By Samuel SAM
The French Ambassador to Ghana, Jules Armand Aniambossou, has formally inaugurated the 161-kilovolt (kV) Adubiliyili Sub-station of the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo), as part of efforts to reinforce power infrastructure in the Northern, North-East and Upper East Regions of the country.
Constructed as part of GRIDCo's broader 330kV...
Woodfields Energy Resources Limited, a petroleum operating company, has emphatically stated that it is not indebted to the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) as has been published in a section of the media. According to the company it has over the years been diligent with its payment schedule with TOR...
likens it to opening savings account with credit card
calls for dispassionate discourse on the subject
Economist Dr. Kwame Baah-Nuakoh has described as ‘baffling’ and ‘economically imprudent’ the current position of several economic actors on the Ghana Heritage Fund (GHF) - at a time when the nation is saddled...
As the COVID-19 pandemic bashes economies and demand for oil, many African nations dependent on exporting fossil fuels are “haemorrhaging” cash, African energy experts warned this week.
The crisis - which comes as more investors shun carbon-heavy businesses - is a taste of what may happen if Africa’s rich oil...
The Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) has advocated speedy adoption and promotion of renewable energy sources, so as to diversify the power generation mix and bring about competitiveness.
Ghana's installed power capacity is about 4399MW of which 22.5WM is renewable energy against a demand of about 2,700WM. Despite the excess...
Dr Akinwumi Adesina, President, African Development Bank (AfDB), says the bank would invest 12 billion dollars in the power sector in Africa in four years with the goal of
leveraging on the aviation sector.
He said this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja.
Adesina said the aviation...
The country coughs out a combined US$1.2billion yearly to pay for excess power capacity and gas which it does not use, Dr. A Ofosu Ahenkorah, a former Executive Secretary at the Energy Commission has revealed.
The amount, he explained, is the result of existing power purchasing agreements and gas deals...
The Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCo) of the Volta River Authority (VRA) has clamped down on some hospitality operators and landlords for engaging in illegal power connections in the Northern and Savannah Regions.
The exercise, undertaken by a team of NEDCo staff, found a good number of power consumers in...
