Deputy Energy Minister, Hon. Herbert Krapa says Ghana will continue to stay committed to the pathway towards achieving net zero. This, he says is pursuant to Ghana’s commitments in the global climate change efforts.

Speaking on behalf of Energy Minister, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh at the 2023 Africa Public Sector Conference and Awards event on the sidelines of the Africa Climate Summit in Nairobi, Kenya on 6th September, 2023, he said Ghana has made great strides in developing a transition framework that will ensure a just and an equitable transition towards achieving net zero.

According to the Deputy Minister Ghana has also made significant progress in advancing its national energy policy.

This he said is supported by the Ministry of Energy’s vision for a clean power sector and also underpinned by efforts to provide universal access to electricity by 2024 which currently stands at 88.85%, as well as increasing the installed capacity of modern renewable energy in the energy mix to 10% by 2030.

Hon Krapa indicated that, the country’s energy transition framework is being implemented to the latter “our energy transition framework around which some of these bold decisions revolve has been developed to provide a clear-blue print towards achieving net zero in a just and an equitable manner, which provides a firm basis for the judicious exploitation of our other God-given energy resources”

The framework, he emphasized is being developed into an investor-friendly one, as it provides key opportunities for strategic investment.
Ghana’s economy he said will be fueled largely by electricity with a future electricity demand modelled at 380,000 GWh with a corresponding installed generation capacity of 83GW by 2070. “An estimated 200Million ton of CO2 equivalent emission will be saved” he said

He further said that Ghana’s Nationally Determined Contribution to the Paris Agreement has been revised with new targets in key sectors of the economy. Emission reduction target he says stands at 68Million Tons of CO2

The Deputy Minister earlier joined the Second Lady, Her Excellency, Hajia Samira Bawumia, a global Clean Cooking Champion at a breakfast meeting organized by the Clean Cooking Alliance with the aim of deepening conversations on the subject.

He also held meetings with the COP 28 team led by Director of Energy Transition Simon Birkebaek where discussions focused on Ghana’s investment prospects in the context of the energy transition ahead of COP in November.

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