Apple To Invest $900mn In Danish Data Plant
Apple on Monday said it would invest nine billion Danish kroner ($920 million, 810 million euros) in a data centre in Denmark, its second in the country to run entirely on clean energy....
Tag: Sustainable energy
Floating Solar Farm Reflects China’s Clean Energy Ambitions
As the United States was withdrawing from the Paris climate pact, China's clean energy ambitions were being reflected in the launch of the world's largest floating solar farm. The 40-megawatt power...
US Official Backs Clean Energy Cooperation With China
US Energy Secretary Rick Perry called for Sino-US cooperation on clean energy during a visit to Beijing Thursday, a week after President Donald Trump's much-criticised withdrawal from the Paris...
The Benefits of Nuclear Power Cannot Be Understated – IAEA Expert
A team of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts in Ghana, have said nuclear power could play a huge role in the developmental agenda of a country. They said the IAEA sees energy as very...
US Cities, States Mobilize Against Climate Change Without Trump
Even as President Donald Trump steers the United States away from actively fighting climate change, a number of American cities and states are continuing to pursue renewable energies to reduce their...
Iceland Begins ‘Thor’ Scheme To Produce Geothermal Energy From Magma
If successful, the experimental project could produce up to 10 times more energy than an existing conventional gas or oil well, by generating electricity from the heat stored inside the earth: in...
President Akufo-Addo Cuts Sod For 400mw Bridge Power Project
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has cut the sod for the commencement of construction of the 400-MegaWatt Bridge Power project, the world’s largest LPG-fired power plant....
Akufo-Addo Cuts Sod For 400MW Bridge Power Project
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has cut the sod for the commencement of construction of the 400-MegaWatt Bridge Power project, the world’s largest LPG-fired power plant....
Bill To Regulate Gas Industry In the Offing
The Ministry of Energy is currently in the process of developing a Gas Bill and intends to submit it to Parliament for approval, this year. The bill, when approved is expected to provide a...
Custom Duties Hinder Renewables Penetration
Although the Renewable Energy Act says importing renewable energy systems should attract zero duties, investors in the sector say that is not the case at the ports, as custom officials feign...
Programme To Be Axed By Trump Saves Energy
Voluntary efficiency programmes -- including one targeted for elimination by the Trump administration -- have led to energy savings of up to 30 percent in commercial buildings in Los Angeles,...
Ghana’s Power Mix To Have 10% Renewable Sources By 2020
The World Bank and the EU have embarked on several lending options over four decades Ghana’s power generation mix is expected to include 10 percent of renewable energy sources by 2020. At a SWITCH...
Let’s Educate Ghanaians To Segregate Waste
Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation on Tuesday called on Ghanaians to segregate waste to aid easy recycling that would ensure a green...
Energy Minister Calls For Treatment of All Human Excreta
Mr Boakye Agyarko, Minister of Energy, has called all Ghanaians to join hands to develop legally and socially binding commitments to ensure the treatment of all human excreta by 2019. Mr Agyarko said...
Energy Minister Targets Waste To Energy Initiatives By 2019
Mr. Boakye Agyarko, the Minister of Energy, has stated government’s desire to ensure that Ghana develops legally and socially binding commitments to start the treatment of human excreta and other...
‘Dumsor’ Wouldn’t Have Returned Under NDC – John Jinapor
A former Deputy Minister for Power, John Jinapor, has said the current incessant power cuts in most parts of the country would never had happened under a National Democratic Congress (NDC)...
Don’t Blame Mahama For Recent ‘dumsor’ – John Jinapor
A former Deputy Minister of Power, John Jinapor, has stated that the Mahama-administration should not be blamed for the recent erratic power supply in the country. According to him, the previous...
Don’t Blame Mahama For Recent ‘dumsor’
A former Deputy Minister of Power, John Jinapor, has stated that the Mahama-administration should not be blamed for the recent erratic power supply in the country. According to him, the previous...
Oil Giant Taps China’s Vast Geothermal Reserves
Chinese state-run energy giant Sinopec has drilled hundreds of wells across the country without finding a single drop of oil. But that was precisely the point: instead of black gold, the almost mile...
John Mahama’s Keynote Address At 2016 African Leadership Magazine Person of the Year Awards
Thank you and good evening. It is an honour to be in the company of such distinguished fellow Africans gathered here tonight- Africans who have committed their lives to changing the negative...