More than 90 percent of Ghanaian households burn wood or charcoal for cooking. Akosombo Dam on the Volta River is the countrys main source of electricity since 1965. Low water levels in the Volta River have periodically caused power shortages in the country since 2007. Ghanaian governments have been pursuing national electrification policy to provide electricity to every Ghanaian community by 2020. However, more than half of the population remains without access to grid-based electricity. Part A of this book analyzed data on sun hours in Northern Ghana to ascertain the potential of solar...
More than 90 percent of Ghanaian households burn wood or charcoal for cooking. Akosombo Dam on the Volta River is the countrys main source of electric...