Monthly Archives: September 2014

Africa Mini Grids Summit

The Potential of Mini Grids The IEA has estimated that in order to achieve universal electricity access, mini-grids will have to provide around 40% of new capacity by 2030, with the largest percentage (187TWh) needed in Sub-Saharan Africa.*(WEO, 2010). Why … Continue reading

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Avoiding Load Shedding in Ghana.

The thought of irregular access to power and its frequent outages may describes better how swiftly the nation addresses its power fluctuations with an unsustainable sources of energy sources. More work has progressed on the thermal power plants expansion projects … Continue reading

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Ghana’s Illegal mining menace

About five months ago, I wrote a story of how illegal mining activities in the country are being done in some communities in the eastern region and the Ashanti region under the compromise of many of the “watchmen”   I … Continue reading

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