A review of the trends in Ghana's power sector
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- 作者：Maame Esi Eshun ; Joe Amoako-Tuffour
- 关键词：Energy supply ; Energy demand ; Supply capacity ; Energy policy ; Ghana
- 刊名：Energy, Sustainability and Society
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：December 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：6
- 期：1
- 全文大小：2,843 KB
- 刊物主题：Renewable and Green Energy; Sustainable Development; Energy Economics; Interdisciplinary Studies; Energy Policy, Economics and Management;
- 出版者：Springer Berlin Heidelberg
- ISSN：2192-0567
文摘
Power generation in Ghana has gone through a number of phases: starting with diesel generators and stand-alone electricity supply systems owned by industrial mines and factories, to the hydro phase following the construction of the Akosombo dam, and now to a thermal complement phase powered by gas and/or light crude oil. A power crisis has also become a perennial development challenge in Ghana, with increasing severity that threatens the country’s economic growth and transformation. The troubling rationing system, the slowdown in industrial activity, job and income losses, and disruptions in social life are telling reminders of what now seems a perennial drag on Ghana’s development agenda. While Ghana has committed itself to universal electricity access by 2020, the real challenge is the capacity to meet this goal and, most important, to ensure that supply is reliable and adequate. This paper outlines the state of current electricity demand and supply gap and the major impediments to resolving the supply bottlenecks and in managing demand, highlights institutional and regulatory constraints, and identifies some key issues that should be the focus of policy decision-making going forward.