Energizing Economic Growth in Ghana : Making the Power and Petroleum Sectors Rise to the Challenge

Energizing Economic Growth in Ghana : Making the Power and Petroleum Sectors Rise to the Challenge

The main objective of this report is to provide the new Government of Ghana with recommendations on the actions needed to improve the performance of Ghana's energy sector. The report focuses on the power and petroleum sectors, taking account o...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Energy-Environment Review
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY AIR ALTERNATIVE FUEL ALTERNATIVE FUELS ALUMINUM APPROACH ASSOCIATED GAS AVAILABILITY BALANCE BARREL BARRELS PER DAY BIOMASS CALCULATION CAPACITY FACTOR CAPACITY SHORTAGES CARBON CARBON DIOXIDE CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE COAL COMPACT FLUORESCENT LAMPS CONDITIONERS CONVENTIONAL GENERATION COST OF GAS CRUDE OIL CRUDE OIL PURCHASES CYCLE GENERATION DEMAND FOR ELECTRICITY DEMAND FOR GAS DEMAND FORECAST DIESEL DIESEL GENERATORS DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES DISTRIBUTION COMPANY DISTRIBUTION LOSSES DOMESTIC GAS EFFICIENT USE ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY BILLS ELECTRICITY COMPANY ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION ELECTRICITY DEMAND ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION ELECTRICITY PRICING ELECTRICITY SECTOR ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ELECTRICITY USE EMISSIONS ENERGY DEMAND ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY EFFICIENCY MEASURES ENERGY POLICY ENERGY PRODUCTION ENERGY PRODUCTION COSTS ENERGY SHORTAGES ENERGY SUPPLY EXPLORATION PERIOD EXPLORATION WELLS FISCAL INCENTIVES FISCAL STABILITY FUEL FUEL COSTS FUEL FOR POWER GENERATION FUEL PRICES FUELS GAS AVAILABILITY GAS COMPANY GAS DEVELOPMENT GAS ENTERPRISE GAS FROM PRODUCERS GAS INFRASTRUCTURE GAS MARKET GAS PIPELINE GAS PRICES GAS PRICING GAS PRICING POLICY GAS PRODUCERS GAS PRODUCTION GAS PRODUCTION FORECAST GAS PROJECTS GAS RESOURCES GAS SALES GAS SECTOR GAS SECTORS GAS SUPPLIERS GAS SUPPLIES GAS SUPPLY GAS TRANSMISSION GAS TRANSMISSION SYSTEM GAS TRANSPORTATION GAS TURBINE GAS TURBINES GENERATION GENERATION CAPACITY GENERATION OF ELECTRICITY GENERATION UNITS GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE GRID CONNECTIONS GRID ELECTRICITY GRID POWER GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HEAT HEAVY FUEL OIL HYDRO POWER HYDRO RESOURCES HYDROELECTRIC PLANT HYDROPOWER HYDROPOWER PLANT INCOME INCOME TAX INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IRRADIATION KILOWATT-HOUR LICENSEE LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS LIQUID FUEL LIQUID FUELS LNG LNG TERMINAL LOAD SHEDDING MILLION CUBIC FEET PER DAY NATIONAL GAS NATIONAL OIL NATIONAL OIL COMPANIES NATURAL GAS NATURAL GAS DEMAND NATURAL GAS SECTOR OFFSHORE PETROLEUM OIL OIL AND GAS OIL AND GAS SECTOR OIL COMPANIES OIL COMPANY OIL INDUSTRY OIL PRICE OIL PRODUCTION OIL REFINERY OIL REVENUES OIL SECTOR OIL SUPPLY PEAK CAPACITY PEAK DEMAND PETROCHEMICAL FEEDSTOCK PETROCHEMICAL PROJECTS PETROCHEMICALS PETROLEUM PETROLEUM COMPANY PETROLEUM GAS PETROLEUM REVENUE MANAGEMENT PETROLEUM REVENUES PETROLEUM TAXATION PIPELINE PIPELINE FACILITIES PIPELINE INFRASTRUCTURE PIPELINE SYSTEM POWER POWER CRISIS POWER DEMAND POWER DISTRIBUTION POWER GENERATION CAPACITY POWER GENERATORS POWER PLANT POWER PLANTS POWER PRODUCER POWER PRODUCERS POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENTS POWER SECTOR POWER SHORTAGES POWER STATION POWER STATIONS POWER SUPPLY POWER SYSTEM POWER UTILITIES PRICE OF ELECTRICITY PRICE OF GAS PRIMARY FUEL PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE INVESTORS PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC UTILITIES REDUCING ENERGY USE RELIABILITY OF SUPPLY REMEDIAL ACTIONS RENEWABLE ENERGY RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES RENEWABLE SOURCES RESERVOIR RESERVOIRS RESIDENTIAL CONSUMERS ROYALTY RURAL ELECTRIFICATION SELL GAS SOLAR PANELS SOLAR POWER SOLAR POWER PLANTS SOLAR PROJECTS SOLAR RESOURCE SOLAR SYSTEMS STREAM SUNSHINE SUPPLY COSTS SUPPLY OF ELECTRICITY TARIFF STRUCTURE THERMAL PLANTS THERMAL POWER THERMAL POWER GENERATION THERMAL POWER PLANTS TRANSMISSION COMPANY TRANSMISSION SERVICES TRANSMISSION SYSTEM UTILITY INDUSTRY VOLTAGE WIND WIND FARM WIND GENERATION WIND PLANTS WIND POWER WIND PROJECTS WIND RESOURCE WIND RESOURCES WIND SPEED
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/06/18027411/energizing-economic-growth-ghana-making-power-petroleum-sectors-rise-challenge http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16264

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Summary:	The main objective of this report is to provide the new Government of Ghana with recommendations on the actions needed to improve the performance of Ghana's energy sector. The report focuses on the power and petroleum sectors, taking account of the interdependence between the sectors, and providing recommendations for how they can, together, drive future economic growth. This report aims to highlight the centrality of fixing the problems in the power sector as a path to ensuring that Ghana's economic growth ambitions are not stymied by a lack of electricity. The problems and their solutions are well known; what has been lacking is decisive and timely decision making to break the tendency to adopt reactive measures that often come too late when proactive measures will have led to better outcomes. Demand for gas in the power sector is set to expand rapidly, as new thermal generation capacity is built to meet rapidly growing power demand. However, to ensure successful development of its gas sector, Ghana will need to address a number of important challenges. The paper is organized as follows: chapter one gives introduction; chapter two deals with electricity demand and supply; chapter three deals with resolving generation and transmission bottlenecks; chapter four gives reforms urgently needed in power distribution; chapter five focuses on natural gas sector; and chapter six focuses on upstream oil and gas sector.