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The Ministry of Energy and Green Transition has expressed satisfaction with the ruling by the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) in the long-running dispute between Power Distribution Services (PDS) and the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). In its decision delivered on Wednesday, November 5, the tribunal ruled that the demand guarantees issued as part...

The Volta River Authority (VRA) says it is working to add up to 1,800 megawatts of power to Ghana’s generation capacity over the next five years, as part of efforts to maintain its strong position in the regional power export market. Speaking to Joy Business at the Authority’s Annual Stakeholder Meeting, Board Chairman Jabesh Amissah-Arthur...

The Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), Kwame Ntow Amoah, has underscored the Corporation’s leadership in advancing innovation, research, and local competence within Ghana’s petroleum industry.Delivering remarks at the opening of the 2025 Local Content Conference and Exhibition (LCCE) in Takoradi, Mr. Amoah called for stronger collaboration among policymakers, investors,...

Fuel prices at the pump are expected to fall in the first week of November, with some products projected to drop by as much as 8 percent, according to the Chamber of Oil Marketing Companies (COMAC ). The anticipated decline is being driven by two major factors: a sharp appreciation of the Ghanaian cedi against...

The Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Africa Region intensified efforts to strengthen professional development and energy innovation across the continent during a regional meeting held on October 21, 2025, at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, USA. The engagement brought together more than 100 African regional officers on the sidelines of the Annual...

The first reactor vessel has been delivered to the El Dabaa construction site of Egypt’s first nuclear power plant.The 330-tonne reactor vessel was manufactured at Rosatom’s Izhora plant, in a process which took 41 months. The reactor vessel is about 13 metres long and 4.5 metres in diameter. The service life is for an initial...

The Nigerian Petroleum Training Institute (PTI) has recommended the formal inauguration of the Africa Energy Bank to boost energy access across the continent, stimulate economic growth, and reduce energy poverty. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the 4th Biennial International Conference on Hydrocarbon Science and Technology in Abuja, themed “Transforming Africa’s Hydrocarbon Sector: Balancing Growth,...

Due to observed drop in oil theft, all things being equal and in view of rising crude oil production output in the country, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, has said that Nigeria will demand a higher oil production quota at the next meeting of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting...

Nigeria, Africa’s biggest economy, is leaning on renewable energy and digital innovation to accelerate economic inclusion, drive rural transformation, and prepare its workforce for the future. Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency, Kashifu Inuwa, said at the World Bank and IMF annual meetings in Washington that clean energy is a fundamental enabler of...