Ghana develops new strategy on use of LPG after completion of first gas plant in 2013
More Ghanaians are to be encouraged to use liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) when the gas processing plant comes on stream in 2013.
In that regard, the Ministry of Energy has formulated a strategy to vigorously promote the use of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in domestic and public institutions.
The aim, according to Sector Minister, Dr Joe Oteng Adjei, was to increase the use of LPG in domestic and public institutions from the current level of 12 per cent to 50 per cent.
The initiative is expected to commence in 2013 when the Gas Processing Plant to process natural gas from the Jubilee Field becomes operational.
In 1989, the government embarked on an LPG promotional programme, which was aimed at reducing wood fuel consumption.
The initiative resulted in an increase in LPG fuel consumption trom 5,267 tonnes in 1989 to 32,000 tonnes in 1996 and 178,400 by the end of 2010.
The energy minister made these remarks in Accra in a speech delivered on his behalf by one of his deputies, Alhaji Inusah Fuseini, at a consultative meeting on Sustainable Energy for all Accelerated Framework (SEAAF).
The SEAAF is an initiative of the UN Secretary-General that seeks to ensure, among other interventions, universal access to electricity, clean fuels and devices for cooking and mechanical power; improvements in energy efficiency, and increases in the production and use of renewable energy.
The consultative meeting was aimed at developing a Ghana Country Action Plan for the achievement of SEAAF by 2015.
Describing the SEAAF as a laudable initiative, Dr Oteng Adjei said it would complement the efforts of developing countries to ensure universal access to energy for their citizens.
Source: Daily Graphic