NPP’s green energy policy could lower costs, says Williams Kwasi Peprah

Williams Kwasi Peprah, an associate professor of finance at Andrews University in Michigan, USA, has endorsed the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) green energy policy, suggesting it could significantly benefit Ghana if implemented.

Speaking on the Asaase Breakfast Show (ABS) on Monday (26 August), Peprah stated that the policy could reduce the country’s energy mix, aligning with the NPP’s broader objective of lowering the cost of living.

“Green energy, if it’s really implemented, it’s going to help Ghana a lot and it is something that’s going to help reduce the energy mix,” Peprah noted. “And [I am] hoping that it will lead to a reduction in cost and that is in line with the NPP manifesto of bringing the cost of living down.”

Peprah also commented on the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) energy strategy, which primarily focuses on hydro and thermal power.

He suggested that the NDC might consider revising their approach to incorporating solar power if they are elected in the upcoming polls.

“I [don’t know why] the NDC focuses on still the hydro system providing energy and thermal because we know the NDC when they were in power focusing on the Takoradi plant, the T1 [and] T2 project they also helped in the Akosombo expansion and the Bui [Dam] when President Kufuor did the Bui they also went further.”

“I’m sure, probably, as we move on and if NDC wins [the] election, I will not be surprised that they may go and tweak and look at the energy policy and they also include the solar power project into their planning,” Peprah concluded.

Source:asaaseradio.com