ECOWAS ministers adopt battery storage rules as Ghana procures 200 MW of batteries

Meeting in Accra on 22 October, ECOWAS energy ministers adopted a regional directive on battery energy storage covering licensing, market participation and battery safety and recycling. Ghana's Energy Minister John Abdulai Jinapor said the country is procuring a 200 MW grid-scale battery system paired with a 200 MWp solar plant, and that payments to independent power producers have risen from about 40% of monthly bills to nearly 100%.

Why it matters

A common regional framework and better payment discipline in Ghana both bear on the bankability of power and storage projects in West Africa.

Source: Energy News Network · 29 October 2026

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