By Ebenezer SABUTEY The head of Social and Environmental Impact Assessment at the Ghana Energy Commission, Eric Ofori Nyarko, has lauded government’s introduction of the renewable energy into the electric power generation sector. Nyarko, in an exclusive interview with BusinessWeek , indicated that renewable energy is a good source of energy if only an enabling environment gas been created for the nation to use it without any financial and power supply difficulties. He commented on how expensive the cost of solar panels is and its implications in terms of power generation, considering how electricity is consumed in the country. “Issues of renewable energy cannot be solved at ease, maybe ten or twenty years to come,” he said. He therefore recommended the use of renewable energy for future use when the nation’s economy is very strong and government can subsidize the electricity bills for its consumers at a higher percentage. “If the nation is ready to afford the use of renewable energy ...