{"id":768800,"date":"2019-12-20T13:20:07","date_gmt":"2019-12-20T13:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/12\/20\/parliament-approves-gh%c2%a2585-7m-for-energy-ministry\/"},"modified":"2019-12-20T13:20:07","modified_gmt":"2019-12-20T13:20:07","slug":"parliament-approves-gh%c2%a2585-7m-for-energy-ministry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/12\/20\/parliament-approves-gh%c2%a2585-7m-for-energy-ministry\/","title":{"rendered":"Parliament Approves GH\u00a2585.7m For Energy Ministry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Emmanuel Akwasi Gyamfi<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Parliament<br \/>\nhas approved an amount of GH\u00a2585,766,327 for the programmes and activities of<br \/>\nthe Ministry of Energy in the 2020 fiscal year.<\/p>\n<p>This<br \/>\nis an improvement over this year\u2019s budgetary allocation of GH\u00a2500.9 million for<br \/>\nthe same ministry.<\/p>\n<p>The<br \/>\nChairman of the Mines and Energy Committee of Parliament, Emmanuel Akwasi<br \/>\nGyamfi, said the ministry intends to add 194 MW to the country\u2019s installed<br \/>\ncapacity, connect 756 communities to the national grid, increase access to<br \/>\nelectricity from 84.98% to 90% and distribute 12 million LED lamps in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>He<br \/>\nsaid the ministry would also complete the 400MW Early Power Project Phase 1<br \/>\nstage two (40MW) to convert the plant to a combined cycle operation and the T3<br \/>\nrepowering project.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe<br \/>\nministry will also distribute 60,000 LPG cook stoves in rural communities as<br \/>\nwell as distribute 500,000 improved charcoal cook stoves in rural and<br \/>\nperi-urban areas where LPG fuel for cooking is not immediately available,\u201d he<br \/>\nsaid.<\/p>\n<p>According<br \/>\nto the chairman of the Mines and Energy Committee, the ministry would also<br \/>\ndistribute 10,000 solar lanterns in the rural areas and connect five<br \/>\ncommunities to mini grid electricity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe<br \/>\nMinistry of Energy in 2020 will increase penetration of renewable energy supply<br \/>\nmix from 6.15 MW to 30 MW,\u201d he indicated.<\/p>\n<p>The<br \/>\ncommittee chairman said that from January 2019 to September 2019, Ghana\u2019s oil<br \/>\nproduction from the country\u2019s three main oil fields totalled 53.63 million<br \/>\nbarrels translating into the production of 196,429 barrels per day.<\/p>\n<p>He further explained that the ministry was able to train, certify and license about 1,264 electrical technicians to ensure proper wiring of all facilities to protect persons and properties.<\/p>\n<p> <strong>By Thomas Fosu Jnr<\/strong> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emmanuel Akwasi Gyamfi Parliament has approved an amount of GH\u00a2585,766,327 for the programmes and activities of the Ministry of Energy in the 2020 fiscal year. This is an improvement over this year\u2019s budgetary allocation of GH\u00a2500.9 million for the same ministry. The Chairman of the Mines and Energy Committee of Parliament, Emmanuel Akwasi Gyamfi, said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":768801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-768800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Parliament Approves GH\u00a2585.7m For Energy Ministry - 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\/12\/20\/parliament-approves-gh\u00a2585-7m-for-energy-ministry\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Parliament Approves GH\u00a2585.7m For Energy Ministry - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Emmanuel Akwasi Gyamfi Parliament has approved an amount of GH\u00a2585,766,327 for the programmes and activities of the Ministry of Energy in the 2020 fiscal year. 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