The Proverbial Vulture Behind Fuel Explosions

We said never again after June 3, we thought it was ending after Trade Fair explosion on December 22, we grinned our teeth after the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) explosion on January 26. What didn’t we say after premix explosion at Axim on June 2012? We said similar things after Tema Valco Estates in Community … Read more

Government Woos Renewable Energy IPPs With Attractive Waivers

Government has rolled out waivers for Independent Power Producers (IPPs) of renewable energy at a time that it has suspended the issuing of licenses to IPPs in the thermal space over concerns of excess power generation. This also follows government’s plan to increase the country’s renewable energy capacity to ten percent by 2020. Deputy Energy … Read more

Gov’t Woos Renewable Energy IPPs With Attractive Waivers

Government has rolled out waivers for Independent Power Producers (IPPs) of renewable energy at a time that it has suspended the issuing of licenses to IPPs in the thermal space over concerns of excess power generation. This also follows government’s plan to increase the country’s renewable energy capacity to ten percent by 2020. Deputy Energy … Read more

Energy Ministry Pledges To Support Energy Media Group

Deputy Minister for Energy, Dr. Amin Anta Mohammed has pledged his ministry’s support to the Energy Media Group, a media Company based in Accra with the sole purpose of running and delivering reportage on occurrences on the energy sector. According to Dr. Amin, the Energy Ministry’s support will enable the promotion of local content, which … Read more

Government Charged To Spend Oil Revenues Responsibly At All Times

Government has been charged to spend oil revenues responsibly at all times to enable it to mitigate the negative impact a slowdown in commodity prices may have on the economy as it is currently. This comes as most African countries like Ghana are said to the hardest-hit any time there are uncertainties of oil prices … Read more

2nd Ghanaian Pilgrim Dies In Mecca

Alhaji Yakubu Zakari, 65, a Ghanaian Muslim who made the trip for this year’s Hajj, has died. This was confirmed in a statement signed and released by Mohammed Amin Lamptey, Deputy Communications Director of the Pilgrims Affairs Office of Ghana (PAOG). Mr Amin indicated that the PAOG was deeply saddened over “the passing of Alhaji … Read more