The Energy Minister Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh has met the US Ambassador to Ghana H.E. Stephanie S. Sullivan.
This was their maiden meeting since he assumed office earlier this year as Minister for Energy.
The deliberations centered on exchanging views on priority programs and projects between Ghana and the United States.
Key amongst these are the West Africa Energy Program, the Off-grid projects in the Afram Plains South Areas, Power Partnership Agreements (PPA’S) and PDS.
The Minister expressed his excitement over their support in our energy sector, especially helping to replace outmoded installations in our power sector, stringing new lines and strengthening our transmission system through MIDA.
On clean energy, the Minister outlined Ghana programs in the areas of the Cylinder redistribution Model (CRM) to help us achieve our LPG targets and create jobs as well as solar and nuclear power. It is our target that clean and renewable energy will form 10% of our energy mix.
The two finally exchanged our views on PPAs and PDS.
They agreed that we need to support each other to do the right thing for the effective functioning of programs and projects in our power generation mix with regard to cost and consumption.
The aim of the government is to sanitize the power system, make it profitable for investors and affordable for consumers, and we will continue to work hard towards this goal.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana