Ghana: VRA CEO Inspects Lawra And Kaleo Solar Projects

Michael Creg Afful
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Ghana: VRA CEO Inspects Lawra And Kaleo Solar Projects
The Chief Executive Officer of Ghana’s largest power generation company, Volta River Authority (VRA), Ing. Emmanuel Antwi Darkwa,has embarked on a two-day working visit to the solar power plant construction site at both Lawra and Kaleo in Upper West Region to acquaint himself with the progress of work. The Lawra facility, which will generate 4MW electricity, is 80 percent fully completed and would be commissioned soon. He commended the contractor of the Project, Elecnor for working within schedule inspite of the COVID-19 pandemic. He was accompanied by the Managing Director of NEDCO, Osman Ayuba, and other senior oficers from both VRA and NEDCO. Ing. Emmanuel Antwi Darkwa and his team had earlier, on Tuesday, 6th September, 2020, paid courtesy call on the chiefs and elders of the Lawra Traditional Area at Naa Karbo’s Palace to brief them on his mission as customs demand. Source:www.energynewsafrica.com

Ghana: 2020 Manifesto: NDC To Establish Renewable Energy Commission

Michael Creg Afful
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Ghana: 2020 Manifesto: NDC To Establish Renewable Energy Commission
The flag-bearer of Ghana’s biggest opposition party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has promised to establish a Renewable Energy Commission to spearhead the West African nation’s drive to increase renewable energy into the energy mix if the party is voted to form the next government from January 2021. The NDC said it would be committed to using renewable ennergy to spearhead socio-economic development. “The NDC would inculcate climate-friendly, electricity solution for households, remote communities and light industries to drive rapid socio-economic development,” the party’s 2020 Manifesto reads. The party’s 2020 Manifesto, titled: ‘The People’s Manifesto’, was outdoored last Monday by its flag-bearer and former President, John Dramani Mahama. “The next NDC government will deliver a golden age of renewables to surpass the ten percent of the energy mix specified in the Rebewable Energy Act by: accelerating the development of grid-connected solar, wind and biomass plants”, he stated. According to the party, the next NDC government intends to encourage the use of roof-top solar by artisans and small businesses to reduce the over reliance hydro energy in Ghana. The NDC governement, again, promised to incorporate all new government buildings with solar systems in their designs, cost and implementation. Ghanaians will be going to the polls on December 7 to elect President and Members of Parliament to steer the affairs of the country for the next four years. The NDC said should Ghanaians vote for the party to return to power, it would to retrofit existing government buildings, too, with solar systems, provide incentives for investment in the manufacture of solar panels and its accessories in Ghana, including removal of import duties on solar equipment and accessories. “We will encourage private businesses and public institutions to use solar power, promote the teaching of courses in renewable energy in TVET institutions”, promised the NDC. Source:www.energynewsafrica.com

Nigeria: Electricity Sector Workers Oppose Central Bank Directive For Banks To Takeover Electricity Bills Collection

Michael Creg Afful
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Nigeria: Electricity Sector Workers Oppose Central Bank Directive For Banks To Takeover Electricity Bills Collection
Electricity sector workers in the Republic Nigeria have kicked against the Central Bank of Nigeria’s directive to banks to take over the collection of electricity bills from electricity distribution companies (DisCos). The Sun, local newspaper, reported that the workers, under the umbrella of the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE), said the CBN’s directive is a subtle attempt to take over jobs in the power sector. The General Secretary of the union, Joe Ajaero said the apex bank’s circular, dated August 21, 2020, signed by the CBN’s director of banking supervision, Bello Hassan, asking for the takeover, was a misplaced priority. “The implementation of this directive at this period is not only ill-timed, but counter-productive owing to the operational and overhead cost challenges this portends,” the workers explained. Mr Ajaero noted that the CBN was not a regulatory body for the power sector and has very minute knowledge about its operations and, therefore, is not in a position to issue directives in a sector where it lacks expertise. According to him, since the privatisation of the Nigerian power sector in November 1, 2013, not much has been done towards ensuring that electricity consumers in Nigeria are issued prepaid meters to properly account and justify payments being made for energy consumed, rather than the estimated billing system that has further placed huge financial burdens on Nigerians. He lamented that, in the face of global economic downturn occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic, the CBN’s directive would further increase the unemployment index, which the current administration is working assiduously to prune down. He said, “The implementation of this directive will not ensure job security and will throw thousands of electricity workers into the labour market, thus, increasing hardship and hunger on family members of those affected.” Source:www.energynewsafrica.com

