{"id":450939,"date":"2017-12-30T02:09:04","date_gmt":"2017-12-30T02:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/30\/mida-donates-to-gsa-to-enforce-standards-in-energy-sector\/"},"modified":"2017-12-30T02:09:04","modified_gmt":"2017-12-30T02:09:04","slug":"mida-donates-to-gsa-to-enforce-standards-in-energy-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/30\/mida-donates-to-gsa-to-enforce-standards-in-energy-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"MiDA donates to GSA to enforce standards in energy sector"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Business News of Saturday, 30 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>citifmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-30<\/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\/35152138.295.jpg\" alt=\"Mr Eson Benjamin7\" title=\"Mr Eson Benjamin7\" width=\"295\" height=\"157\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Eson-Benjamin<\/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=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1514599744_556_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) has begun works with the Ghana Standard Authority (GSA) to develop and improve standards in the energy sector under the Power Compact Two programme.<\/p>\n<p>The Power Compact Two programme will see Ghana get over 400 million dollars from the United States government to invest in Ghana\u2019s Power sector.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the premises of the Ghana Standards Authority, the Chief Executive of MiDA, Martin Eson-Benjamin announced a 5.5 million dollar donation to the Ghana Standards Authority to enforce standards in the power sector.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnder this project, several policy initiatives and programmes will be undertaken aimed at ensuring energy efficiency and conservation in the use of the available capacity,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Eson-Benjamin stated it is important to maintain standards in the power sector to enhance energy conservation and also cut down on waste.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to pay attention to the development and enforcement of standards and label activities, which will develop the regulation and enforcement for the use of higher efficiency appliances, aimed at saving overall energy consumption,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that the donation will also improve energy auditing activity, which will build national capacity in energy auditing through establishing training centers in the country.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 32 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Business News of Saturday, 30 December 2017 Source: citifmonline.com 2017-12-30 Eson-Benjamin The Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) has begun works with the Ghana Standard Authority (GSA) to develop and improve standards in the energy sector under the Power Compact Two programme. 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