The Ghana Energy Awards (GEA) has formally opened selections at a media send off and Opening of Nominations in Accra, under the topic: "Worldwide Decarbonisation: A Just and Equitable Energy Transition in Ghana."
Coordinated by the Energy Media Group (EMG) in association with GP Business Consulting, the honors conspire is to perceive the development and greatness of associations and people in the country's energy area.
Ing. Henry Teinor, the CEO of EMG and the Event Director of the GEA, in his invite address noticed that the function was to uncover the subject during the current year's occasion and authoritatively open designations for all players in the country's energy area to take part in different classifications of the honors.
He said as the custom of the honors drive was, "the subject for the Ghana Energy Awards for each year is an impression of the most effective talk in the energy area in Ghana, with a worldwide concentration." Thus, for this 2022 occasion, the Awards Secretariat and the Awarding Panel, in light of the Energy Minister's solicitation to be important for the topic choice cycle, drew in the area Ministry to have the subject adjusted to the nation's situation on the continuous conversation on the country's energy progress.
Legal counselor Kwame Jantuah, an Energy Consultant and Chairman of the GEA Awarding Panel, in his feature address likewise expressed that the decision of subject during the current year reflects current world occasions and the president's show at the COP26 where he had demonstrated Ghana will battle environmental change, yet in addition safeguard its turn of events. The country, President Akufo-Addo had said, recognizes the significance and impacts of environmental change and the critical need to battle it, in any case, it was additionally of equivalent need to safeguard the nation's turn of events. Thus, an equilibrium should be struck and kept up with between the nation's social, monetary and natural goals.
The Awarding Panel Chairman added that the topic during the current year is likewise in accordance with the Energy Ministry's send off of Ghana's Energy Transition Policy by Dr Matthew Opoku-Prempeh, the Minister of Energy. It is in this manner obvious, he said, that chosen people's endeavors can add to the nation's progress.
"Our own is to evaluate the way that our candidates have found some kind of harmony between Climate Change, Pollution of the Environment and Energy Transition versus their typical activities and whether these progressions will proceed to safeguard and grow the nation's turn of events, or their journey to accomplish this equilibrium through their tasks will or has acted adversely on the nation's turn of events," he noted.
GEA 2022 highlights a sum of 23 classes: 19 serious and four non-cutthroat, including the Energy Personality of the Year (Male and Female), CEO of the Year (Power and Petroleum), Energy Institution of the Year, Brand of the Year, Rising Star Award, Energy Think-Tank of the Year, Innovation Project of the Year, Excellence in Power Generation, Women in Energy Award, Lifetime Achievement Award, among others.
Additionally, in accordance with the subject, five new classifications have been added during the current year: Visionary Leadership Award, Eco-Innovation Business Award, Outstanding Energy Management Award, Sustainable Energy Partnership Award and Novel Deployment of RE Technology Award.
For the benefit of Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, the Minister of Energy, Dr Robert Sogbadji, Deputy Director of Power, Ministry of Energy said the subject is ideal as it builds up the Ministry's plan, and will, consequently, go far to speed up the execution of Ghana's energy change. In the mean time, to work with this course, the Energy Transition Committee has been set up. He further focused on the Ministry's responsibility and backing to the GEA drive.
The Media Launch is the start of a progression of exercises illustrated toward the headliner. Others are the Energy Personalities Outreach Program, where the summit grant champs get the amazing chance to associate with understudies of chosen second cycle establishments; Courtesy Calls on industry accomplices, Site Visitation to candidates' tasks locales, among others.
Industry accomplices for the GEA 2022 incorporate the Volta River Authority, Bui Power Authority, Ghana Gas, Meinergy Technology, Sunon Asogli Power, GOIL, Energy Commission, COPEC Ghana and Hendan Transport and Logistics
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