Business News of Tuesday, 27 August 2019

Source: laudbusiness.com

Vice president of Liberia visits Sunon Asogli power plant

Yang Qun with managements of Sunon Asogli Power Yang Qun with managements of Sunon Asogli Power

Management of Sunon Asogli Power led by the Chairman Mr Yang Qun and staff on Saturday, 10th of August 2019 welcomed the Vice President of the Republic of Liberia Dr Jewel Taylor and Mrs Genevieve Kennedy, Ambassador of the Republic of Liberia to Ghana.

They were accompanied by Togbe Afede XIV.

“As Ghana is celebrating its Year of Return, Dr. Jewel Taylor visited Ghana with her delegation to attend the HACSA summit and we were privileged to have her visit the plant,” a statement by the management of Sunon Asogli Power, said.

The statement said she wanted to acquaint herself with the Energy sector of Ghana and understand the operations in the industry.

Dr Taylor was introduced to Shenzhen Energy and Sunon Asogli Power and was particularly interested in clean energy such as waste-to power, wind power and solar.

She said Liberia is currently facing challenges in their power sector with Electricity prices being high and with very little installed capacity.

She then took a tour around the plant and was impressed with operations of the company and pushed for management to employ more skilled female staff.

She looks forward to a potential investment from Shenzhen Energy group in the Energy industry of her country and invited the group for a familiarization tour of Liberia.