{"id":449986,"date":"2017-12-25T10:49:36","date_gmt":"2017-12-25T10:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/25\/govt-must-diversify-energy-production-pef\/"},"modified":"2017-12-25T10:49:36","modified_gmt":"2017-12-25T10:49:36","slug":"govt-must-diversify-energy-production-pef","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/25\/govt-must-diversify-energy-production-pef\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov\u2019t must diversify energy production \u2013 PEF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Business News of Monday, 25 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>citibusinessnews.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-25<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/42748011.295.jpg\" alt=\"Nana Osei Bonsu 620x330\" title=\"Nana Osei Bonsu 620x330\" width=\"295\" height=\"157\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Chief Executive Officer of PEF Nana Osei Bonsu<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1514198976_257_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> The Private Enterprise Federation (PEF) has advised the government to diversify the country\u2019s energy production.<\/p>\n<p>According to PEF, it is important for government to tap into other solutions such as renewable energy to provide the private sector affordable and sustainable energy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe think that we are depending on one angle of energy production or two; hydro and then the thermal. We need to diversify, now everybody is going green. These are innovative mechanisms because we want to reduce the price that private sector consumers pay for energy,\u201d Chief Executive Officer of PEF Nana Osei Bonsu said.<\/p>\n<p>He argued that renewable energy will provide an opportunity to reduce the cost of electricity by a huge margin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the renewable such as solar, we should be able to reduce the price from 26cents per kilowatt hour to about 10 as we create the quantum of renewable, using waste management and others to produce affordable, and sustainable energy for private sector use,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n<p>Nana Osei Bonsu was also positive the government can encourage the use of renewable energy if it puts in place the right policies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause these are risky endeavors and unless you incentivize investors they will not go into it. 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