Nov 25, 2020 | Politics and governance, The Volta river basin and Ghana
By Barnaby Dye On the 27 August 2012, a small group of pirates triggered the first of two major power crises in Ghana. Attempting to escape from the Togolese Navy on a captured oil tanker, the pirates left the ship’s anchor trailing. It snagged on the West African Gas...
Sep 25, 2020 | News, The Volta river basin and Ghana
Dr Alvaro Calzadilla, Associate Professor at UCL’s Bartlett School Environment, Energy & Resources Large energy infrastructure can imply special financing arrangements between governments in developing economies and investors or lenders. These arrangements...
Feb 25, 2020 | Community-based water governance, News, Research, The Volta river basin and Ghana
Water has many uses in society, such as agriculture, livestock rearing, drinking, sanitation, navigation, tourism and recreation. Water is also used to generate energy. The multifaceted and critical role of water in society creates tensions about who gets the water,...
May 16, 2019 | Research, Social impacts, The Volta river basin and Ghana
Yesterday we were joined by Frauke Urban, Associate Professor in the Management of Sustainable Energy Systems at KTH, as part of the FutureDAMS lecture series. The lecture focused on the findings from her recent comparative study of Chinese hydropower dams in Africa...
May 13, 2019 | Politics and governance, Research, The Volta river basin and Ghana
FutureDAMS Ghana team have written their first working paper for the project. It provides a comprehensive overview of the history of dams in the Ghana up to the present day, covering their technical details, planning processes and politics. This piece of work is...
Nov 8, 2018 | News, The Volta river basin and Ghana
By Barnaby Dye, FutureDAMS Research Associate FutureDAMS held its annual conference in Accra, Ghana a couple of weeks ago. This was an exciting opportunity to meet our colleagues from across the world and particularly in Ghana. With a vibrant and well-established...
