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Ghana to get 200MW wind power by 2016 – Kofi Buah

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  • The mask 9 years ago

    VRA, ECG and other power producers in the country must charge electricity in kilowatt hours. How much is 1 kilowatt hour of electricity??

    It is said that while some districts pay high electricity tariffs others pay next to ...
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  • OP 9 years ago

    we should have considered wind power ages ago especially in the coastal areas

  • MARCUS AMPADU 9 years ago

    With the wind blowing unceasingly from Aflao to Half Assini littorals, and from the Mampong ridge, Shai hills, the Akwapim-Kwahu escarpment , to the Afajato mountain, Ghana should have used wind power long time ago.
    Let's ...
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  • MARCUS AMPADU 9 years ago

    Why do we have to wait till 2016 before we shift to renewable energy, Mr. Kofi Buah?

    Why can't we use the expertise of the Chinese, GE, Siemens, and others to help us generate electricity to put an end to this embarrassing ...
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  • Akyena Brantuo 9 years ago

    This government must take serious steps to solve the massive energy problems facing Ghana and stop these tricks! Ghanaians cannot be deceived. In any civilized society, this shameless minister would have resigned long ago.

  • DusTY-FooT-pHiloSophER 9 years ago

    Where were you when Kofuor was travelling the globe? Yet, not one megawatt was added to our electricity grid during his touted era. So Mister, keep it mute over there in your crib.

  • MARCUS AMPADU 9 years ago

    We are talking about the situation right now, not during Ex-president Kuffour's administration.
    Mr. Kofi Buah needs to act to make his portfolio as energy minister count for something.

    Renewable energy will make a diffe ...
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  • Kweku Boateng Jnr. 9 years ago

    Why can't the Government promote rooftop solar energy to help solve the challenge the nation is facing? Remove taxes on solar panels, train women to be specialists in the installation like India has done.
    Solar and other re ...
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  • Esther 9 years ago

    That is the way to go in Ghana!

  • EZEKIEL 9 years ago

    A STUPID MINISTER.....show us what your ministry is up to..and NOT these EMPTY PROMISES!! Enough of the NONSENSE.
    Show us in PICTURES what has happened till now!
    In Ghana, a MINISTER DREAMS of something and the NEXT day, it ...
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