INSTALLATION OF CAPACITOR BANKS
IN COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRY BUILDINGS
African Regional NAMA Workshop
Kigali, Rwanda, 2015
By: Kennedy Amankwa, Energy Commission, Ghana
amankwak@energycom.gov.gh
NAMA AREA & GOAL
NAMA Area: Energy sector (Improvement of Energy Efficiency in the
Commercial /Industrial sector)
Goal : improve energy efficiency and reduce GHG emissions
BACKGROUND & JUSTIFICATION
Type of Action:
Technology:
Greenhouse Gas:
Expected Timeframe:
Implementation Agencies:
Status of Programme:
National Policy/Programme
Capacitor Banks
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
2016 -2020
Energy Commission, ECG,
27 installed nationwide
Justification:
• Obsolete equipment with low power factors
• Need for power factors improvements to save energy
• Electricity demand growing at 12% /yr (250MW/yr)
• Increasing thermal power generation in electricity supply
• Increasing emissions from power generation
• High distribution losses (25.4%)
• Increasing cost of power generation
• Huge potential for energy saving in
commercial/industrial sectors
DESCRIPTION OF MITIGATION ACTION (NAMA)
It involves the up-scaling of the installation of capacitor banks from 27 to cover 1,047 new
Commercial and industrial facilities over five year period
The proposed NAMA seeks to reduce electricity demand, thereby reduce GHG emissions
through avoided electricity generation.
Objectives:
• To improve power factors,
• Reduce power demand and
• GHG emissions from power generation
• Reduce power cost in the commercial /industrial sector
Planned Activities
• Establishment and running of Secretariat
• Awareness /education /stakeholder consultation
• Certification of contractors for installation
• Audit, consultation, Procurement and installation
• Monitoring of Performance
PROPOSED IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
Output of measure
Activities
Coordinat
or
Key Stakeholder
Detailed institutional
structure
Establishment of NAMA
secretariat
NS
ECG/EPA/GRIDCo
Awareness created
Awareness /education
NS
ECG/ Customer
Certified contractors
Certification
NS
ECG/GRIDCo
Results of PF study
Agreement signed
Capacitors installed
Audit,
consultation,
Procurement
and
installation
NS
Customer
/Contractors/ECG/GRIDCo
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
NAMA IMPACTS AND OUTPUTS
Intended impacts
I.
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II.
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GHG Impacts
GHG savings
Non-GHG Impacts
Energy savings
Lower energy expenditure
Reduced system losses
Increased load carrying capacity of
network
Expected outputs
• Improved power factors
• Reduced GHG emissions
• Reduced energy-use expenditure
• Reduced energy demand
• Reduced energy losses
• Reduced operational cost
• Job created
Key performance indicators
• The number of commercial and
industrial entities installed
capacitors.
• Changes in maximum demand on
electricity bills on monthly basis
• Expenditure on monthly electricity
bill (maximum demand charge and
power factor surcharge).
• Power factor improvements
PLANNED ACTIVITIES, ESTIMATED COST AND
FUNDING SOURCES
Planned activities for
the preparation of
NAMA
Estimated full
cost (US$)
Establishment and
running of Secretariat
Funding sources
Domestic
contribution
International
support
699,351
209,805
489,546
Awareness /education
135,000
40,500
94,500
Certification
20,000
20,000
Audit, consultation,
Procurement and
installation
Miscellaneous
Total
Any others
(Banks)
7,525,313
7,525,313
20,000
20,000
8,399,663
290,305
584,046
7,525,313
POTENTIAL FOR TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE AND
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT BENEFITS
Transformational Change
• Promote the adoption of energy efficient technologies
• Develop capacity and experience energy efficiency service delivery
• Promote the standardization of energy efficiency technologies/services
Sustainable Development Benefits
• Economic: Reduced energy expenditure, reduced production cost, increased
competitiveness, increased potential for growth, reduced fuel import bill
• Social: More energy for other productive uses, enhanced livelihoods, provision of more
services, job creation
• Environmental: Reduced GHG emissions, reduced indoor pollution through increased
rural access to electricity, free financial resources for development of other energy
sources (e.g. Renewables)
• Institutional: Technology transfer and Retooling of commercial/industrial facilities
RELEVANCY OF THE PROPOSED NAMA IN THE NATIONAL
POLICY CONTEXT
NAMA ties directly with the following National and Sectoral Development
Policies and Strategies:
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Ghana Shared Growth Development Agenda (GSGDA) II (2014-2017)
Energy Efficiency & Conservation Section of the GSGDA II
Energy Sector Strategy & Development Plan (2010)
National Energy Policy
Energy Efficiency & Conservation Strategies and Programmes (2014)
THE WAY FORWARD
• Ghana is seeking public and
private sector partners for the
design, implementation and
financing of the NAMA
• Private and public sector
partners have opportunity to
invest Ghana’s NAMA activities
on profitable, secure and
creditworthy terms
GHANA NAMA INVESTMENT GUIDE DEVELOPED
The purpose among others is to:
• Identify the purpose and potential
project pipeline of NAMAs in
Ghana
• Provide step-by-step flow of
NAMAs development procedures
• Facilitate information sharing
among key players on NAMA
mechanisms
• Provide one-stop –shop on NAMA
investment opportunities in Ghana
RELEVANT CONTACT DETAILS
Name:
Executive Director
Organization : Environmental Protection Agency
Postal address : P. O. Box M326, 91 Starlets Road,
Accra, Ghana
Phone :
0302-664697/8
Fax:
0302-662690
Email :
info@epa.gov.gh
Web page :
www.epa.gov.gh