Stakeholders in the energy sector have been educated on the need to leverage cutting edge technology to ensure reliable, affordable and sustainable power generation to fuel the economy. This came to light at the Ghana Industrial Customer Workshop organized by Siemens Ghana under the theme “Electrification as a catalyst for...
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...
Low access rates and lack of reliable and affordable electricity present a challenge to rapid economic development in Africa Technical innovations, especially in solar power, provide the possibility for faster progress in electricity provision by complementing grid expansion with mini-grids and home-scale systems, according to a new World...
A team of officers from the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) is in the Central Region visiting selected communities as part of a nationwide Door-to-Door LPG Safety Campaign. The team, from the Corporate Affairs Division, visited several eateries in the Mankessim, Komenda and Cape Coast areas, where vendors were educated on...
The Electricity Company of Ghana Limited (ECG) has cautioned encroachers and other settlers engaging in businesses and other human activities beneath and near the company’s distribution lines and other facilities around the country. “Notable among such activities are vehicle selling points (garages), food joints and table-top selling points, contrary to...
For the first time in the history of the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC), which is held annually in the American city of Houston, Ghana will have a Pavilion at the April 30 to May 3, 2018 event. This is according to the Commercial Section of the United States Embassy in...
Some clients of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) have expressed their appreciation to the company for effecting the tariff reduction announced by the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) in March. The reduction in electricity tariffs came after extensive stakeholders’ engagement and detailed analysis of proposals tendered by companies in...
The Tweneboa-Enyenra-Ntomme (TEN) partners have introduced the Community-led Environment and Beach Improvement and School Sanitation (CLEBISS) project in a bid to curb the rampant pollution of the environment. An Ellen MacArthur Foundation report notes that the ocean is filled with about 165 million tons of plastic and by the 2050,...
The Tweneboa-Enyenra-Ntomme (TEN) partners have introduced the Community-led Environment and Beach Improvement and School Sanitation (CLEBISS) project in a bid to curb the rampant pollution of the environment. An Ellen MacArthur Foundation report notes that the ocean is filled with about 165 million tons of plastic and by the 2050,...
The use of counterfeit electrical products has been identified as a major variable that fuels high domestic electricity consumption in the country, thus taking a huge toll on domestic electricity consumers, B&FT has gathered. The situation has been heightened by the Ghanaian market being inundated with counterfeit electrical products by...