Sep 12, 2022 | News, The Volta river basin and Ghana
A new documentary film ‘Ghana’s Electric Dreams’ has been released presenting the story of the planning and wide-ranging impact of the Akosombo Dam, Ghana’s most ambitious development project. A unique collaboration between filmmaker R. Lane Clark and historian...
Jan 21, 2022 | Politics and governance, The Volta river basin and Ghana
Thursday 3rd February 15:00 – 16:30 GMT REGISTER Barnaby Dye: When the Means Become the Ends: Ghana’s ‘Good Governance’ Electricity Reform Overwhelmed by the Politics of Power Crises Pauline Destree: Renewables as ‘Stranded Assets’: overcapacity and...
Oct 11, 2021 | East Africa and Eastern Nile, India, News, The Volta river basin and Ghana, Water resources
Julien Harou Chair in Water Engineering, University of Manchester Claudia Ringler Deputy Director of Environment and Production Technology Division, IFPRI John Matthews Executive Director, AGWA Chair: James Dalton Director, IUCN Global Water Programme FutureDAMS is...
Sep 6, 2021 | Community-based water governance, News, The Volta river basin and Ghana
Dr Kavin Narasimhan, Centre for Research in Social Simulation, University of Surrey This webinar presents the latest FutureDAMS research on the role of Water User Associations (WUAs) in community-based water management. Community-based management (CBM) is central to...
May 17, 2021 | The Volta river basin and Ghana
Hydropower is often considered a renewable source of electricity, widely used to inform Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) as part of climate mitigation. However, research suggests there are significant greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from reservoirs that cover...
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...
