The Global Energy System Of Ghana

Energy has easily become one of the most important necessities for our everyday lives. Without it we would simply not be able to have transportation or be able to gather any of our other resources that we depend on. If at anytime our energy supply ceases or no longer attainable the results may be horrific. However, it is quite easy to keep this from happening, It is crucial that our current population realize the importance of sustaining our present non-renewable resources. An examination of all the present energy issues and human impacts of energy conservation along with the a resource plan will show importance of energy

From the time when man invented fire, he has put his faith in one energy source or another. Energy plays a significant factor in our lives, providing luxury, swelling productivity and letting us to live the way we want too. Our lives are exactly surrounded by energy, but we do not habitually stop to think about why those energy sources are significant. Energy is the most discussed subject and has become a basic requirement for the societies. It is an important factor on to which economies depend and prevail. Independence in energy leads to prosperity and economic progress in the country. The significance of energy generation cannot be unrecognized due to its crucial share in the industrial practice and growth of the

Many people have been contemplating about which energy source would be the best to use, but a proper decision hasn't been made. Every energy source has their own benefits which contribute to a healthier environment, but with every benefit, there is a drawback. Not every single energy source is available everywhere. Solar panels would be inefficient in a constantly cloudy area, and a wind mill would be incompetent in stagnant air, as a hydroelectric dam would be incapable of anything in a desert. One peg couldn't sustain every peg hole at one time. Transporting the electrical energy would cost more money, which could become a disadvantage over time as the generators that transform the energy already are costly. Even though a great deal of time and effort have been put into thinking which energy source is better overall, the answer is still unknown since everything comes with it's own problems, so I have chosen the ones that I believe are more efficient with nature and costs.

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The country of Cameroon is considered a third world country and the production and quality of energy matches this view. Rural Cameroon experiences many black outs and is in constant need of more energy for the population to perform basic tasks such as cooking with greater ease and with a higher knowledge of hygiene. The main issue is the quality of the generated power; this is a result of the method of production and transportation of the power.

There is a great correlation between development and accessibility of electricity. “Excluding South Africa, the entire installed generation capacity of sub-Saharan Africa is only 28 Gigawatts, equivalent to that of Argentina” (World Bank). Providing electricity can lead many investors in sub-Saharan countries and also can generate small business to the local people such as welding, shaving and many more jobs.

Burkina Faso’s energy resources are limited to four (4) hydropower installations. All the hydrocarbons need to fuel the country are imported from the neighbouring countries having access to the sea, because Burkina Faso does not have any domestic oil resource (Ouédraogo, 2010). Burkina Faso is among the poorest countries in the world and the GDP is evaluated to $12.88 billion in 2013 (World Bank, 2013). Only 18% of the population has access to electricity including 40% in urban area and 3% in rural area. Burkina Faso has the highest electricity’s price in Africa; and is approaching 35 US cents the kWh due to the high price of the fuel imports (Briceño-Garmendia and Domínguez-Torres, 2011).

Over the past decade, energy has brought social, economic and environmental advantages and played a major role in the urbanisation and industrial revolution. However, after the uncontrollably frequent use of these energy sources, depletion of these energy sources also became a major concern which brings about its own economic, social and environmental disadvantages. Of a particular concern is the availability of these energy sources which affects both industry and the lives of the consumers.

In order to promote energy supply and economic development, which is the core of this paper, the author argued that the idea behind the project was not to tap the energy from the sun to electrify these remote communities. Rather, it was geared towards installing small solar panels that were not much bigger than an iPad to power the basic appliances (light bulbs, cell phone, and other basic necessities that can alter people’s lives) in those homes (2015). This demonstrates the economic as well as the energy efficiency side of this study, which I believe Hallett will accept. The author also argues that going small better fits the budget of rural Tanzanians and the money saved from buying kerosene and other oil to lighten their homes were used for other things. This concept is known as pay-as-you-go. This concept was far cheaper and affordable than what the government of Tanzania and some big energy companies were offering, the author claimed (2005).

