Ghana Promotes Clean Energy

As part of its program aimed at promoting the use of clean energy, the government of Ghana is issuing gas cylinders and stoves in rural areas, free of charge.

According to the Ministry of Energy, it obtained approval from the Public Procurement Agency (PPA) to commission the Ghana Cylinder Manufacturing Co. to manufacture the cylinders and stoves.

“The Ministry of Energy has obtained approval from the Public Procurement Agency to commission the Ghana Cylinder Manufacturing Company to manufacture 5 kg cylinders and stoves for a rural LPG promotion program as part of government policy objective of making clean fuel available to the under-privileged in our society,” energy minister Dr Joe Oteng-Adjei told a press conference in Accra.

Dr Oteng-Adjei also told the press conference that under the program “rural communities will only pay for the LPG” and that the "cylinders would be supplied to them free of charge from a pool of cylinders that would be re-circulated and maintained to ensure that safety standards are met."