The Minister for Energy and Green Transition paid a working visit to the Atuabo Gas Processing Plant to inspect ongoing maintenance works as part of the scheduled shutdown of the Ghana Gas Infrastructure Project.
He expressed satisfaction with the progress made and encouraged the team to maintain momentum to ensure completion within the stipulated timeframe.
The Minister for Energy has inaugurated the newly constituted Board of the GNPC Foundation, reaffirming government’s commitment to ensuring that petroleum resources deliver tangible social and economic benefits to Ghanaians.
The Ministry of Energy today led a major stakeholders’ engagement on the draft National Petroleum Authority (NPA) Bill, which seeks to repeal and replace the National Petroleum Authority Act, 2005 (Act 691) as amended by Act 913.
The proposed bill aims to reform the downstream petroleum sector by strengthening regulation, improving compliance, and addressing emerging challenges and opportunities within the industry.
The government has taken a significant step toward strengthening Ghana’s Water-Energy-Food Nexus initiative with the launch of a 1MW integrated solar plant for the Dawhenya Irrigation Scheme. The project, officially commissioned last Friday by the Minister for Energy and Green Transition, marks a major milestone in efforts to promote the productive use of solar energy in key sectors, particularly agriculture.
The Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko, on Tuesday, July 10, 2018, laid before Parliament a paper on a concession agreement to allow a consortium of investors to privately invest in the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG).
