Ghana’s power security now depends on getting gas, grids and regional trade to work together

Ghana has taken important steps to stabilise its electricity sector, but the country’s long-term power security will depend on whether it can integrate three parts of the energy system that have often been managed separately: domestic gas, electricity infrastructure and regional power trade.

It should be that Ghana is building an integrated energy market in which domestic gas, electricity infrastructure and regional trade reinforce one another.

And when domestic supply is constrained, Ghana needs credible regional arrangements capable of providing electricity or gas without creating new commercial disputes.