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How costly political realities undercut Ghana’s electricity reforms

Ghana reformed its electricity sector by the book but has lurched from blackouts between 2012 and 2015 to a glut of energy

Analysis/Energy

Africa cannot be Europe’s gas station

Germany and Italy are telling Africans that we should saddle ourselves with fossil-fuel infrastructure that will soon become a drag on our

Development/Energy/Society/Sustainability

Ghana’s big energy pivot: the drivers and consequences

Power crises in Ghana have several impacts on households, businesses, industries and the country at large.

Africa/Energy

Can nuclear energy play a role in Africa’s climate transition?

African states should not be denied the opportunity to use nuclear energy, but it should be a solution of last resort

Energy

China’s ICBC under pressure to withdraw funding from Zimbabwe’s 2,800MW coal power plant

Environmental activist groups that have been lobbying ICBC to cancel the project funding claim the bank has committed not to fund the

Development/Energy

Preserving wetlands key to overcoming water scarcity

Safe, secure, and sufficient supplies of fresh water would yield far-reaching benefits, from faster economic growth to a lower risk of violent

Development/Energy/Uncategorized

Ghana’s Bui Dam raises concerns – again – about hydro power projects

By Roger Gocking In the early years of African independence, hydroelectricity offered the promise of modernity and development. For then President Kwame

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