Ghana Energy Market Report

Institutions & Energy Policy
The Ministry of Energy is responsible for the energy sector. The energy sector was restructured in 1998.  The Energy Commission controls the sector’s activities and delivers licences to companies keen to invest in the sector ...

Energy Companies
Energy companies active in the market (production, import, export, distribution, refineries, LNG terminals) in the oil, gas, coal and power sectors.

Energy Supply
Resources: Oil and gas resources are located on Ghana’s south-west coast and are divided in three basins: Tano (South Tano, 3-AX block, North Tano and West Tano-1 fields), Cape Three Points and Saltpond ...

Prices
Details of energy prices and taxes levels and evolution, by energy and by sector (oil, power).

Consumption
The overall per capita energy consumption is 0.4 toe (about 10 times lower than the EU average). The consumption of electricity is about 300 kWh/capita ...

Issues & Prospects
To meet its economic growth the country is working on important projects aimed at the diversification of its energy supply through the development of the use of natural gas and the construction of power plants, ...

2009 Key data & Graphs

• Economic indicators: population, growth, etc.
• Supply indicators: reserves, capacity, production, external trade (per energy)
• Demand indicators: consumption per capita, total consumption, final consumption (per energy and per sector), energy security, energy efficiency, CO2 emissions
• Energy Balance : total and per energy