The Northern Electricity Distribution Company Limited (NEDCo) loses as high as 45 percent of the monthly power it sells to consumers in the Northern Operational Area – Northern and Savannah Regions and some parts of Oti Region, mainly due to power theft. The company’s monthly revenue from the Northern Area...
I have heard people talk about their businesses hitting the rocks year on year due to the high cost of operations. From high taxes to high cost of utilities and the never-ending saga from regulators, if a business is to survive in Ghana the owners must take a keen...
African leaders look to build financing momentum at COP27 in Egypt Climate projects remain underfunded as extreme weather events become more frequent Debt-climate swaps and other new financing instruments under consideration The Great Blue Wall seeks to protect vulnerable regions in the Indian Ocean While uncertainty abounds in global...
Ghana becomes the ninth ATI member-state to sign the RLSF MoU Ghana’s on-boarding of RLSF will lead to significant progress in de-risking renewable energy projects, which should spur additional investments from project developers and lenders owing to the improved risk profile of the projects RLSF is a joint...
…as it inaugurates solar power plant The ARCCU Co-operative Credit Union Limited (ARCCU) has inaugurated a solar power plant to minimize energy consumption and reduce the cost of electricity. EWIA ‘solar investments for Africa’ has awarded ARCCU with Solar Installation Certificate of Completion. And per the certification, EWIA will monitor and...
EcoFlow, a portable power and renewable energy solutions company, will soon introduce its industry-defining portable power stations, smart solar technology, and the world’s first portable home battery with an expandable ecosystem in key West African markets. EcoFlow was founded with a mission to empower people and communities through portable, clean,...
Deputy Director of Renewable Energy at the Ministry of Energy, Ing. Seth Agbeve Mahu, has said adding nuclear to the Ghana’s energy mix will be critical to the country’s industrialisation agenda. The majority of industries in the country have expressed their willingness to endorse or advocate the inclusion of nuclear...
Skyrocketing energy prices are a disaster for the European economy and its politicians. But given how feckless European energy policies have been, the economic pain they have caused should surprise no one. European politicians must rethink their approach. The mess in which Europe now finds itself was caused not so...
 The Energy Commission has said the adoption of home-based technology is needed to guarantee attainment of universal access to clean cooking by 2030. This is against estimates from the World Health Organisation (WHO) that some four million deaths are recorded every year from the toxicity produced by household air pollution...
Africa is blessed with abundant solar power due to the scorching sun. Solar power should be the alternative energy source to power vehicles, generating plants, and small-scale and commercial farming. It could also be used for powering industries. For instance, during power outages, most heavy industries like Valco in Ghana...