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By 2015, Ghana experienced an unprecedented days and nights of blackouts because of acute electricity supply. The term Dumsor is used to denote a period of a permanently erratic power supply under the NDC administration when Ghanaian generating capacity by 2015 went all-time low 400-600 megawatts, less than Ghana needed. [8]
It is the official goal of Ghana energy industry to have 10% of Ghana's energy mix come from renewable sources (not counting large-scale hydropower) by 2015 or at the very latest by 2020. [23] Ghana has Class 4-6 wind resources at locations of the high wind areas – such as Nkwanta, the Accra Plains, Kwahu and Gambaga mountains.
The government of Ghana is committed to the development of nuclear power as an environmentally-friendly energy source, and as of 2020 is undertaking preparatory steps for nuclear energy generation. President John Agyekum Kufuor supported the future building of nuclear power plants, seeing it as part of a solution to the country's energy problems.
Power Distribution Services Ghana (PDS Ghana Limited), [1] was an electricity distribution company in Ghana. The company's operation covered about thirty percent of the total land mass of the country. [2] Formerly, and as a public company, its operations were under the Ministry of Energy of Ghana. [3]
The dam provides electricity to Ghana and its neighboring West African countries, including Togo and Benin. [16] Initially 20% of Akosombo Dam's electric output (serving 70% of national demand) was provided to Ghanaians in the form of electricity, the remaining 80% was generated for Valco.
The power plant was the first privately-owned electricity generation installation in the history of Ghana. [2] [3] Sunon Asogli Thermal Power Station is part of the top 5 terminal power plant operation in Ghana. [4] In October 2024, the power station announced the shutdown of its 560 MW power plant because of ECG's failure to fulfil its overdue ...
The minister for energy and petroleum is the head of the ministry and is directly accountable to the President of Ghana. The position is politically appointed and approved by parliament of Ghana. The current minister is John Abdulai Jinapor who succeeds Herbert Krapa under the Nana Akufo-Addo administration government.
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