Differential Impacts of Wind Energy on Sustainable Power Generation in Ghana

• 作者: Jones Lewis Arthur Patrick Adu-Wiafe
• 来源期刊: 电力能源(英文)
• 学科: 经济
• 关键词: Wind Energy Supply and Demand TECHNOLOGY Capacity Building Energy Policy
• 年，卷（期）: 2020,（10）
• 页码范围: 84-103
• 页数: 20页
• 分类号: F41

摘要

Ghana has a yearly development interest for power at a rate of 83.8% in 2010, and to 12% from 2020 to 2040 but this opportunity has been farfetched with the shocks in energy generation during 1983, 1994, 1997-98, and 2006-2007 era pushing the energy sector into crisis and a consequent adverse impact of 1.5% to GDP. This study, therefore, investigated the differential impacts of wind energy to sustainable power generation in Ghana by assessing the determinants of energy supply, energy demand and supply mix for energy development, the capacity of the energy sector to develop wind power and possible challenges in developing wind power energy in Ghana. An exploratory design that adopted both qualitative and quantities approaches w</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">as</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> applied to the study. The study population involv</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">ing</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> 34 sample size</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">s</span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> was accessed from a 46 population made up of management/ministers of energy and </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">counsellors or energy experts. The study concluded that the demand for energy</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> in Ghana has increased over the years but without a comm