Tullow Oil Picks Ex-Anadarko Man For Director Role

Michael Creg Afful
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Tullow Oil Picks Ex-Anadarko Man For Director Role
Oil and gas exploration company Tullow Oil has announced the appointment of Mitchell Ingram as new independent non-executive director on the company’s board of directors. Ingram will stand for election at the 2020 annual general meeting in April 2021. Upon appointment, he will join the Safety & Sustainability and Remuneration Committees. Ingram is a highly experienced oil and gas executive who has had a distinguished career with senior positions at Occidental Petroleum, BG Group and, most recently, at Anardarko where he was a member of the group’s executive committee. As Anadarko’s executive VP of international, deepwater, and exploration, Ingram took Anadarko’s significant LNG asset in Mozambique to FID for the first part of the project, which will create a global LNG hub in Southern Africa. Concurrently, he had responsibility for Anadarko’s project management, HSE, Gulf of Mexico deepwater operations, exploration, and assets in Algeria and Ghana, including the Tullow-operated Jubilee and TEN fields. At BG Group, Ingram was the development director and then asset general manager for the Karachaganack field in Kazakhstan before working in Australia as the managing director of QGC Australia on the world’s first coal seam gas to LNG project. He began his career at Occidental where he spent 22 years in several technical and operational roles in the UK North Sea, Qatar, and Libya. Ingram holds a BSc in Engineering Technology from Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen. Dorothy Thompson, chairwoman of Tullow Oil, said: “I am delighted to welcome Mitch to the board of Tullow. He will bring significant commercial, technical and operational insight to our discussions, as well as experience of Tullow’s assets in Ghana from his time at Anadarko. “I am certain that his extensive industry experience and expertise will be of material assistance across all of Tullow’s activities“. Source:www.energynewsafrica.com

Ghana: BOST MD Averts Sit Down Strike By Buipe Depot Tanker Drivers

Michael Creg Afful
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Ghana: BOST MD Averts Sit Down Strike By Buipe Depot Tanker Drivers
The timely intervention by the Management of Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation (BOST) Company Limited in the Republic of Ghana has averted an industrial action by members of Petroleum Tanker Drivers’ Association in Buipe in the Savannah Region. The drivers declared a sit down strike on Monday, citing some operational challenges which they explained are affecting them. Among the concerns the drivers raised included malfunctioning discharge meters at the Buipe depot. However, barely 24 hours when the drivers declared the strike, Managing Director of the company, Edwin Provençal, Josiah Attah; General Manager in charge of Terminal and Transportation and Marlick Adjei, General Manager Corporate Communications and External Affairs, met them to address their concerns. The MD and his team informed them that a contract had already been signed for the supply of discharge meters. Mr. Provençal assured them that their challenges would be a thing of the past in the next couple of months. The drivers expressed satisfaction with the assurances from the MD and his team and promised to resume work tomorrow, Wednesday, September 9, 2020. Source:www.energynewsafrica.com

Ghana: Opposition NDC Outlines Plans For The Energy Sector Ahead Of December 7 Polls

