Ghana will supply Burkina Faso with 100MW of electricity daily after completion of the 225kva Bolgatanga-Ouaguadougou interconnection project, William Owuraku Aidoo, a Deputy Minister of Energy, has said.
Ghana has been supplying power to Burkina Faso, albeit in smaller quantities, since 2003; moving up from 0.5MW to 9.2MW in 2013....
The Volta River Authority (VRA) is to import about 200 megawatts of power from neighbouring Cote d’Ivoire to augment local production and avert power rationing, otherwise known as ‘dumsor’, following shutdown of the Jubilee FPSO on February 1, 2018 for planned maintenance.
The Jubilee Floating, Production, Storage, and Offloading (FPSO)...
Biogas technology has been recognised as having a high potential in helping Ghana achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) particularly in the areas of waste management, sanitation and renewable energy.
Speaking at the launch of the Biogas Association of Ghana, Nana Akua Owusu-Afriyie, Member of Parliament for Ablekuma -North constituency...
Africa is considered and referred to as the "Sun continent.” According to the World Sunshine Map, Africa receives many more hours of bright sunshine and heat during the course of the year than any other continent of the Earth; many of the sunniest places on the planet lie here.
Despite...
Government is to issue a GH¢6billion bond to clear the remaining energy sector debt in March, 2018, Energy Minister Boakye Agyarko has confirmed.
“We will come back to market in March the balance of GH 6billion,” said Mr. Agyarko, who has consistently maintained that the half-decade of power rationing...
Global environmental issues are getting more attention due to the rising threat of global warming and climate change. The inter-governmental panel on climate change (IPCC) reports a 1.1 to 6.4°C increase of global temperatures and a rise in sea level of about 16.5 to 53.8 cm by 2100. Bearing...
The volume of gas supplied to Ghana by Nigeria for thermal power production has reduced by about 50 percent.
Natural gas supplied by NGas via the West Africa Gas Pipeline Company Limited (WAPCo) now averages about 60mscf per day as against the contractual volume of 123mscf per day.
The situation has...
The Ghana National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GNCC), has welcomed governments quest to review downwards electricity tariffs by 13% in 2018 but has called for the review to be done without incurring additional costs.
According to the Chamber, though energy remains critical to business operations, its was important that...
A consortium of Ghanaian investors, in partnership with the Ghana Gas Company Limited, is to set up a Polyethylene Plant at Esiama in the Ellembelle District of the Western Region.
This can be done by using ethane from the gas produced by Ghana Gas which has high component of ethane...
Mr. Boakye Agyarko, the Minister of Energy, says government has signed an oil exploration contract with the ExxonMobil Company to explore for oil in the Deeperwater Cape Three Points Oilfield because it has the capacity to deliver.
He said government’s policy for the upstream oil industry is to undertake aggressive...