Policy Interventions in Renewable Energy for Sustainable Development: Is Ghana on the Right Path to Achieve SDG 7?

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Energy poverty in Ghana: Any progress so far?

“…Although the electrification rate in Ghana (72%) is one of the highest among SSA countries, a major concern is the stability of the electricity supply. 4 Multiple factors such as the breakdown of thermal power plants, financial difficulties in purchasing gas from Nigeria Gas to power thermal plants, unexplored renewable energy resources, a monopolized distribution regime, distorted tariff systems, and intermittent rainfall patterns, have all accounted for the unstable electricity supply over the past years [30]. A lack of stable electricity supply is the major constraint to business activities in the country and that Ghana lost approximately 1.8% of GDP during the country's 2007 power crisis [31].…”

Renewable Energy Policies in Ghana

“…In the past years, countries such as Germany, Portugal and Denmark have been using renewable energy sources. Many countries are shifting to renewable energy sources because of lack of oil and gas reserves and they also want to be less dependent on import of energy [14] . Ghana employed renewable energy sources to generate electricity and other energy products.…”

“…As a result, renewable energy has evolved from "alternative energy sources" to "competitive energy sources" [1] . This has made renewable energy becoming a viable source of a long-term energy for Ghanaians' economic, social and environmental needs [7,[13][14][15] . The security of energy supply and global climate change has compelled renewable energy policies to be ranked the top of political agendas [7,[16][17][18] .…”