steel process island

DRI-EAF and MOE units, with the circular-economy and CCUS loop closing back into the energy park.

Zone F — Logistics spine

Rail/road corridor and laydown yards running to the harbour route for feedstock in and product out.

Zoning places generation upwind and upslope of the process islands, keeps electrical distance between generation, electrolysis and melting as short as possible, and reserves the logistics spine for harbour-bound movements.

Phase-by-phase rollout

From enabling works to full tri-source dispatch.

  1. Phase 0 · 2026

    Enabling works & studies

    • Grid-independence and resource studies finalised
    • Geotechnical, environmental and social surveys
    • Generation EPC packages tendered
    • Internal roads, water and site security
  2. Phase 1 · 2027

    First solar blocks energised

    • Substation and 33 kV collector network built
    • Initial tracker blocks commissioned
    • Battery storage first tranche installed
    • ASIS dispatch commissioning in shadow mode
  3. Phase 2 · 2027–28

    Wind & hydro integration

    • Turbine erection on the northern ridge
    • Hydro interconnection bay energised
    • Tri-source control logic live
    • Electrolyser power supply handover
  4. Phase 3 · Q4 2028

    Full 500 MW tri-source dispatch

    • Complete generation fleet at rated output
    • Firm 24/7 supply to hydrogen and steel islands
    • ASIS autonomous dispatch at 99.7% uptime
    • Synchronised with first green steel pour
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