Topic: Resilience and energy security in Ghana

In Ghana, the National Interconnected Transmission System (NITS) is the backbone of energy supply and by extension energy security for Ghana and some of its neighbours that rely on Ghana for power. [...] Climate risk analysis and network modelling provides the tools to identify hotspots of climate vulnerability in electricity supply, transmission, and distribution networks, and to prioritise resilience interventions. [...] This can be done for existing networks, to design programmes of resilience enhancements, and for new assets, to ensure that they are resilient to the anticipated impacts of climate change. [...] This will be combined with climate hazard data to identify climate-related risks to the power network, expressed in terms of expected direct damages and indirect losses, in order to identify hotspots of climate vulnerability in the power network. [...] Stakeholders may include: • Government departments and agencies: The Ministry of Energy and Petroleum (MoEP), Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology, and Innovation (MESTI), Ministry of Finance • Power suppliers and grid operators, including Ghana Grid Company Limited • Research institutions with capabilities in energy systems modelling and climate risk analysis • Financial institutions: e.g.