Tag: energy transition.
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IMF raises concerns over the energy transition price tag
The energy transition as it is currently being pursued threatens to boost public debt significantly, the International Monetary Fund has warned in a new report. Dubbed Climate Crossroads: Fiscal Policies in a Warming World, the report says that the choice of governments to push the transition forward by using a combination of public investment and subsidies…
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Amin Adam announces gov’t’s plan to build 1000 electric charging stations by 2028
Ghana’s commitment to the development and implementation of an ambitious energy transition framework has taken center stage as Minister of State at the Finance Ministry, Mohammed Amin Adam, emphasized the importance of setting up electric charging stations to support the country’s electric vehicle revolution. Speaking at a conference on Climate Finance for Sustainable Transition in…
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Gas is the ideal transitional fossil fuel due to its low carbon emissions – Ghana Gas CEO
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana National Gas Company (Ghana Gas), Dr. Ben K. D. Asante, emphasized the importance of embracing new gas markets in the energy transition discourse during a stakeholder round table discussion held on Tuesday, July 4, 2023. With the theme “Embracing New Gas Markets in the Energy Transition Discourse,…
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New GNPC CEO leads delegation to Appo Energy conference in Abuja
The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), Opoku Ahweneeh-Danquah, is today leading a high-powered delegation to a two-day petroleum conference of Chief Executive Officers (CEO’s) of National Oil Companies (NOC’s) of African Petroleum Producers’ Organisation (APPO) in Abuja, Nigeria. The African Petroleum Producers Organisation (APPO) is a 16-member intergovernmental energy organisation…