The 2010 National Energy Policy for Ghana was designed by the Ministry of Energy and approved by Cabinet on March 16, 2010 to facilitate the development of Ghana’s energy sector. The aim of this policy was to provide a framework to ensure the efficient management of energy resources as well as possible revenue to be accrued from them. It also outlined the Ghanaian government’s directions with respect to the challenges facing the energy sector. The vision was to develop an “Energy Economy” that would ensure regular and reliable supply of high quality energy services for sectors of the Ghanaian economy; and also become a major oil and power exporter by 2012 and 2015 respectively. This policy covered goals, challenges and intended actions for the power; petroleum and renewable energy sub-sectors; waste-to-energy; energy efficiency and conservation; energy and environment; energy and gender as well as the future of the energy sector. It concludes that total commitment of all stakeholders is needed to smoothly implement the policy.
Source
Ministry of Energy Ghana (2010). National Energy Policy.
Ministry of Energy and Ghana, "GHANA ENERGY POLICY 2010", contributed by Barbara Ackun, The Energy Rights Project, Platform for Experimental Collaborative Ethnography, last modified 10 June 2020, accessed 19 April 2024. https://energyrights.info/content/ghana-energy-policy-2010
Critical Commentary
The 2010 National Energy Policy for Ghana was designed by the Ministry of Energy and approved by Cabinet on March 16, 2010 to facilitate the development of Ghana’s energy sector. The aim of this policy was to provide a framework to ensure the efficient management of energy resources as well as possible revenue to be accrued from them. It also outlined the Ghanaian government’s directions with respect to the challenges facing the energy sector. The vision was to develop an “Energy Economy” that would ensure regular and reliable supply of high quality energy services for sectors of the Ghanaian economy; and also become a major oil and power exporter by 2012 and 2015 respectively. This policy covered goals, challenges and intended actions for the power; petroleum and renewable energy sub-sectors; waste-to-energy; energy efficiency and conservation; energy and environment; energy and gender as well as the future of the energy sector. It concludes that total commitment of all stakeholders is needed to smoothly implement the policy.