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Background: In the light of current global calls to end fossil fuel investments and rather focus on interventions that are climate friendly, the Volta River Authority (VRA) and its counterpart Shenzhen Energy Group Co., Ltd. (SEC) are still pursuing an agenda to construct a 2x350MW Supercritical Coal-fired Power Plant in Ghana. In October, 2016, the […]

PART I Chibeze Ezekiel is a young Climate Change Analyst in Ghana certified as a Master Youth Trainer on Climate Change by the World Bank Institute (WBI). He has considerable other environmental work related interventions such as Biological Diversity (Biodiversity) and Forestry. His publications can be found on his blog – chibeze.blogspot.com August, 2016 Comments should

1. Background In January 2016, the Volta River Authority (VRA) in Ghana published a Scoping Notice to announce government’s intention to collaborate with the Shenzhen Energy Group Co., Ltd. of China (SEC) to develop a 2×350MW supercritical coal-fired generating units (including affiliated coal handling terminal), at Ekumfi within the coastal areas of the Ekumfi District

Introduction In the next three years, if all goes as planned, Ghana will build its first two coal-fired electricity plants at Ekumfi Aboano, a coastal fishing community in the Central Region, 78 Km from Accra and 50 Km from Cape Coast. The Volta River Authority – the project proponent – contends that it will generate

Despite the growing global mandate to end fossil fuel investments, the Volta River Authority (VRA) and Shenzhen Energy Group Co., Ltd. (SEC) are still pursuing an agenda to construct a 2x350MW Supercritical Coal-fired Power Plant in Ghana. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of Ghana has advised that the Environmental & Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) process

On behalf of the Ghanaian youth, 350 Ghana [G-ROC] do congratulate Former President, John Agyekum Kuffour on his appointment as a UN Special Envoy on Climate Change to assist Heads of State and Governments around the world in mobilizing the political will to garner support for the 2014 Climate Summit that will be held in

350 GHANA [G-ROC] has followed with keen interest the discussions regarding the proposals submitted by the Jubilee partners led by Tullow Oil to the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum on a list of possible options in dealing with the accumulated gas in the Jubilee field reservoir, which include flaring, reducing oil production among others and