The government is to revitalize the Tema Oil Refinery to meet domestic demand for petroleum products, Mr Mathew Opoku Prempeh, the Minister of Energy said on Tuesday.
This would greatly position the nation well, reduce her imported petroleum products and guarantee fuel security too.
Mr Prempeh said the Ghana Petroleum Corporation was also developing the petrochemical industry to produce the required materials to manufacture solar panels, wind blades and battery cells that would contribute to Ghana’s net zero carbon emission agenda.
As a signatory to the Paris Agreement and other international protocols, all these are measures being put in place by the government to enable the nation to achieve net zero carbon emission by 2050.
The Sector Minister said this in a speech read on his behalf at a public sensitization forum on the National Energy Transition Plan, organised by the ministry at Goaso in the Ahafo Region.
It was attended by traditional rulers, municipal and district assemblies, as well as heads of departments and agencies, civil society organisations and actors.
Mr Prempeh said it was imperative for the government to plan and strategise to push the country towards low carbon economy, while ensuring economic growth as well.
The ministry in collaboration with the Energy Transition Committee are going round the country to collect and incorporate public views for the successful implementation of the Plan.
Mr Frederick Obeng Addo, a Deputy Minister of Transport said data from the Driver Vehicle and Licensing Authority (DVLA) showed that 72 percent of of the 2.8 million vehicles registered in the country in 2021 used petrol, 27 percent, diesel and about one percent gas and other sources of energy.
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