The Minister for Energy, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has sworn into office a 3-member Interim Management Committee (IMC) to oversee the affairs of the Tema Oil Refinery as part of efforts to restructure and revamp the refinery. The Chairman of the 3-member IMC is Mr. Nobert Cormla-Djamposu Anku. The other...
Togbe Afede XIV seeks cooperation with the West African Power Pool Secretariat in Benin
Togbe Afede XIV and his investment partners – Shenzhen Energy Group sought audience with the Secretary General of the West Africa Power Pool to explore opportunities for cooperation in the development of the viable WAPP Priority Generation Projects. The Secretary General, Siengui Apollinaire, on behalf of the Secretariat expressed so...
Sunon Asogli to enter the Liberian Power Industry
Togbe Afede XIV, the Agbogbomefia of the Asogli State and Co-Founder and Director of Sunon Asogli Power Ghana Limited have led a four-member investment and technical team to Monrovia, Liberia, to negotiate a deal in the power generation sector of the country. Explaining what Sunon Asogli can offer to the...
Petrol, Diesel To Hit Almost GHS6 Per Litre Tomorrow
Ghana’s downstream petroleum regulator, the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has directed Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) to increase the prices of petrol and diesel effective May 1, 2021. The Government of Ghana introduced Sanitation and Pollution levies of 10 pesewas each on a litre of diesel and petrol and 20 pesewas...
Karpowership Ghana donates food items to Muslim community in support of Ramadan
Karpowership Ghana has donated food items to the Muslim Community in Sekondi-Takoradi in support of Ramadan. The donated items include bags of rice, cartons of vegetable oil, milk, canned fish, among others. Presenting the items, Corporate Communications Specialist of Karpowership Ghana, Sandra Amarquaye, said the gesture is “a mark of...
ECG Releases Load Shedding Timetable For Accra
Ghana’s capital, Accra, is expected to experience power outages from May 10 -17, 2021, energynewsafrica.com can report. This is because the country’s power transmission company, GRIDCo, will curtail power supply to greater parts of the capital to pave way for them to energise the on-going Bulk Supply Point Project at...
We need to generate more energy – Energy Minister urges
The Minister of Energy, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has called for the need to generate more, not less, power as the country’s power needs grow in consonance with its growing population and urbanization. The Minister made this observation when he opened a four-day Energy Sector Work Programme Retreat for 2021...