{"id":235632,"date":"2024-10-20T09:52:40","date_gmt":"2024-10-20T09:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/20\/minister-challenges-gsa-to-help-resolve-problems-in-energy-sector\/"},"modified":"2024-10-20T09:52:40","modified_gmt":"2024-10-20T09:52:40","slug":"minister-challenges-gsa-to-help-resolve-problems-in-energy-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/20\/minister-challenges-gsa-to-help-resolve-problems-in-energy-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister challenges GSA to help resolve problems in energy sector"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/961\/96123141.295.jpg\" alt=\"Collins Adomako-Mensah is the Deputy Minister of Energy\" title=\"Collins Adomako-Mensah is the Deputy Minister of Energy\" width=\"295\" height=\"210\" \/> <span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Collins Adomako-Mensah is the Deputy Minister of Energy<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-user-select: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -moz-user-select: none; -ms-user-select: none; user-select: none;\">\n<p id=\"article-123\">The Deputy Minister of Energy, Collins Adoma\u00adko-Mensah, has urged members of the Ghana Science Association (GSA) to develop new innovation and sustainable ways to resolve challenges confronting Ghana\u2019s energy sector.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that Ghana\u2019s quest for its industrial growth hinged largely on reliable and cheap energy sources, hence the need for the Association to come up with home grown technological solutions to compliment government\u2019s efforts at addressing these challenges.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Adomako-Mensah was speaking at the 19th Biennial work\u00adshop for members of the GSA at Sunyani in the Bono Region.<\/p>\n<p>The workshop was on the theme: \u2018Innovative, Affordable and Sustainable Energy Supply in Ghana for the 4th Industrial Revolution.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Among the objectives of the workshop was to afford partici\u00adpants the opportunity to brain\u00adstorm and find solutions to the major contemporary energy sector, challenges facing the country and how they can be mitigated using digital tools.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Adomako-Mensah then urged the participants to ensure their discussions addresses the synergy between academia, policy makers and industry as the country embraces \u201cthe era of accelerated applications of artificial intelligence in all aspects of the world\u2019s econ\u00adomy, especially in manufacturing industries to improve efficiency.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The government, he stressed, through the National Energy Transition framework and the Na\u00adtional Energy Transition Plan had introduced new technologies such as nuclear power, carbon capture, wind energy as well as the sustain\u00adable expansion of existing technol\u00adogies, such as solar and natural gas to meet growth of domestic energy demand and industrialisation drive for the country.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, he mentioned the removal of import tax on commer\u00adcial electric vehicles as key mile\u00adstones chalked by the government to create the enabling environment and to increase the penetration of electric vehicles in Ghana, to meet the country\u2019s climate change goals in order to reduce the economic burdens on the people.<\/p>\n<p>The National President of the GSA, Prof. Gideon Kofi Helegbe, commended the Ministry of Ener\u00adgy and its allied agencies and Gha\u00adna Energy Foundation for develop\u00ading the needed infrastructure with the adoption of electric vehicles in Ghana\u2019s transportation sector.<\/p>\n<p>He stated that companies such as Safina Ghana limited and others leading the investment in waste to energy conversion, estimated to add an average of about 35.8MW of biopower to the overall genera\u00adtion capacity of the country, were some of the significant efforts played by the Energy Ministry.<\/p>\n<p>He also added that the forum would highlights the core areas of Ghana\u2019s National Energy Tran\u00adsition framework (2022-2070) and key millstones achieved and challenges.<\/p>\n<p>The Vice Chancellor of University of Energy and Natural Resources, Prof. Elvis Asare-Bediako, said the fourth industrial revolution was not just about technological advancement, but rather the right systems that support our life, particularly our energy supply.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that as a nation \u201cwe find ourselves at the intersection of global innovations and local neces\u00adsities, adding the challenge was to assure Ghana\u2019s future energy sys\u00adtems are sustainable, affordable and fit for purpose in rapidly world.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Collins Adomako-Mensah is the Deputy Minister of Energy The Deputy Minister of Energy, Collins Adoma\u00adko-Mensah, has urged members of the Ghana Science Association (GSA) to develop new innovation and sustainable ways to resolve challenges confronting Ghana\u2019s energy sector. 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