Aker Energy’s student scholarship initiative, Aker Inspire Scholarship Program, (AISP), is delighted to announce that it has awarded full scholarships worth Three Million One Hundred and Sixty-Four Thousand Ghana Cedis (GHS 3,164,000) to 71 students to pursue various courses at tertiary institutions across the country. The AISP targets brilliant students...
The Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) says it will need US$990.53million to build a robust transmission system that will ensure the delivery of reliable power, minimise system interruptions, lower transmission losses and meet increasing demand, according to the company’s 2022-2027 tariff proposal. The amount is for implementing 21 medium-term projects...
Deputy Director of Renewable Energy at the Ministry of Energy, Ing. Seth Agbeve Mahu, has said adding nuclear to the Ghana’s energy mix will be critical to the country’s industrialisation agenda. The majority of industries in the country have expressed their willingness to endorse or advocate the inclusion of nuclear...
The Ghana Bauxite Company (GBC) has targetted to increase its production of one million to two million metric tonnes per annum as authorities work to materialise the government’s vision of an Integrated Aluminum Industry (IAI) that seeks to add value to the resource to boost the local economy. According to...
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director-General, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has thrown her weight behind calls for a just energy transition framework for African countries, saying balance must be sought between the desire for a cleaner, more sustainable environment and the continent’s need for development. She is of the opinion that...
…Power Energy Ghana Exhibition showcases latest developments Last week, from October 11 to 13, the Accra International Conference Centre played host to the Power Energy Ghana Exhibition, a significant international event showcasing the latest developments in the power, energy, and electrical sector. The exhibition was inaugurated by Mr. Kwame Amoah,...
The fangs of the new Coronavirus, since its appearance in late 2019, have cut through all sectors of national economies leaving nothing unscathed. For the global energy sector, it has resulted in a historic dive in oil prices, way below projections of many oil-based entities and budgets of national governments....
The Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) and the Institute for Energy Security (IES) want government to address what they describe as “unsustainable indebtedness” to the Ghana National Gas Company (GNGC). At the end of 2019, the Volta River Authority (VRA) and other players in the energy space owed GNGC...
... 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...
The CEO of the Ghana Upstream Petroleum Chamber, David Ampofo, has said there is sufficient locally produced natural gas offshore in addition to imports from Nigeria to satisfy the demand for gas in the country now and in the medium term. He said, “the importation of LNG is rather late...