LONDON, December 7, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --
EnergyNet will host the
second Regional Energy Co-operation
Summit in Côte
d'Ivoire from 24-25 January 2018 - a strategic
platform for project evolution and partnership development. The
conference will discuss opportunities for
cross-border power projects and potential gas
investments across West
Africa.
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At the first Regional Energy Co-operation Summit in
January 2017, His Excellency
Thierry Tanoh, Minister of Petroleum, Energy and Renewable Energies
summed up the relevance of the summit with his statement;
"[t]he importance of the theme (Regional Energy
Cooperation Summit) is well established in the light of the needs
of African countries in terms of access to different energy
sources, including renewable energies ".
The 2018 Summit will review outcomes from last year's meeting,
identifying next steps and bringing together ECOWAS decision-makers
and global energy investors to advance regional partnerships and
interconnection projects.
Programme Manager Valeria Aruffo
commented; "Given the abundant reserves from many West African gas
fields which will firstly be harnessed for power and domestic use,
the summit will instigate the conversation surrounding the
sub-region's booming global gas market. We'll focus on export and
import capacities, balancing domestic obligation and regional
trade, and of course the role of LNG in facilitating gas
development in the sub-region."
With the overarching theme of regional integration in
West Africa, the summit will
gather ECOWAS energy ministers and government representatives,
heads of utilities, regulators, power developers, technology
providers, financiers and multilateral agencies from across
West Africa to discuss how to
unlock investments for the development of power projects.
Alongside partners ENGIE, Manitoba Hydro,
Metka, Wartsila & Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP), the Summit is
officially endorsed by Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo), ANER,
Energy Commission Ghana and
the Electricity Company of Ghana.
Event dates: 24th - 25th January
2018
Event location: Sofitel Abidjan Hotel Ivoire
Visit:
http://www.regional-energy-cooperation-summit.com
His Excellency Thierry Tanoh, Minister of Petroleum,
Energy and Renewable Energies, at the Regional Energy Co-operation
Summit, Abidjan
2017
Contact: Monique Bonnick -
Marketing Executive, RECS@energynet.co.uk, +44 (0)20
7384 7901