Another pro argument of deforestation is the issue of fuel wood in rural areas. The use of fuel wood in the growing cities contrasts strictly with the more familiar patterns of rural areas. The growth of energy used in rural household still dominates the energy budgets of many developing countries, especially in the poorer countries such as Nepal, Bangladesh, Ethiopia and Nigeria. Most fuel wood is used in the household. The concept of an energy transition, however, is central to any understanding energy in urban areas. As

Currently within Uganda, and the greater Eastern African Community, there exists an energy crisis that is heavily affecting the economic stability within the region. The average electrification rate within the EAC as of 2014 was 14%. (energyaccessreview, esmap) Comparatively, Uganda’s average electrification rate is 4%, while Sub-Saharan Africa’s electrification rate is 31% and the average electrification rate worldwide is 81%.(iea.org) Being that Uganda is so far behind the rest of the world in terms of energy production and distribution to its people, President Museveni and his counsel have decided to make the production of green energy one of their top priorities.(newvision) The goal as it stands, is to ultimately increase the

The availability of an abundant amount of energy in the modern times has brought about higher industrial production, improved communication and transportation facilities and better management of the basic necessities. Development has never been as accessible to a broad range of people belonging to all social classes. The present-day society is so reliant upon the utilization of energy, most specifically electrical energy, that it has become a part of the people’s daily living. The actual magnitude that energy had input in the society is innumerable. The increased cost and consumption and the depletion of environmental resources are some of the reasons why energy production is constantly being enhanced over the long run (Discovery Education, n.d.). The constant improvements in power production have always aimed for the same goal: making power a better choice for efficient generation.

The energy sector of Ghana is besieged with challenges ranging from the technical to the financial. These challenges have coalesced over time resulting in the current energy crisis and energy insecurity that plagues the country. This situation persist in many other African countries, despite the fact that Africa, and by extension Ghana has a range of energy resources that far exceed the continents and country’s energy requirements (Wolde-Rufael, 2005). While Ghana’s power sector remains severely underdeveloped, energy consumption in general and electricity consumption specifically is still relatively low in comparison to more developed countries in the West and emerging economies in the east. To date, despite electricity reform that commenced in 1993 (triggered by rising demand and reduced output from Ghana 's hydro-dominated system) the basic structure of Ghana 's power sector remains the same (Williams & Ghanadan, 2006, p. 828). This plan of study provides an alternative viewpoint to Ghana’s power crisis. Instead it focuses on the importance of diversifying Ghana’s energy portfolio, shifting it away from the traditional

Additionally, difficulty is likely to be encountered in achieving developmental goals as Kenya has for a long time fallen victim to plundering of national assets whose development and broad distribution are essential for economic growth and prosperity. In this way, the newly discovered natural resources could threaten the success of Kenya 's developmental goals. Nevertheless, renewable energy will play a significant role as the driver of Kenyan economic growth and improvements to the standard of living and furnish Kenya with the large scale supplies of electricity needed of Vision 2030 's flagship projects.

Abstract: Historically, the participation of women of Bangladesh in energy sector is negligible. The gender analysis shows that “energy poverty” is a gender biased poverty because poor women suffers much for electricity and modern energy services. In rural area, people depend on inherent traditional energy sources like wood, straw, kerosene and cow –dung for cooking and indoor lightening which are very inefficient and unhealthy especially for women and children remaining at home who are frequently exposed to air pollution due to this. Now it is a new challenge to replace these unhealthy energy sources with environment friendly energy sources. The objective of this paper is to co-relate the gender equality and clean source of energy i.e. renewable energy. This paper concludes that though there is no pure technological solution achieving gender equality and women’s empowerment, in the light of the social context of rural Bangladesh where women are discriminated can have full access to clean energy source and modern technology which will