The reduction in electricity tariffs for both residential and commercial establishments, will bring a huge relief to private businesses, the Private Enterprises Federation (PEF) has said. “The Governing Council of PEF, together with its member associations and chambers, is very elated and would like to express its profound appreciation to...
GOIL Company Limited has opened its 410th station at Darkuman in Accra, with a promise to reach all underserved communities across the country. Group CEO and Managing Director of GOIL Company Limited, Mr. Kwame Osei Prempeh, disclosed this when he officially opened the modern one-stop shop service station near the...
Even though Meralco Consortium led by the Manila Electricity Company of the Philippines has been selected by the Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) to manage the state-owned power provider, Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), under the Power Compact II agreement, it has emerged that the government of Ghana reserves the...
Having been thrust to the front lines of a climate crisis we did not cause, Africans have long urged rich countries to wean themselves off fossil fuels and slash their greenhouse-gas emissions. But, instead of heeding our calls, the rich have remained addicted to oil and gas – much...
As the country moves to firm-up its development and utilisation of renewable energy potential, the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and the Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCo) have been given December as the deadline to submit business models for the integration of distributed renewable energy generation. Vice President Dr. Mahamudu...
... calls for local production of components   By Thomas-Moore ADINGO ([email protected]) The global solar energy market is growing in leaps and bounds, with its value expected to reach US$223.3 billion by 2026 from US$52.5billion in 2018 at annual growth rate of 20.5 percent - but with the country only...
Our attention has been drawn to comments made by policy think-tank the Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP), calling on government to halt its plan to make the Ghana National Gas Company (GNGC) a gas aggregator because it lacks the capacity to do so. In a statement issued in...
AMERI Energy has said it gave Ghana value for money in the US$510 million power plants it supplied the country during the acute power crisis. AMERI, in a statement ahead of a scheduled meeting with the Energy Committee of Parliament, said even though they are confident of the integrity of...
Not too long ago, when the idea of solar and wind energy was still hotly debated, critics used to point out the limitations of these energy sources: the sun doesn’t always shine and the wind doesn’t always blow. But nowadays many countries’ electricity grids are strongly supplied by renewable...
Nominations for the 2020 edition of the Ghana Energy Awards (GEA) have opened under the theme: ‘Excelling in crisis: the energy sector in a COVID-19 era.’ The nominations remain open until September 30, 2020. In all there are 18 categories, both competitive and non-competitive, including the topmost Energy Personality...