Ghana has taken a major step towards reinforcing its position as a leading oil and gas producer in West Africa, following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the government and key energy partners to extend the production licences for the Jubilee and TEN oil fields to 2040. The agreement,announced in a statement […]
The Ministry of Energy has requested Parliament to suspend the controversial Ghana Energy Regulatory Authority Bill, which seeks to merge the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and the Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCo). The proposed merger aims to create an independent Thermal Power Authority by consolidating the thermal plants of the Volta River Authority (VRA). […]
Some Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) have started reducing prices of petroleum products at the pumps from today, September 16, 2024. Star Oil Ghana is selling a litre of petrol at GH₵12.55, indicating a one cedi drop. This represents a 7.9 percent decline. The company is also selling a litre of diesel at GH₵13.27. This represents […]
President Akufo-Addo is asking Parliament to expeditiously confirm Deputy Energy Minister, Herbert Krapah as a Minister of State at the Ministry. This appointment comes as the substantive Energy Minister, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, is set to be confirmed as the running mate to the NPP flagbearer, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia. The Speaker of Parliament read the […]
There is no planned or scheduled power outages in Ghana, the Deputy Minister of Energy, Andrew Kofi Egyapa Mercer has said. He has confirmed that the challenges experienced with power outages in Ghana in the last few days was due to a payment/financial challenge on the part of Ghana with the West Africa Gas Pipeline Company […]
The Minister of Energy, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has said the ministry is working with the Ministry of Finance to suspend some levies that contribute to fuel prices in order to cushion patrons against the ever-increasing price hikes. He said that decision was necessary because the most important task of the ministry was to keep […]
The Institute for Energy Security (IES) projects that price of fuel on the domestic market at the various pumps are set to dip for the second pricing-window of August 2021. According to the IES, this is due to the various change in prices of the commodities on the international market is expected to affect local […]
Energy Minister John Peter Amewu says he is not ruling out political sabotage in the apparent vandalism of a Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) high voltage transmission tower at Tema. One of the 161,000 towers located in GRIDCo’s enclave near the free zone area in Tema, fell over into another tower after evidence that bolts had […]
By John Elliot HAGAN, Accra Minister for Energy John Peter Amewu has disclosed that government spent GH₵232 million providing tax reliefs on petroleum products to ordinary Ghanaians between December 2017 and June 2018. He says the reliefs are part of government’s efforts to use tax interventions to mitigate the impact of the increasing price of […]
Minister for Energy, John-Peter Amewu together with a delegation from the Ministry and Energy Commission are representing the country at the ninth session of the Assembly of International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). The meeting is scheduled to take place from January 10 – 13, 2019, at the St Regis Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab […]
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Minority says the current government under the leadership of president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is drowning and desperately trying to taint the NDC in order to survive. According to the Minority, the government has failed in almost all facets of the economy including education, health, roads, agriculture and the […]
A deputy Minister for energy, William Owuraku Aidoo has apolgised for pouring invectives and insults at Broadcaster with the stables of Despite Media group, Kwame Nkrumah Tikesie of okay Fm. The Minister who was called on phone to clarify issues surrounding the recent controversies and challenges in the power sector burst out in anger on […]
