Yeboah krom, a farming community in the Juaben municipality of the Ashanti region, which has been relying on solar energy, would soon be hooked to the national electricity grid.
The community, with a population of about seven hundred people, has been enjoying electricity since 2019 through solar panels sponsored by DAAD-Germany, through Technical University of Munich.
Led by Prof Rexford Assasie Oppong the project is made of three areas namely architecture,entrepreneurship and energy, aimed at sustaining the project. As part of electrifying the community, a two-kilometer power line was laid and houses were connected to the 250KV solar energy. The advent of solar electrification in the community has led to development such as springing up of new houses, sale of frozen food amongst others.
Prof. Rexford Assasie, a Professor of Architecture at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), who originated the solar energy plant, has meanwhile handed over two deep freezers to serve the community.
This development, according to the varsity don, forms part of the entrepreneurship aspect of the project that aims to give quality life to rural communities.
According to him, a study carried out in the community established that power consumption has surpassed the capacity of the renewable power. Based on this, they decided to rather connect the community and others to the national electricity grid.
Rexforod Assasie Oppong disclosed that when the project is successfully executed, the solar facility would become a stand-alone and can be used to power cold stores.
The Chief of Yeboah krom, Nana Omane Akyeamfour expressed appreciation to Prof. Rexford Asaase Gyamfi for his support.
