{"id":643110,"date":"2019-06-22T12:18:13","date_gmt":"2019-06-22T12:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<figure class=\"fff post-thumbnail\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img class=\"post_layout_5_img\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghana-mma.com\/2019\/06\/Energy-Agreement.jpg\" alt=\"Energy C\u2019ssion signs agreement w"},"modified":"2019-06-22T12:18:13","modified_gmt":"2019-06-22T12:18:13","slug":"energy-cssion-signs-agreement-with-afd-to-boost-ghanas-renewable-energy-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/06\/22\/energy-cssion-signs-agreement-with-afd-to-boost-ghanas-renewable-energy-agenda\/","title":{"rendered":"Energy C&#8217;ssion signs agreement with AFD to boost Ghana&#8217;s renewable energy agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"fff post-thumbnail\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"post_layout_5_img\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/06\/Energy-Agreement.jpg\" alt=\"Energy C\u2019ssion signs agreement with AFD to boost Ghana\u2019s renewable energy agenda\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>The Energy Commission and the Agence Fran\u00e7ais De Development (AFD) have signed a Technical Assistant Facility (TAF) to support local banks and other key stakeholders towards the development of Energy Efficiency (EE) and Renewable Energy (RE) projects in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The agreement is under the Sustainable Use of Natural Resouces and Energy Finance programme (SUNREF) in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>The programme originated from the conclusion of a feasibility study financed by AFD, which highlighted among others the need for investments in RE and EE in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>Legal Head, Ms. Cecilia Agbenya, led in the signing of the TAF Agreement.<\/p>\n<p>The Energy Commission received a Technical Assistance from Agence Francaise De Development (AFD) to support the implementation of energy efficiency (EE) and renewable energy (RE) projects under the sustainable use of Natural Resources and Energy Finance Program.<\/p>\n<p>Present at the ceremony were, Kofi Adu Agyarko, Director of REEECC, Dr, Alfred Ofosu Ahenkora, Executive Secretary of the Energy Commission, H.E Mrs.Diana Acconcia, EU Ambassador, H.E Mrs Anne-Sophie Av\u00e9, Legal Head and Prof. G.P Hagan, the Board chairman.<\/p>\n<p>Director of Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency and Climate Change(REEECC) asserted the signing ceremony will further enhance the products of the Energy Commission.<\/p>\n<p>He also made it clear that the aim and objective of SUNREF fit perfectly into the agenda of the Energy Commission. \u201cI want to believe that, today\u2019s meeting will strengthen the bond between these two countries,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>EU Ambassador, Mrs. Diana Acconcio assured that financing in the Energy sector will be a priority adding that, 5 million project will be implemented.\u201d\u2026at the end, 25\u2105 of this will be directed towards fighting Energy Climate\u201d, she concluded.<\/p>\n<p>French Ambassador, H.E Mrs. Anne-Sophie Av\u00e9, added her voice stressing that, it was going to be opened to Small and Medium Enterprises(SME\u2019s) to project in line with sustainable energy.<\/p>\n<p>She then added, \u201c\u2026 we contribute to a company who wants to improve its energy, decrease the cost of energy\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Board Chairman, Prof. G.P Hagan, climaxed the ceremony saying the signing of the TAF will help engage private sectors in energy renewable efficiency.<\/p>\n<p>He couldn\u2019t bare but emphasized that \u201c.. this has come at an appropriate time. Within 5 years, Ghana can say we have achieved Universal Access.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ctx-article-root\"\/>  <\/p>\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>The Energy Commission and the Agence Fran\u00e7ais De Development (AFD) have signed a Technical Assistant Facility (TAF) to support local banks and other key stakeholders towards the development of Energy Efficiency (EE) and Renewable Energy (RE) projects in the country. The agreement is under the Sustainable Use of Natural Resouces and Energy Finance programme (SUNREF) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":643112,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-643110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Energy C&#039;ssion signs agreement with AFD to boost Ghana&#039;s renewable energy agenda - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/06\/22\/energy-cssion-signs-agreement-with-afd-to-boost-ghanas-renewable-energy-agenda\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Energy C&#039;ssion signs agreement with AFD to boost Ghana&#039;s renewable energy agenda - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"The Energy Commission and the Agence Fran\u00e7ais De Development (AFD) have signed a Technical Assistant Facility (TAF) to support local banks and other key stakeholders towards the development of Energy Efficiency (EE) and Renewable Energy (RE) projects in the country. 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