Michael Creg Afful
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Ghana: Opposition NDC Outlines Plans For The Energy Sector Ahead Of December 7 Polls
Ghana’s largest opposition party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has outlined its plans for the country’s energy sector for the next four years if voted back to power. Ghanaians will be going to the polls on December 7, this year, to elect President and Members of Parliament to steer the affairs of the country in the next four years, beginning from 2021. In this regard, the opposition party, NDC, on Monday, outdoored its 2020 Manifesto titled: ‘The People’s Manifesto’. Below are what the opposition has promised to do in the energy sector if voted back to power on December 7: The next NDC Government will: a. aggressively support Ghanaian entrepreneurs, especially women, to build world-class energy businesses b. review the implementation of the local content measures in the upstream oil and gas sectors and expand it to the power and renewables subsectors c. use the energy sector to drive the productivity of our agriculture, industry, minerals, and transportation sectors by providing fuel, power, and feedstock in line with our integrated national planning framework. Power Generation The next NDC Government will: steadily expand mini-hydro, thermal and renewable power generation to match growth in demand, especially for heavy industries such as aluminium, iron and steel smelting and for export b. work to ensure the supply of affordable, reliable and sustainable supply of power for economic growth c. administer the implementation of the Energy Sector Levy Act (ESLA) and the Cash Waterfall mechanism transparently to restore financial viability. National Electrification The next NDC Government will: a. work to achieve universal access by 2025 by accelerating the rate of connectivity to the national grid where possible and deploying renewable energy systems where grid access is unrealistic b. use proceeds from ESLA to boost the capacity of Ghanaian companies to achieve universal access by 2025 c. promote sustainable and productive use of electricity to support rural industries Reliability and Affordability of Power The next NDC Government will: a. prioritise cheaper hydropower for heavy industries (job creation) and vulnerable homes (social safety nets) and use the rest to further lower average thermal tariffs b. provide tax and other incentives to encourage thermal generators to lower tariffs c. deploy smart technology to reduce power losses. Universal Street lighting The next NDC Government will: resume universal street lighting programme to enhance public safety, security and boost the night economy starting with major cities and district capitals by leveraging the streetlight component of the ESLA b. progressively light every village in the country through the ‘Light Up’ Ghana initiative. Upstream Petroleum The next NDC Government will: a. prioritise the use of our oil and gas resources to propel accelerated economic growth, job creation and rapid industrialisation b. set Ghana on the path to achieving production of one million barrels of oil per day (1mbpd) by 2030 c. adopt policies and programmes that will ensure that all Ghanaians derive maximum benefits from our petroleum resources d. restore investor confidence and ensure transparency in the sector e. ensure strict adherence to the provisions of the petroleum sector regulations and laws f. make the allocation of exploration and production rights transparent and commercially effective Downstream Petroleum The next NDC Government will: a. ensure value addition to our petroleum resources b. reposition the Tema Oil Refinery to process our own crude oil c. restore BOST to its core mandate of holding a national strategic stock in order to cushion the erratic price increase associated with the absence of fuel stock in the country d. expand the Atuabo Gas Processing Plant to meet the national demand for gas-related products e. aggressively promote LPG use as a substitute for wood fuel f. revert to the use of Landing Beach Committees for pre-mix fuel distribution and management to ensure transparency. Renewable Energy The NDC is committed to renewable energy as a clean, climate-friendly, electricity solution for households, remote communities and light industries. The next NDC Government will deliver a golden age of renewables. We will surpass the ten (10) per cent of the energy mix specified in the Renewal Energy Act by: a. establishing a Renewable Energy Commission to give focus to our campaign on renewables b. accelerating the development of grid-connected solar, wind and biomass plants c. encouraging the use of Roof-Top Solar by artisans and small businesses d. requiring all new government buildings to incorporate solar systems in their designs, cost and implementation e. retrofitting existing government buildings with solar systems f. providing incentives for investment in the manufacture of solar panels and accessories in Ghana, including removal of import duties on solar equipment and accessories g. encouraging private businesses and public institutions to use solar power h. promoting the teaching of courses in renewable energy in TVET institutions. Source:www.energynewsafrica.com

Mozambique: Ministry of Energy Backs Upcoming 2021 Gas & Power Conference

Michael Creg Afful
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Mozambique: Ministry of Energy Backs Upcoming 2021 Gas & Power Conference
Africa Oil & Power has signed a strategic partnership with Mozambique’s Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy for the upcoming Mozambique Gas & Power 2021 Conference & Exhibition (March 8-9). Africa Oil & Power (AOP) has signed a strategic partnership deal with Mozambique’s Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy (MIREME) for the inaugural Mozambique Gas & Power (MGP) 2021 Conference & Exhibition. The event will take place in Maputo on March 8-9, 2021. The partnership defines MIREME as an official patron and event partner. Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy H.E. Max Tonela will be in attendance, accompanied by a ministerial delegation of high-level decision makers; Africa Oil & Power represents the continent’s leading investment promotion platform for the energy sector. “MGP 2021 provides a unique avenue for Mozambican energy authorities to engage with the local and global market, and to define opportunities for new and existing investors to make headway,” says Sandra Jeque, International Conference Director at Africa Oil & Power. “We are both honored and excited to forge a strategic partnership with the Ministry, as it communicates to investors that government is proactively committed to building transparency, facilitating the ease of doing business and advocating private sector participation in the country’s most bankable projects.” Under the theme Leveraging LNG: Building A Prosperous Mozambique MGP 2021 seeks to position the country as it prepares to transform into one of the top LNG exporters globally from 2022. The conference targets investment opportunities across gas and power sectors; downstream diversification; and local capacity building, with a long-term view to utilizing gas resources to spur export generation, economic diversification, skills development and job creation across the energy value chain. Interested in gaining insight on the current and future path of Mozambique’s growing energy market? Don’t miss out on H.E. Minister Max Tonela’s keynote presentation, or the chance to network with the ministerial delegation. Source: www.energynewsafrica.com

