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About Him

Mr. Frederick Ken. Appiah is a Mechanical Engineer who has been working with the Energy ​Commission since 2006, and currently the Deputy Director in charge of renewable energy at the ​Commission. He holds BSc. and MSc. Mechanical Engineering degrees and several certificates in ​clean and renewable energy technologies, public policy analysis and project planning, development ​and management from Germany, Singapore, USA, UK and China.

He is in charge of licensing of renewable energy service providers, development of renewable energy ​policies and policy instruments, regulations and technical standards, and promotion of renewable ​energy technologies at the Commission. He coordinated the implementation of the National Rooftop ​Solar Programme initiated by the Energy Commission in 2016, and currently managing the Net-​Metered Solar PV (NMPV) component under the Scaling up Renewable Energy Program (SREP).

Mr. Appiah also lectures Renewable Energy Law, Policy and Practice (LLM & MA) at the University of ​Ghana’s School of Law, and is currently pursuing a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Climate Change ​and Sustainable Development at the Center for Climate Change and Sustainability Studies (C3SS), ​University of Ghana.

Expertise

Professional Experience (1)

Professional Experience (2)

His Publications

Media Publications on Him

https://gna.org.gh/2021/12/energy-commission-rallies-industry-support-for-renewable-energy/

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Experience: Impacting Knowledge (1)

• 1. Speaker, Legal and Regulatory Considerations for Renewable Energy Businesses in Ghana at AGSI/USAID Solar Business Workshop, ​event organised by Association of Ghana Solar Industry and USAID–WAEP Ghana, Accra, Ghana (January, 2024)
• 2. Panelist, Making Renewable Energy More Affordable and Accessible to C&I Sector at West Africa Clean Energy and Environment ​(WACEE 2023), event organised by German Chamber of Commerce (AHK Ghana), Accra, Ghana (October, 2023)
  
• 3. Speaker, Renewable Energy Development Opportunities in Ghana at Renewable Energy Finance Series, webinar organised by EcoBank ​Ghana Ltd, Ghana (May, 2023)
  
• 4. Speaker, Keynote Address on Utility-scale and Rooftop Solar PV installations in Ghana at SolarQuarters Business meet: Ghana 2022), ​event organised by Firstview Media, India and Renewable Energy Association of Ghana (REAG), in Accra, Ghana (September, 2022)
  
• 5. Speaker, Regulatory Framework for Distributed Generation in Ghana, at an Article 6.2 workshop organised by KLIK Foundation, ​Switzerland and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in Accra, Ghana (June, 2022)
  
• 6. Speaker, Establishment of Data Collection and Monitoring System for Solar PV Installations in Ghana (GHSOLARmonitor), at an Article 6.2 ​workshop organised by KLIK Foundation, Switzerland and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Ghana (June, 2022)
  
• 7. Speaker, Renewable Energy Development in Ghana – Research Focus Areas, organised by Advanced Material Research Group, Physics ​Department, KNUST, Ghana (March, 2022)
  
• 8. Speaker, Distributed Energy Resources and Renewable Energy Investments Attractive: Context of Ghana’s Regulations, Webinar ​organised by USAID/WAEP/Power Africa West Africa (December, 2021)
  
• 9. Panelist,EMOP’s Roundtable Meeting on Renewable Energy Development in Ghana, organised by GIZ & Energy Commission, Accra, ​Ghana (December, 2021)
  
• 10. Speaker, Renewable Energy Policy and Regulatory Framework in Ghana at RENPOWER (Virtual Edition)–Renewable Energy & Mining ​Conference, organised by EuroConvention Global, USA (August, 2020)
  
• 11. Speaker, 1st Ghanaian-German Business Council Meeting, in Berlin, Germany (Nov., 2019)
  
• 12. Speaker, GIZ Africa Energy Transition Workshop, organised by GIZ, in Accra, Ghana (October, 2019)
  
