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...
but will be adjusted every quarter
Households and businesses are facing a steep increase in their electricity and water tariffs of 27.15 percent and 21.55 percent respectively, the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has said, adding that tariffs will now see adjustments every quarter.
The increment, the Commission said, was...
The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has announced a 27.15% increase in tariff for electricity and 21.55% increase in water tariff effective September 1, 2022.
It followed proposed increased in tariffs by utility companies—Ghana Water Company Limited and Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). They were asking for 334 and 148...
Serengeti Energy in collaboration with the Private Financing Advisory Network (PFAN) has announced the launch of the 2022 Umoja Incubator which aims to help aspiring entrepreneurs in renewable energy to bring their project to financial close by improving the bankability of the most promising renewable energy projects through access...
As the years go by, the footprint of extreme weather conditions on lives and livelihood is exacerbating with the blight accelerating across all the regions of the world. While these recurring climatic events signify a looming cataclysmic crisis, germane measures could be undertaken to nip climate change in the...
While looking for an appropriate response during the height of the unprecedented climate change events, my attention was drawn to an article published on 13th of October, 2021 by the Paris-based International Energy Agency, which is responsible for energy affairs for the OECD countries.
The very first paragraph of the...
as govt prepares to announce technology and vendor country
Government will soon announce the technology and the vendor country or countries to partner with Nuclear Power Ghana (NPG) for the country’s nuclear power project (NPP), as a nuclear power plant is expected to be fully operational by 2030,...
West Africa industry leaders, experts, and decision-makers in the petroleum downstream industry are gearing up for what is anticipated to be the largest Ghana International Petroleum Conference (GhipCon) yet as organisers reveal another milestone for the West Africa’s most influential oil and gas event.
The conference, which is being organised...
Plant relocation cost leaps 40%
Energy debt hits US$1.2bn
The Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) has raised concerns over the cost of relocating the AMERI Plant from Aboadze in the Western Region to Kumasi in the Ashanti Region.
It said rather than the proposed value of US$25.48 million by...
Dr. Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, Chief Executive of the National Petroleum Authority of Ghana, will be discussing trends across Ghana’s downstream sector at this year’s Africa Energy Week (AEW).
The conference and exhibition will take place from 18th – 21st October, 2022 in Cape Town.
Representing one of Africa’s rapidly expanding hydrocarbon markets,...