The Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) has intensified efforts to remove unauthorised structures and activities from electricity transmission corridors, warning occupants to vacate protected areas before enforcement action begins. The campaign forms part of a broader Right-of-Way (RoW) management drive aimed at protecting high-voltage transmission infrastructure, improving access for maintenance teams and reducing the risk...
Day: September 8, 2026
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President Boakai Commissions LEC Board Chair, Managing Director as Liberia’s Electricity Transformation Gains Momentum
MONROVIA, LIBERIA — In another significant moment for Liberia’s electricity sector, President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr. has officially commissioned the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC), Hon. Albert N. Forh, and Managing Director Hon. Mohammed M. Sherif, reaffirming their mandate to lead the country’s public electricity utility at a...
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CEMSE Demands Disclosure Of Energy SOE Performance Targets
The Centre for Environmental Management and Sustainable Energy (CEMSE) is calling on the State Interests and Governance Authority (SIGA) and the Ministry of Finance to publicly disclose the annual performance contracts of state-owned energy companies, arguing that access to agreed targets is essential for meaningful public accountability. CEMSE Executive Director Benjamin Nsiah said publishing the...
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Total Energies Targets Namibia Oil FID as Venus and Mopane Fields Advance
Namibia’s offshore oil sector increased sharply this year. TotalEnergies became operator of PEL 83, which contains the Mopane discovery, on September 4 following a transaction with Galp signed in December 2025 and approved by Namibia’s mines ministry in July. The post-transaction ownership of PEL 83 is 40% TotalEnergies, 40% Galp, 10% Namcor and 10% Custos,...
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Solar power purchase contracts dominate first half of 2026
While the year began with several notable nuclear agreements, solar power remained the clean energy source of choice in the US during the first half of 2026. In the first half of 2026, offtakers signed 96 deals totaling 28.1 gigawatts of clean power contracts, compared with about 22.4 GW in the first half of 2025,...
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OPEC+ keeps oil output policy unchanged for October
OPEC+ kept its oil output policy unchanged for October at a meeting on Sunday, it said in a statement, as the producer group needs to agree new quotas before deciding its next output steps. The meeting of seven core OPEC+ members — Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, Kuwait, Algeria, Kazakhstan and Oman comes as the Iran...