• 13. Speaker, Regulation on Importation of Solar Products & Local Content Regulations at Quarterly Breakfast Meeting of Association of ​Ghana Solar Industries (AGSI), Accra, Ghana (July, 2019)
  
• 14. Speaker, Renewable Energy Policy and Regulatory Framework in Ghana at RENPOWER Ghana–Renewable Energy & Power ​Infrastructure Investors Conference, organised by Euroconvention Global, USA, in Accra, Ghana (May, 2019)
  
• 15. Panelist, Energy Access & Mini-Grid Learning Event and Conference, organised by the World Bank and Ghana Ministry of Energy, in ​Accra, Ghana (June, 2019)
  

Experience: Impacting Knowledge (2)

• 16.Speaker, Renewable Energy Development in Ghana, organised by Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP), in Accra, Ghana (May, 2019)
• 17.Presenter, Solar Energy Opportunities in Ghana at Renewable Energy for West Africa, WEBINAR organised by Ata Insights, Spain (April, ​2019)
  
• 18.Speaker, Renewable Energy Investment Opportunities & Challenges in Ghana, at Korean Investors Forum, in Accra, Ghana (December, ​2016; 2017; 2018)
  
• 19.Speaker, Renewable Energy Investment Opportunities & Challenges in Ghana, at Swedish - West African Conference on Sustainable ​Energy for Swedish Investors, in Accra, Ghana (November, 2018)
  
• 20.Speaker, Status Quo of Renewable Energy Policies and Markets in Ghana, at GIZ State of Bavaria’s Follow up Seminar, in Accra, Ghana ​(November, 2018)
  
• 21.Speaker, 4th Ghana Renewable Energy Fair and Conference 2018, in Accra, Ghana (Oct., 2018)
  
• 22.Speaker, Expo 2017 ASTANA Future Energy, in Astana, Kazakhstan (July, 2017)
  
• 23.Speaker, 1st China-Ghana-Zambia Joint Stakeholder Forum on Renewable Energy Technology Transfer, in Chengdu, China (October, ​2016)
  
• 24.Speaker, 5th West African Clean Energy & Environment Exhibition & Conference (WACEE’16), in Accra, Ghana (September, 2016)
  
• 25.Speaker, 2nd Ghana Renewable Energy Conference 2016, in Accra, Ghana (August, 2016)
  
• 26.Speaker, 1st Ghana Renewable Energy Fair and Conference/WACEE’15, in Accra, Ghana (Nov., 2015)
  
• 27.Speaker, Renewable Energy Regulations in Ghana, organised by GIZ for Financial Institutions in Ghana (November, 2015)
  
• 28.Speaker, Regulatory Framework and Outlook for Wind Energy Development in Ghana, at Wind Energy Development Dialogue (WEED), ​Berlin, Germany (October, 2015)
  
• 29.Speaker, Renewable Energy Development in Ghana: Consideration for Biodiversity, at Pan-African Business and Biodiversity Forum, ​Accra, Ghana (October, 2015)
  
• 30.Speaker, Quality Standards of Solar PV Training in Ghana presented at ECREEE – GIZ – IRENA Regional Workshop on Certification of ​Solar Installers (July, 2015)
  
• 31.Speaker on Solar Energy Market in Ghana and Government’s Policy at Solar Energy Trade Mission (Business Tour) to Germany, ​organised by Ghana-German Economic Association(GGEA) for Ghanaian solar energy businessmen (May, 2010)
  
• 32.Presented a paper (poster) on the Wind Energy Assessment in Ghana at the 2nd World Wind Energy Conference (WWEC 2003), Cape ​Town, South Africa (November, 2003)
  

Experience: Impacting Communities

In 2017, the second phase of the National Rooftop Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Programme initiated by the Energy ​Commission was piloted, where 200 solar PV systems of 500Wp capacity each were installed in 200 homes in ​sixteen (16) off-grid communities in the Abetifi and Mpraeso constituencies of the Eastern Region. Mr. Frederick ​Ken. Appiah was the Project Coordinator

This video highlights some aspects of the monitoring exercise that he conducted.

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