Ghana Energy Awards ’22: 30-days to nominations close

Nominations for the 2022 Ghana Energy Awards (GEA) are scheduled to close on the 18th of October, thirty days away. The ninety-day nominations window opened for application submissions on July 14, at the official Media Launch for this year’s event.

Slated for November 25, GEA’22 is under the theme, “Global Decarbonisation: A Just and Equitable Energy Transition in Ghana”.

Since its opening, the rate of entries has been encouraging with entries from nearly all regions of the country. This year’s event features 23 categories; 19 competitive and 4 non-competitive.

Competitive categories include the prestigious Energy Personality of the Year (Male and Female), Chief Executive of the Year (Power and Petroleum), Visionary Leadership Award, Eco-Innovation Business Award, Outstanding Energy Management Award, and Sustainable Energy Partnership of the Year.

Others include the Energy Institution of the Year, Energy Company of the Year, Brand of the Year, Rising Star Award, and Energy Reporter of the Year, among others.

The Ghana Energy Awards scheme is an industry-accepted initiative put together to recognize excellence and innovation in the country’s energy sector, and as well acknowledge deserving players striving in various aspects and industries of the sector.

It is organized by the Energy Media Group, in partnership with GP Business Consulting, with endorsement from the Ministry of Energy, and the World Energy Council, Ghana.

Before the main event in November, the Awards Secretariat has lined up a number of activities, including Courtesy Calls on industry partners; Nominees’ Announcement; Site Visitation to Prospective Nominees’ Project Sites to ascertain the accuracy of claims made by nominees on the ground. This makes the GEA one of few schemes which insist on field verification ensure awards won by players at the close of the review period are duly deserved.

Industry partners for this year’s GEA include the Volta River Authority, Bui Power Authority, Ghana Gas, Meinergy Technologies, Sunon Asogli Power, GOIL, Energy Commission, PURC, ECG, Tullow Ghana, COPEC-Ghana, BOST, and Hendan Transport and Logistics.

Prospective candidates can send their nomination applications to www.ghanaenergyawards.com.