THE International Energy Agency (IEA), world’s leading energy organisation has revealed that more than 620 million people in sub-Saharan African (two-thirds of the population) live without electricity.
Category: Electricity
Ghana To Connect More Communities To National Grid
By Mackyntosh Essuman Aidoo GHANA has announced plans to connect over 4,500 additional communities to the national grid by the end of 2016, according to Energy and Petroleum Minister, Emmanuel Arma-Kofi Buah.
600 Females To Benefit From Energy Efficient Stoves Project
VIVO Energy Ghana, leading distributors and marketers of Shell-branded fuels and lubricants, has partnered Golden Star Resources Limited to launch and implement its new “Access to Energy” project in the Wassa East District of the Western Region of Ghana.
East African Power Industry Convention Ends On High Note
THE just-ended 16thEast African Power Industry Convention (EAPIC) that took place in Nairobi, Kenya in September has proven that it is still the most important gathering for quality discussions on where the power sector in the region is going.
ECG Board Chairman Resigns
THE board chairman of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Tony Oteng Gyasi has resigned.
Ghana’s Energy Crisis Worsens
WHAT started as secret load shedding due to the fall in the water level of the Akosombo Dam has now degenerated into a serious national crisis. It is official that the reported labour unrest in Nigeria, where power is wheeled through the West Africa Gas Pipeline to power the Asogli and Aboadze thermal plants, has […]
Ghana To Get Two Mobile Energy Plants
KARPOWER International Limited, a Turkish leading company would soon build two emergency power ships for Ghana. The project will be pre-financed by Karpower and the cost would be paid on the amount of energy delivered to the system.
Heirs Holdings To Generate Quarter of Nigeria’s Power Needs
A prominent global business leader and chairman of Heirs Holdings, Tony Elumelu says the group “has the ambition to generate at least a quarter of Nigeria’s power consumption needs in the next five years.”
SEC, VRA Resume Capital Market Talks
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) says it has restarted talks with Ghana’s Volta River Authority (VRA) to raise funds for its on-going and future projects on the capital market.
IMANI Alert: Can The Tema Oil Refinery Deliver Today? A Possible Way Out
By IMANI Ghana The energy sector is undoubtedly the most essential sector if Ghana is to come out of its current economic atrophy. President John Dramani Mahama underscored this fact when he declared that the Atuabo Gas project is his view, is the game changer in Ghana’s energy mix and an attempt to resurrect […]