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Tullow Ghana leadership visits Orsam Fabrication Yard and Skandi Africa
Tullow Ghana (TGL) leadership team members, led by Managing Director Wissam Al-Monthiry, visited the Orsam Fabrication Yard and subsea installation vessel Skandi Africa in Takoradi for a day-long working tour. The visit allowed TGL leaders to inspect complex subsea...
US commits $370 bn to climate crisis – Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris, Vice President of the United States of America, has said the current Biden-Harris’ administration has dedicated 370 billion dollars to combat the global climate crisis. A substantial part of this amount is directed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions....
Zimbabwe to build first green hydrogen plant in Southern Africa
The first green hydrogen power plant to be built in southern Africa will be built by Zimbabwe's state-owned electricity distributor in partnership with French independent power producer HDF Energy, the firm said in a joint statement on Thursday. Zimbabwe's Ministry of...
US Department of Energy launches clean energy training centre in Ghana
The US Department of Energy has established a Clean Energy Training Centre in Ghana to aid in the development of infrastructure in Africa. Aleshia Duncan, the US Department of Energy's Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Nuclear Energy Policy and Cooperation...
Germany to help its industry transition with billion-euro boost
Germany plans to give its industry a double-digit billion-euro boost to help it transition to cleaner production, the economy ministry announced on Thursday. Companies can be eligible for subsidies under the "carbon contracts for difference" mechanism, which aims to...
GNPC takes steps to protect Saltpond oil fields
The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) is in the Central Region to rally interest groups in order to avert impending danger caused by fishing activities near the Saltpond Oil Fields decommissioning area. Some fishermen are defying safety precautions as well...
Tunisia: Partnership signed to restore oasis ecosystem
The Tunisian Association of Energy, Water, and Environment (TAEWE) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) signed a partnership agreement to fund initiatives to restore the oasis ecosystem. Ali Ben Hmidane, the association's president, told TAP...
Nigeria: Niger Delta communities sue Shell over oil spills in UK Court
In the London High Court, over 11,000 Nigerians from the oil-producing Niger Delta have filed a compensation claim against energy giant Shell. It is the latest development in a case that will determine whether multinational corporations can be held accountable for the...
Energy Minister reiterates Ghana’s commitment to clean cooking at COP27
Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, Ghana's Energy Minister, has reaffirmed the country's strong commitment to promoting clean cooking as part of its 2030 goal of having 50% of its population have access to liquefied petroleum gas (LPGS). On November 10th at the Kingdom of...
Ghana Dedicated To Increasing Share of Renewable Energy – President Akufo-Addo
President Akufo-Addo has assured the international community that Ghana is fully committed to increasing its share of renewable energy in the energy mix. President Akufo-Addo stated at a High-Level Event on Sustainable Energy for All organised by Bloomberg...
Nigeria: Fuel scarcity returns, marketers demand release of N413bn subsidy
Some accredited oil subsidy marketers on Thursday said the failure of Federal Government to release the approved N413 billion subsidy debt was disrupting their fuel importation schedule. The marketers who spoke in an interview with the media said that they were...
T3 thermal plant conundrum
The Takoradi 3 (T3) thermal plant, with an installed capacity of some 132 megawatts, has come under intense scrutiny over the past few While some have attributed the challenges bedevilling the installation to the type of machines, others have blamed the gods of the...
Atlantis Gets $83 Million for World’s Largest Tidal-Stream Farm
Atlantis Resources Corp., a Morgan Stanley-backed maker of tidal turbines, raised about 50 million pounds ($83 million) to start building the world’s largest tidal-stream power plant in Scottish waters. The money was raised from the U.K.’s Department of Energy...
