Renewable energy-based electricity for rural social and economic development in Ghana

Conference · Mon Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1997

OSTI ID:552002

Weingart, J

This paper describes a project whose goals include the establishment of a pilot renewable energy-based rural energy services enterprise to serve communities in the Mamprusi East District, focused on: economically productive activities; community services; household non-thermal energy. The program also seeks to establish the technical, economic, financial, institutional, and socio-cultural requirements for sustainability, to demonstrate bankability and financial sustainability, as a pre-investment prelude to commercial growth of such projects, and to establish technical, financial, and service performance standards for private sector rural energy service companies. This project is being implemented now because the government is undergoing structural reform, including privatization of the power sector, there is active foreign capital available for international development, and the government and people are committed to and able to pay for renewable energy services.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab., Golden, CO (United States)
• OSTI ID: 552002
• Report Number(s): NREL/CP--440-23409; CONF-9704141--; ON: DE97008397
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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