Ghana: NDC Solved ‘Dumsor’ Before Leaving Office-Ofosu Ampofo Insists

Michael Creg Afful
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Ghana: NDC Solved ‘Dumsor’ Before Leaving Office-Ofosu Ampofo Insists
Ghana’s largest opposition party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has insisted that it ended the five years’ power crisis that hit the West African nation before exiting power in 2016. According to the National Chairman of the party, Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, his party, led by former President John Mahama ended the power crisis before he left office. And this, he said is contrary to claims by the governing party that it ended the when it assumed office. Ghanaians will go to the polls on December 7, this year, to elect President and Members of Parliament to steer the affairs of the country.
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Ahead of the polls, both the two leading political parties, NPP and NDC, which have had the opportunity to govern the country, are working hard to convince and explain to the electorate, which party is more competent and better in managing the country. And the issue of which party has handled the energy sector of the country better is among the issues currently being discussed in the Ghanaian media. Speaking at the outdooring of the party’s 2020 Manifesto, the National Chairman of NDC, Samuel Ofosu Ampofo said when NDC was in government, under John Mahama, they invested in energy infrastructure and, thereby, succeeded in ending the power crisis which was christened ‘dumsor’ in the Ghanaian parlance. “Today, if Ghanaians enjoy continuous electricity in their homes and businesses, it is due to the prudent extensive infrastructural investments undertaken by the last NDC administration led by President John Dramani Mahama, in the energy sector. The NDC has positively impacted the lives of the people of Ghana in every aspect of our lives,” he said Source:www.energynewsafrica.com

ExxonMobil Announces Redtail Oil Discovery Offshore Guyana

Michael Creg Afful
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ExxonMobil Announces Redtail Oil Discovery Offshore Guyana
U.S oil and gas supermajor, ExxonMobil has announced another oil discovery off the coast of Guyana, at its Redtail well. The US firm, which operates the huge Liza field off the South American nation, said the find is its 18th in Guyana. Exxon said the Redtail-1 well in the Staborek block encountered 232feet of high quality oil-bearing sandstone. It will now add to estimated recoverable resources of more than eight billion barrels of oil equivalent at Stabroek, it added. ExxonMobil drilled the find around 1.5miles northwest of Yellowtail, another discovery it made in April last year. The firm is 45% owner and operator of Redtail, partnered with Hess Guyana (30%) and Cnooc (25%).
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In addition, drilling at the Yellowtail-2 well encountered 69 feet (21 meters) of net pay in “newly identified, high quality oil bearing reservoirs” among the original Yellowtail-1 discovery intervals. Exxon said this is being evaluated for development in conjunction with nearby discoveries. Mike Cousins, senior vice president of exploration and new ventures, said: “Our Stabroek Block exploration program continues to identify high-quality reservoirs in close proximity to previous discoveries, establishing efficient opportunities for new projects in Guyana. “Developing these projects remains an integral part of ExxonMobil and our co-venturers’ long-term growth plans and a source of significant value for Guyana.” Exxon is a major player off Guyana, having started up first production at the Liza field in December last year, paving the way to vast reserves. Approximately 80 Guyanese employees, contractors and subcontractors took part in Redtail activities offshore, and more than 2,000 Guyanese and 600 local suppliers are supporting ExxonMobil’s activities in country, the firm said. John Hess, CEO of Hess Corporation, said: “The Redtail-1 and Yellowtail-2 discoveries further demonstrate the significant exploration potential of the Stabroek Block and will add to the recoverable resource estimate of more than 8 billion barrels of oil equivalent. “Redtail is the ninth discovery in the southeast area of the block which we expect will underpin future development.” Source:www.energynewsafrica.com

