The Chief Executive Officer of Pecan Energies Ghana Limited, Kadijah Amoah has been adjudged the 'Female Energy Personality of the Year' at the 2023 Ghana Energy Awards. The award celebrates her visionary leadership, which notably encompasses her role as the first Ghanaian woman to lead an international oil and...
By Jabesh Amissah-Arthur
Africa stands at a critical juncture. Its population is booming, its aspirations for economic development are soaring, and its electricity demand is skyrocketing. This presents a complex challenge: how can the continent achieve economic development and deliver quality electricity services for its population while simultaneously mitigating the effects...
…to stop post-harvest losses, boost exports
The Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC) is pushing for the setting-up of radiation facilities across the country to support the food export market as well as prevent post-harvest losses.
According to the Commission, radiation is one of the best methods to address the perennial post-harvest...
FROM MANUAL TO AUTOMATIC CONTROLS:
Inside the control room of the newly refurbished Kpong Hydroelectric Dam, engineers click on buttons on a computer screen to regulate the spillway gates of the dam. This is a departure from the situation years back, when controls were done manually.
The 160 MW Kpong dam,...
The Energy Minister Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh has said the Akufo-Addo-led government will support the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) to become a premium refinery in the sub-region. The support he mentioned could among other things be in the form of strategic partnership aimed at making TOR realise its fullest...
Ghana has made steady progress towards its nuclear energy generation as it has begun inviting proposals from potential vendor partners or countries interested in building the country’s first nuclear power plant.
The Deputy Director of Renewable Energy at the Ministry of Energy, Ing Seth Agbeve Mahu who revealed this to...
The Board Chairman of Nuclear Power Ghana (NPG), Prof. Benjamin Nyarko, has said that adding nuclear power to the nation’s energy mix will push down cost of production, thereby leading to lower cost of goods and services.
He said locally produced goods are usually expensive due to the high cost...
It was highly unique step forward in October 2019, during the first Russia-Africa Summit, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi reaffirmed commitment to scale-up cooperation in various economic sectors and particularly expedite work on the special industrial zone and the construction of proposed four nuclear...
The Ghana Recycling Initiative by Private Enterprises (GRIPE), in partnership with SESA Recycling Limited, has embarked on a community plastic buyback event to commemorate this year’s Global Recycling Day.
The event took place at the Osama Lorry Station located in Agona Swedru, Central Region on 19th March, 2022.
Community plastic buyback...