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The Impact of Energy Efficiency Programmes in Ghana

In: Alternative Energies and Efficiency Evaluation

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  • Edwin Kwasi Kwasi Tamakloe

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Ghana experienced widespread power shortages due to series of droughts spanning from the 1980s to the 1990s. Energy efficiency programmes were identified to solve these energy supply challenges. Consequently, the residential sector has been recognized as an important target group for energy efficiency programmes in the country. The residential sector in Ghana accounts for 47% of the total final energy use. Reducing the inefficiencies in the residential sector energy use could be an effective way of reducing global energy use and related environmental impacts. Therefore, Ghana enacted four Legislative Instruments to regulate the importation of refrigerating, air conditioning and lighting appliances and also to ensure these appliances meet the minimum energy performance standards (MEPS). The purpose of this paper was to review and establish the impact of the MEPS programmes in Ghana from 2007 to 2020. The content of this desktop review is based on data gathered through a series of reviews of available energy efficiency policy documents from governmental agencies. The results revealed that the implementation of MEPS programmes in Ghana yielded 8317.8 GWh of electricity savings, which translates into carbon emission reduction of 4.60 million tonnes of CO2 and energy cost savings of USD 832 million in term of electricity bills.

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  • Edwin Kwasi Kwasi Tamakloe, 2022. "The Impact of Energy Efficiency Programmes in Ghana," Chapters, in: Muhammad Wakil Shahzad & Muhammad Sultan & Laurent Dala & Ben Bin Xu & Muhammad Ahmad Jamil & Nida I (ed.), Alternative Energies and Efficiency Evaluation, IntechOpen.
    • Handle: RePEc:ito:pchaps:244119
    DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.101607
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    Keywords

    energy efficiency; minimum energy performance standards; standards and labelling and energy saving;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q40 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - General

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