Huawei yesterday announced that its eLTE Broadband Network has been selected by The Bui Power Authority (BPA) hydro-solar hybrid power plant in Ghana for essential communication and operational management services.
Ghanaian Energy Minister Matthew Opoku Prempeh underscored the importance of ICT systems in providing intelligent energy management critical for ensuring efficient power generation, power plant operations and power distribution. They enable renewable energy to be integrated into the grid for the reliable, stable access and supply needed in order to achieve the country's goal of universal electricity access by 2025. The Bui Power Authority put into operation a broadband private network built by Huawei at its generating station at Bui.
Bui Authority and Huawei have built an eLTE broadband private network that penetrates the substantial concrete barriers and infrastructure at Bui Power Plant, in Ghana. This is the first time that Huawei has deployed eLTE-based solution in the hydroelectric industry. The network, which carries voice, video, and data services, enables instant communication between the control room and maintenance staff moving around the plant. It covers, without extensive cabling and installation, both indoor and outdoor working areas, including roadways inside the dam, generator rooms, and employee living areas within the Bui vicinity.
A Huawei Engineer
Now staff can communicate via video call to fix maintenance challenges in record time Building modern networks also provides capacity for growth, enabling intelligent digital transformation of the site in the future
Ghanaian Energy Minister Matthew Opoku Prempeh
As Ghana is striding towards achieving universal electricity access by 2025, it is important for us to unleash the transformational power of ICT in optimizing the operations at power plants, increasing the efficiency of renewable energy use, and ensuring a stable and cost-effective electricity supply to many more households nationwide
