Worse still for Polish wind - worshippers, their government, faced with
an erratic power supply and rising prices, has decided to serve up a double helping of coal to keep the lights on.
He also raised concern about government's failure to solve
the erratic power supply known as Dumsor.
Government has insisted that the cause of
the erratic power supply is down to vandalism in Nigeria and not debts owed to gas supplier, West African Gas Pipeline company (WAPco).
A former Deputy Minister of Power, John Jinapor, has stated that the Mahama - administration should not be blamed for the recent
erratic power supply in the country.
Ameri Power secured a contract from the erstwhile National Democratic Congress government to provide about 250 Megawatts of power for Ghana due to an existing
erratic power supply in the country at the time.
«Dumsor,» the term most people use to describe
the erratic power supply that has hit the country in recent years, will soon vanish from the Ghanaian vocabulary, the acting Minister of Power, Mr Seth Terkper, has said.
In an interview with the GNA on Friday, Mr Emmanuel Kofi Opoku, Central Regional Chief Manager of the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL), attributed the situation to
the erratic power supply to the Brimsu Dam, which is the main source of water supply to the Metropolis.
Ghana experienced four years of
erratic power supply that led to the collapse of some businesses and retrenchment of workers in some cases.
John Dumelo stated that the government's promise to end
the erratic power supply that has engulfed the country for the past three years has been fulfilled, adding that 2016 will be an exciting year for the nation and it's populace.
The erratic power supply has caused challenges to both domestic and industrial users for the past three years.
He said «businesses are no longer burdened by
the erratic power supply that wrecked our nation in recent years.»
«Dumsor» literally means
erratic power supply and has been used interchangeably with load shedding, but Dr Donkor has clarified that he promised to end load shedding and not «dumsor.»
Not exact matches
The report authored by the chief energy policy adviser to government, the Energy Commission, says the amount required will expended on natural gas, light crude oil, diesel and heavy fuel oil to
power the various thermal plants as the country looks to contain the threat of
erratic energy
supply on the economy.
For the EU, their heavily subsidised wind and solar
power will always deliver intermittent and
erratic supply at great cost.