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...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has pledged government’s commitment to prioritizing the use of solar energy, targeting an increase from the current 22.5MW to 250MW in 12 years.
Despite an abundance of sunshine in Ghana, with many parts of the country enjoying high levels of solar irradiation (5.524 kwh/m2/day), all...
Guinness Ghana Breweries Ghana Limited (GGBL), Ghana’s leading total beverage business and a subsidiary of Diageo PLC, has been recognised by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) with an outstanding customer award for its compliance and timely settlement of electricity bills across its Kumasi and Accra production sites.
The presentation...
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...
Africa receives more hours of bright sunshine than any other continent on Earth. The Sahara desert soaks up the lion’s share, but large tracts of sub-saharan Africa, such as the Namib desert in the south east, and the east African rift zone, also receive high levels of solar radiation...
An energy deficit has effectively stunted Africa’s development, with an estimated 70 percent of people in sub-Saharan Africans without reliable access to electricity.
In Gabon and Nigeria for example, manufacturing struggles as electricity remains costly and inconsistent. According to the African Development Bank (AfDB), manufacturers in sub-Saharan Africa experience an average of...
About 50 project developers and engineering services companies from the Ghanaian solar sector have benefitted from the first German Project Development training in Accra last week.
The week-long training, which ended last week was to equip the local businesses with knowledge on project development and operation of Solar Photovoltaic (PV)...
The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has yielded to governments quest to reduce electricity tariffs against calls by the utility companies and civil society to increase tariffs.
According to a statement, issued by the PURC and published on their website, the current review is as result of reductions in key...
Fossil fuel consumption is inevitable in both obvious and subtle ways. The widespread use of these resources have immensely improved living conditions across the globe. From the use of electricity, the vehicles we operate and most of the goods consumed, fossil fuels are arguably the spine of modern society...
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...