Workshop 7 - Ghana April 2013

Participants and some of the Speakers at the Ghana workshop

Break-out sessions were aimed at creating at new ideas for supply chains for energy from biowastes and biomass at the Ghana workshop

Group Discussions, Q & A Sessions contributed to successful workhop outcomes and follow-up work

The organisers of the Ghana workshop: Prof George Wiafe, Dr Adelina Mensah and Dr. F.K.E. Nunoo

Workshop 7 - Ghana April 2013
Local Organiser		GCLE, Ghana
Date		2 - 4 April 2013
Location		Yiri Lodge, Yiri Lodge, University of Ghana
Title		Production of non-food, bio-oil supply chains for renewable energy in Ghana: Needs, Challenges and Opportunities
Theme of break-out sessions		Opportunities and innovations for biofuel as a renewable energy option
Outputs		Network database of all stakeholders and their affiliations, including summary of CVs Meeting of network members by the end of April 2013 Cascade of the Marine Macro-algae training for Ghana Incorporation of the Field Box for Water Quality Assessment in current training programmes at the Botany Department, University of Ghana Concept notes of 3 innovative proposals developed at the Ghana workshop TV3 television interview with ACP project partners Weekly Spectator article on the 3-day meeting Article of the 3-day meeting on the University of Ghana webpage
Follow-up		Tour of BTAL biogas facility (www.biogasonline.com) and the biogas setup at the Tema International School with network members and graduate students from the University of Ghana
Workshop report		Ghana final workshop report
Participant contact details		Workshop 7 participant contact details
Speaker	Organisation	Title
Prof Pat Harvey	University of Greenwich	ACP Biofuel Capacity building in Africa
Prof D.K. Asiedu	Vice Dean, Faculty of Science, University of Ghana	Chairman’s closing remarks
Dr Adelina Mensah	Department of Marine and Fisheries Sciences	Introduction of Workshop attendees
Dr Lawrence Darkwah	The Energy Centre, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana	Biofuels from Non-Edible Sources – Research Activities at KNUST
George Appiah	Kwame Krumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana	Biofuel Case Studies in Ghana – Dead or Alive
Mr John Afari Idan	Biogas Technology Africa Limited (BTAL)	On the production of non-food, bio-oil supply chains for renewable energy in Ghana; needs, challenges and opportunities
Mr Issah Sulemana	Tropical Agricultural marketing & Consultancy Services	Investment potentials in Biofuel sector in Ghana: Areas of concern
Dr Joe Asamoah	EnerWise Africa	Biofuel production versus food security
Dr Gabriel Ameka	Department of Botany, University of Ghana	Algae as a potential source of bio-fuel in Ghana
Dr Festus Addo-Yoboo	Further and Higher Education	Ghana’s research capacity for bio-oil development
Dr M.K.A. Addae-Kagyah	Department of Physics, University of Ghana	Placing ACP correctly in the bio-oil supply chain (as contributors of technology and innovation, not just as feedstock producers)
Noble Wadzah	Friends of the Earth/OIL-Watch Ghana	Unmasking the realities of investment in agrofuels
Emanual Oman and Ogundare Oluwasenn	Accra Polytechnic	Accra Polytechnic Bio-fuel Project – Integrated Bio Energy Plant
Dr Adelina Mensah	Department of Marine and Fisheries Sciences	Biofuel as Renewable energy in Ghana - Innovations

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