Safety & Enviroment
Electric Vehicles: Draft policy ready by year end – Energy Minister
A comprehensive draft document on technical regulations and policy framework that tackles all technical issues on the mass deployment of electric vehicles in Ghana is expected to be ready by the end of this year. The draft is being spearheaded by the Energy Commission...
Ghana striving for an industrialised economy driven by nuclear, renewable energy
The Minister of Energy, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has said the Government is working towards boosting Ghana's industrialisation with clean and reliable energy systems, such as nuclear and renewables. He said there was a growing consensus that nuclear energy had an...
Ethiopia: Nation to Enhance transportation Program That Works With Renewable Energy
Ministry of Transportation announced on 16th June that it would enhance a transportation program that works with renewable energy in the country. Speaking at the establishment of a high-level national facilitation committee for "Electricity Mobility Program,"...
Africa Renewable Energy Fund II Secures €125 Million First Close
The Africa Renewable Energy Fund II has achieved its first close at €125 million, following a joint investment of €17.5 million from The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa and the Climate Technology Fund through the African Development Bank. AREF II, a successor to...
Ghana: Let’s Prepare to Fight Greenhouse Emissions With Nuclear Energy
The experts say nuclear energy, also called nuclear power, atomic energy or atomic power, is a form of energy that is obtained through nuclear reaction that releases heat energy which in turn heats water into steam to turn steam turbines to produce electrical power....
Charcoal burning the only alternative livelihood for rural women – Jerry Olo
Mr Jerry Olo, the Assembly Member for the Kendau Electoral Area in the Wa West District, has attributed the cutting of economic trees for charcoal burning to lack of alternative source of livelihood for rural women. He said women idled in the dry season and thus...
Nigeria, 6 Others Account for 65 Percent Global Gas Flaring – World Bank
The latest report of the World Bank's Global Gas Flaring Reduction Partnership (GGFR) has reported that Nigeria, Russia, Iraq, Iran, United States, Algeria and Venezuela have been the world's leading seven gas flaring countries in the past 9 years, accounting for 65...
Nigeria: As Nigeria Continues to Miss Gas Flaring Deadlines, Huge Revenue Is Lost
In 2020 alone, natural gas valued at $1.24 billion was burned by oil companies, one which could generate the annual electricity use of 804 million Nigerian citizens. Since 1979, Nigeria has missed out on ending gas flaring on at least seven occasions. The country is...
It’s time for Ghana to go green – Energy strategist
The Lead Technical Consultant to the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers Ghana (COPEC), Dr Yusif Sulemana, has suggested that this is the best time for Ghana to invest in green energy. According to him, especially at a time when the price of oil is hovering around $60 per...
Electric vehicle usage in Ghana and Africa is a climate change solution
Global warming in recent years is as a result of higher percentage of air pollutions such as car exhaust fumes and other human activities, which causes emission of gases into the atmosphere. Health Risks The health risks of air pollution are extremely serious. Poor...