Kariya Energy Set To Acquire Oil And Gas Assets In Africa

Michael Creg Afful
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Kariya Energy Set To Acquire Oil And Gas Assets In Africa
Kariya Energy, a U.S based oil and gas company, has hinted of plans to enter into various definitive agreement to acquire upstream and midstream oil and gas assets in African countries. The energy company announced this in a press statement distributed by APO Group. Kariya Energy’s technical and financial strength puts it in a position to bring Canadian and American ingenuity into the growing oil and natural gas market in Africa. Kariya Energy and its management team’s engagements and experience with various deep and shallow water projects in Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Congo DRC, Congo Republic and Gabon makes these countries great investment possibilities. After spending 16 months reviewing data from various IOC’s, Kariya Energy will be pursuing acquisitions of various exploration and development plays either through Farm-in deals or operatorship through risk service contracts, or direct negotiations with sovereign governments. Kariya Energy will continue with its current and ongoing support by providing technical, financial, and operational support for oil and gas companies currently operating in Nigeria, Congo and Gabon. Kariya Energy’s strategy has focused on the innovation and evaluation of new opportunities for resource extraction with great technology that has produced results. Kariya Energy will pursue profitable small-scale LNG projects across Africa, a niche that its leadership has been skillful in building and making it profitable and scalable, boasting significant potential across the African market. With its technology, Kariya can turn around African small-scale LNG and work with partners in addressing off-grid power generation for industrial and residential needs in remote locations and deal with issues around energy poverty. Source:www.energynewsafrica.com

Ghana: NDC Promises To Fix Nationwide Streetlights To Ensure Security

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Ghana: NDC Promises To Fix Nationwide Streetlights To Ensure Security
Ghana’s largest opposition party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has promised to provide streetlights in all cities, towns and villages to ensure security and boost the night economy in the West African state. Launching the party’s manifesto in Accra, capital of Ghana, last night, its Presidential Candidate, John Dramani Mahama assured Ghanaians of providing streetlights in all cities, towns and villages as part of its universal street lighting project.
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John Mahama also stressed that the iniative was adopted as a strategic step to encourage Ghanaians, who engage in trading and other businesses at night, to feel safe and secured; adding that night businesses are key to triggering growth to the national economic development drive. This, he said, was part of the Energy Sector Levy (ESLA) project to progressively light every village in the country through the ‘Light Up’ Ghana initiative. Source:www.energynewsafrica.com

India: Police Arrest 30 Petrol Pump Owners For Installing Cheating Chips

Michael Creg Afful
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India: Police Arrest 30 Petrol Pump Owners For Installing Cheating Chips
Over 30 members of an inter-state-gang, including some fuel station operators, have been arrested for cheating motorists by tweaking fuel-dispensing machines using integrated chips (ICs). The accused petrol bunk operators have been short supplying (2-3%) fuel to motorists. Addressing a press conference, Cyberabad police commissioner VC Sajjanar said simultaneous searches were conducted in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh and they arrested 13 persons, including nine fuel station operators from the state. In AP, officials arrested 19 persons, while seven accused, including two key accused — Jo Joseph and Shibu Thomas—are at large. Jo Joseph and Shibu Thomas, both residents of Mumbai, had created ICs to tinker with the software of fuel-dispensing machines. They supplied the ICs to Sheik Subhani of Eluru in Andhra Pradesh. Subhani in turn supplied the ICs to greedy petrol bunk owners in the two Telugu states. In Andhra, 22 fuel stations were sealed, while in Telangana 11 were shut down.
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“Cyberabad police have gathered information about fuel stations where ICs were installed with the connivance of outlet owners, and causing loss to consumers by delivering less fuel than what was on the display board (i.e 2%-3% less for 1,000ml),’’ Sajjanar said. Subhani reportedly bought each chip from the Mumbai-based duo by paying 1.2 lakh. He has a deep understanding about the mechanics of the fuel-dispensing machine and conspired to help the greedy fuel station owners in short filling motorists to increase their profits. Speaking to TOI, AP legal metrology department controller M Kantha Rao said Subhani has over 10 years of expertise in installing manipulated chips in fuel-dispensing machines to deliver less petrol than actual display on board/meter. “Previously, there were instances where people had tampered other parts of the machine like pulser meter or mother board. However, this is a new modus operandi. We have alerted the fuel-dispensing machine manufacturing companies about this,” Rao said. He admitted that it was easier for petrol stations to uninstall the chips.
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Cyberabad police have recovered 14 ICs (chips), eight displays, three GBR cables, a motherboard, a car from Subhani. Police had found manipulation was done at five IOC outlets, four bunks each of BPCL and HPCL. In the state, police sealed fuel stations at Nandigama in Shadnagar, Alladurg, Domakonda in Kammareddy, Kotpally in Vikarabad, Melacheruvu and Chilkuru in Suryapet, Motakondur and Bibinagar in Bhongir, RC Puram and BDL Bhanoor in Sangareddy and informed the corporations concerned. Similarly, in AP, nine petrol stations in West Godavari, three in East Godavari district, one each in Chittoor, Rajahmundry, Visakhapatnam were sealed. Source: www.energynewsafrica.com

