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Publication date: 2015, January
Author: Energy Commission
Description: This Renewable Energy Sub-Code proposes minimum technical connection conditions for a Variable Renewable Power Plant (VRPP) to the NITS. This Sub-Code is in line with the National Electricity Grid Code and international best practices and standards.
Publication date: 2014, August
Author: MCC
Description: This MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE COMPACT is between the United States of America, acting through the Millennium Challenge Corporation, a United States government corporation (“MCC”), and the Republic of Ghana (“Ghana”), acting through its government (the “Government”) (individually, a “Party” and collectively, the “Parties”).
Publication date: 2012, June
Author: EC / SE4ALL / UN
Description: Effective and sustained access to energy plays a significant role in improving people’s living conditions, and contributes to economic and human development. Energy provides services to meet many basic human needs, particularly heat, mechanical power (e.g. water pumps and transport) and light. Business, industry, commerce and public services such as modern healthcare, education and communication are also highly dependent on access to energy services.
Publication date: 2011, December
Author: Gov Ghana
Description: An ACT to provide for the development, management, utilisation, sustainability and adequate supply of renewable energy for generation of heat and power and for related matters.
Publication date: 2010, August
Author: Energy Commission
Description: TThe goal of Government regarding bioenergy as enunciated in the energy sector policy is to modernise and maximise the benefits of bioenergy on a sustainable basis.
Publication date: 2010, July
Author: MoE
Description: The Government of Ghana initiated the preparation of a National Electrification Scheme (NES) in 1989 as its principal policy to extend the reach of reliable electricity supply to all parts of the country over a 30-year period from 1990 to 2020.
Publication date: 2010, February
Author: MoE
Description: This Energy Policy outlines the Government of Ghana’s policy direction regarding the current challenges facing the energy sector. The document provides a concise outline of the Government’s policy direction in order to contribute to a better understanding of Ghana’s Energy Policy framework. It is hoped that the document will facilitate the effective management and development of the energy sector as well as provide the public with information about the Government’s policy goals.
Publication date: 2010, February
Author: MoE
Description: The document covers Strategies, Programmes and Projects intended to support the national economic development agenda of the Government of Ghana in the following four broad areas of the Energy Sector:
Publication date: 2006, July
Author: Energy Commission
Description: With an expanding economy and a growing population, Ghana faces major challenges in providing the required energy in a reliable and sustainable manner having in mind the environmental and economic impacts of energy production and use and the nexus between energy and development.
Publication date: 2006, May
Author: JICA
Description: In response to the request from the Government of the Republic of Ghana, the Government of Japan decided to conduct the Master Plan Study on Rural Electrification by Renewable Energy Resources in the Northern Part of the Republic of Ghana, and entrusted the Study to the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
Nairobi, KENYA