Bui Power Authority (BPA), has hinted that work is on-going steadily to add one million watts/one megawatts (1MW), of another renewable energy project to the national grid.
According to the Authority, the 1MW Floating Solar PV system, constructed on the Bui Dam reservoir, that is to be add it to...
The CEO of the Ghana Upstream Petroleum Chamber, David Ampofo, has said there is sufficient locally produced natural gas offshore in addition to imports from Nigeria to satisfy the demand for gas in the country now and in the medium term.
He said, “the importation of LNG is rather late...
as it calls for reforms
Growing concerns over sustainability of the country’s power sector are the result of lacking transparency and negligence on the part of some key stakeholders, the Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) has noted.
In recent times, the sector has come under severe scrutiny due...
Stakeholders in the mining sector have called for broader stakeholder consultation on the Agyapa Royalties Agreement to ensure that the country is not shortchanged. To them, the suspension of the Agyapa Royalty deal until proper measures are taken to ensure citizens benefit is good for the nation and the citizenry.
Executive...
says facility will cushion energy security, offer cheaper gas
projects demand to outstrip current supply
The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) has said the new regasification plant being constructed at the Tema Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Terminal will safeguard the country’s future energy needs and usher in an era...
The Energy Minister Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh has said the Akufo-Addo-led government will support the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) to become a premium refinery in the sub-region. The support he mentioned could among other things be in the form of strategic partnership aimed at making TOR realise its fullest...
Tullow Oil reported a post-tax loss of US$1.22 billion for 2020, but is confident that its Ghana business, where it plans to drill four wells this year, will deliver sustainable and profitable production.
“We will start a multi-year, multi-well drilling programme in Ghana next month to deliver sustainable and profitable...
The adoption of renewable energy and energy efficiency could help local producers to considerably cut down cost of production and improve their competitiveness, the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI), has said.
In 2020, the AGI ranked the cost of energy among the top two concerns of local producers but its...
The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) wants to become a major petroleum upstream player, but that dream is under threat because of its financial exposure to pay-or-take clauses in gas contracts, the Institute of Energy Security (IES) has said.
The state-owned company holds about 15 percent carried and participating stake...
The Institute for Energy Security (IES) is demanding more details to the cause of the recent power outages experienced across the country.
The Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) in different press statements have attributed the power outages to a cut in supply of gas to power plants.
But in press release, IES...
