Solar Powered Health Clinics
“This solar power system is set to enhance the provision of health checks and services, ultimately improving health outcomes, especially for children in the community.”
Mr. Daniel Tetteh Agudey, Director of the Asankragwa Health Directorate
Our Impact
700
CHPS Compounds (rural health clinics) in Ghana do not have electricity.
15-43 hours
of nurses time can be saved each month through the provision of solar electricity.
Over 20,000
people are served by health centres where Dream Renewables installed solar power.
6
CHPS Compounds (rural health clinics) in Ghana have solar power systems we installed.
What are CHPS?
Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) are government health clinics that provide health promotion, illness prevention and primary clinical care for communities across Ghana. “The main objective of CHPS compounds is to achieve universal healthcare coverage, including financial risk protection, access to quality essential healthcare services, and access to safe, selective, quality, and affordable essential medicine and vaccines for all” .
Why solar power is critically important for CHPS
For many people in rural Ghana, CHPS compounds are the first port of call for all health emergencies, and in 2017, half of all CHPS compounds had no access to grid electricity. This severely holds back the ability of CHPS to serve their communities, limiting the storage of vaccines and medicines, reducing the range of services that can be offered and reducing the operational hours of the clinics. After engaging with Lucio Dery, former Deputy Director of the Ghana Health Service, we learned that the biggest challenge to CHPS compounds without electricity is staff well-being and retention. CHPS compounds include staff accommodation and staff are expected to reside at the compound 5 days a week. We understand that many staff posted to CHPS compounds without power refuse to accept their posting, quit shortly after posting or rarely attend the clinic. This results in some CHPS compounds being entirely non-operational for large parts of the week or in some cases all week. Therefore, by providing modest amounts of power we can ensure the staff (community health officers and nurses) remain motivated and comfortable in post, which in turn has the most significant positive impact on the health delivery at the clinic.
Find out more about projects we have worked on
In 2025 we installed solar power for Jantuakrom CHPS compound, serving a population of 10,000 people. click here to find out more.
in 2026 we installed solar power for 5 more health facilities in the same region click here to find out more.
Find out what else we do
Solar powered health clinics are just one example of community focused renewable energy projects we build together with our trainees and alumni. Click on the links below to find out what else we do.
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We deliver training programmes in solar power and clean cooking for people across Ghana, including rural and remote areas, schools and universities.
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Along with an ex-trainee Bright Mensah, we installed a solar powered IT lab for Bomigo Basic School, a school in an off-grid island community in the Volta Region.
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The majority of people in Ghana cook with solid biomass based fuel in inefficient stoves. This is expensive, polluting and most of all damaging to respiratory health. We educate and inform people about the options available, and run trials and research.
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We work with farmers to provide solar powered irrigation systems aiming to increase yields and reduce costs.