Total Ditches Environmentally Sensitive Brazilian Oil Blocks

Michael Creg Afful
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Total Ditches Environmentally Sensitive Brazilian Oil Blocks
French supermajor Total is giving up operatorship of five exploration blocks offshore Brazil in an environmentally sensitive area for which it has failed to secure drilling permits numerous times. Total said on Monday that it had notified its partners last month that it is resigning from its role of operator of five exploration blocks in the Foz do Amazonas Basin, 120 kilometers (74 miles) offshore Brazil. Total has also notified Brazil’s regulator ANP of its decision to give up operatorship of the blocks, which opens a six-month period in which a new operator will be appointed. Total did not give details about why it is pulling out as the operator of those exploration blocks, but the French company has been denied in recent years permits to drill for oil and gas in those blocks close to the mouth of the Amazon and has met opposition from environmental groups about its plans to drill in areas where coral reefs have been spotted. In 2018, Greenpeace said that a team of scientists onboard a Greenpeace ship had found a rhodolith field in the area Total was planning to drill. “Now that we know the Amazon Reef extension overlaps with the perimeter of Total’s oil blocks, there is no other option for the Brazilian government but to deny the company’s license to drill for oil in the region,” Thiago Almeida, Greenpeace Brazil campaigner, said in April 2018. At the end of 2018, Brazil’s environmental regulator Ibama rejected Total’s plan to drill in the blocks for a fifth and final time. Oil and gas drilling in the blocks could endanger coral reefs and biodiversity in the area, Ibama said, agreeing with a technical assessment of the area. In 2019, the regulator again denied Total’s request to reconsider restarting the licensing process for the blocks, meaning that the oil giant had to start the licensing process—on which Total had spent five years—from scratch. Source: oilprice.com

Ghana: Opposition Leader Takes On Government For Failing To Increase Electricity Access

Michael Creg Afful
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Ghana: Opposition Leader Takes On Government For Failing To Increase Electricity Access
Former President and current flag-bearer of Ghana’s largest opposition party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has accused his successor and flag-bearer of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), President Nana Akufo-Addo, of failing to increase electricity access in the West African nation to, at least, 90 percent. According to Mr Mahama, he had expected the Akufo-Addo-led administration to increase electricity access to Ghanaians by 90 percent if not 100 percent from the 79.3 percent access rate before losing political power in December 2016. Unfortunately, he said the current administration could only increase electricity access by a partly three percentage point. Ghanaians will go to the polls on December 7, 2020, to elect a President and Members of Parliament (MPs) to steer the affairs of the country for the next four years. Ahead of the polls, the governing party, New Patriotic Party (NPP), on August 22, 2020, outdoored its 2020 Manifesto. The NDC is also expected to outdoor theirs later today, Monday, September 7, 2020. In a statement released ahead of today’s event, the former Ghanaian leader said: “In 2012, 69.2 percent of Ghanaians had access to electricity. In 2016, when I left office, after my first term as President, 79.3 percent of Ghanaians had access to electricity representing a ten-percentage points increase in 4 years.
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“When I left office, I was confident that a new government would deliver 90 percent, if not 100 percent access to electricity in the next four years. “However, the NPP government increased overall access to electricity from 79.3 percent to only 82.3 percent, a mere three percentage points increase,” the former President noted. He promised to increase the access rate to 100 percent if Ghanaians vote for him to lead the country again. “I run for President because I want to leave a legacy: a solid infrastructure, with 100 percent access for all. With this legacy, we will build a truly developed Ghana, on a par with the advanced nations,” he said. Meanwhile, checks by energynewsafrica.com indicate that the 82.3 percent quoted by the former President is inaccurate. According to report titled: ‘Ghana Power Report 2019/2020’, the country’s electricity access rate is around 84.98 percent. Source:www.energynewsafrica.com
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