Government has officially withdrawn the controversial Ameri deal and in its place is a new one which seeks to be an improvement on the initial agreement signed by the erstwhile NDC government in 2015. The new deal was laid in Parliament on Thursday by Energy Minister, John Peter Amewu after withdrawing the Novation and Amendment […]
Brong Ahafo Vice Regional Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party, Kwame Baffoe popularly known as Abronye DC has said the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is a bunch of contradictions when it comes to their commentary on the power sector. He cited former deputy Minister for energy in the erstwhile John Dramani Mahama era, […]
Executive Director of Policy Think-tank, Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR), Eugene B.G Bawelle has taken a dig at the Minister for Energy, John Peter Amewu, accusing of him of adopting a posture that is too foot soldier fixated. According to him, the Ministry of Energy is one of the few Ministries where facts should […]
Energy Minister, John Peter Amewu is assuring that even though the energy sector is still struggling with a debt of 2.3 billion dollars, that will not in any way affect power generation capacity in the country, adding that dumsor will not come back. According to him, the current New Patriotic Party government inherited a debt […]
The Ministry of energy has organized an international petroleum contracts masterclass for players in the petroleum sector in the country. The international petroleum contracts masterclass is aimed at building the capacity of Ghanaians that often represent the country in the petroleum contracting process. The workshop is being facilitated by Dr. Ken Mildwaters, a world renowned […]
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has inaugurated the 225 kilovolts Bolgatanga to Ouagadougou Power Interconnection Project, which will see up to 100 megawatts of power supplied directly to Burkina Faso from Ghana. At the inauguration ceremony on Friday, 5th October, 2018, in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, President Akufo-Addo stated that the successful completion of this […]
Energy Minister, John Peter Amewu has attributed the high demand for energy in the country to the growth of the economy. Speaking today September 18, at the opening of the Environment and Natural Resource Research Unit meeting in Accra at the instance of the Economics Department of the University of Ghana, Mr. Amewu said plans […]
The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation, (GNPC) is expected to submitted a response on inconsistencies contained in reports it earlier submitted to the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) on how it utilised the controversial 7.5 million dollars today. PIAC gave the Corporation up to today to respond to queries raised on the inconsistencies on how […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Saturday, 15th September, 2018, commissioned a 20-megawatt solar plant, and inspected ongoing works at the Casa de-Ropa Ltd, a “1-district-1-factory” initiative, all in the Gomoa West constituency of the Central Region. Speaking at the commissioning of the 20-megawatt solar plant at Gomoa Onyaadze, President Akufo-Addo noted that the facility, […]
The Institute for Energy Security (IES) is predicting that the current freefall of the local currency will shoot the prices of fuel beyond 5 cedis per litre, explaining that world oil prices will be the catalyst on whose back the fuel hikes will come. A statement issued by the energy think-tank and signed by Mikdad […]
Some 200 excavators have been uncovered at mining sites in the central region alone, by the inter-ministerial committee on illegal mining. The committee which is on a mission to sanitize the mining sector says the ongoing vetting of licenses of small scale miners is aimed at having a grasp of the actual situation in the […]
The first-ever competitive bidding for the allocation of oil blocks to companies in the petroleum upstream sector will be launched on October 5, this year. The new regime, which is in compliance with the new Petroleum Exploration and Production Act, 2016 (Act 919) and the law on local content, is a departure from the previous […]
