Energy poverty in energy rich Ghana: A SWOT analytical approach for the development of Ghana’s renewable energy

Agyekum, Ephraim Bonah

doi:10.1016/j.seta.2020.100760

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“…From our engagements with some of the respondents, one major challenge in the country's energy sector, which also can impede its quest to go green, is the poor grid network available in the electricity generation system. This is also confirmed by studies such as [33,69]. According to statistics from [43], transmission losses increased from 2.8% (229 GWh) in 2000 to 4.7% (844 GWh) in 2019, partly because of obsolete equipment in the sector.…”

Section: The Implications For Ghana's Re Sectorsupporting

confidence: 55%

Clean Energies for Ghana—An Empirical Study on the Level of Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy Development and Utilization

2021

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Despite the enormous renewable energy (RE) resources available in Ghana, the country has not seen much development and investments in the sector. Therefore, the government has committed to increasing the share of RE in the country’s electricity generation mix to some 10% by 2030. However, this cannot be achieved without the Ghanaian people’s support since the RE sector is capital intensive and requires both public and private sector participation. This study was conducted to evaluate RE’s social acceptance among Ghanaian people using the ordered logit regression model. A total of 999 valid questionnaires out of 1020 distributed questionnaires were considered for the study. The five-point Likert scale was employed to rank their willingness to accept (WTA) RE. From the results, it was observed that there is a general sense of acceptance of renewable energy among Ghanaians. However, the level of acceptance varies from one respondent to another. The study observed that a majority of the respondents (i.e., approximately 45.65%) agree to their WTA renewable energy, while 36.04% strongly agree. The results also indicate that while 6.21% and 0.3% disagree and strongly disagree, 11.81% of the respondents were indifferent regarding their willingness to accept renewable energy development and utilization in Ghana.

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Clean Energies for Ghana—An Empirical Study on the Level of Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy Development and Utilization

2021

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“…SWOT is a strategic tool that assists individuals and businesses in identifying the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats in relation to businesses and the development of projects. SWOT analysis stipulates the objectives of projects and helps detect both internal and external influences that can either favor or negatively affect the realization or development of the objectives [35,36]. It presents processes of strategic development for programs or projects.…”

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“…Like many African countries, one major challenge hindering Ghana's economic progress is the discontinuity of programs and policies especially by successive governments. This has resulted in the abandonment of several projects in the country [35,115].…”

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Agriculture for Sustainable Development: A SWOT-AHP Assessment of Ghana’s Planting for Food and Jobs Initiative

2021

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The exponential increase in the population of Ghana and the need to meet the population’s food security needs while creating job opportunities have necessitated the implementation of the Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) initiative by the Government of Ghana (GoG). Using the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analytical tool, we SWOT of the PFJ initiative. We further complemented the study with the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) tool to rank the various criteria (factors) identified under the SWOT analysis. The study identified favorable environmental conditions as the highest strength, which recorded 59.3%, followed by agricultural lands availability (21.8%). Inadequate of financial services was identified as the highest weakness (55.8%), followed by over-reliance on climatic conditions (25.9%). High export potential relative to agricultural products in the country was identified as the highest opportunity, which recorded a weight of 50.3%. The One District One Factory (1D1F) initiative came up as the second highest opportunity. Negative ramification of climate change was identified as the main threat to Ghana’s agricultural sector (57.9%), followed by the importation of basic food products (25%).

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“…The factors that affected industry development are identified into internal ("S" and "W") and external ("O" and "T") sectors and used to seek a fit between the two perspectives [9]. The SWOT analysis was adopted widely at single enterprise [10], industry [11], regional [12] and also cross-national level [13,14]. The approach was successfully used in agricultural aspects in recent years for constructing a map of suitable areas for introducing new crops [15] and for creating a competitive market for organic farming [16], etc.…”

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Regional Comparison and Strategy Recommendations of Industrial Hemp in China Based on a SWOT Analysis

2021

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The hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) industry has great potential growth due to its multifaceted characteristics, however, challenged by the imbalance between the rapid agricultural production growth and the inadequate market. Against the manifesting functional overlapping and homogeneous competition among regions and nations, multi-regional synergistic development strategies of the hemp industry are critical for a sustainable agricultural-industrial system. To propose development strategies and R&D priorities of the hemp agricultural system for multi-regional synergistic development of the hemp industry. A nationwide survey and a SWOT analysis were carried out within five major production provinces in China, which is one of the largest producers of hemp, including Yunnan, Heilongjiang, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia and Jilin. Legislation, distribution, yield and utilization status and their effect on the development of industrial hemp in China were discussed. The SWOT analysis suggested that the negative effects of weaknesses and threats are stronger than the positive effects of strengths and opportunities. The modern hemp industry is still in an early phase of development characterized by the emerging legislation, growing acreage, initial researches and a few applications that pertain to mainstream use in China. Therefore, strategy recommendations, including top-level design, participating in global competition, promoting innovation and enhancing public cooperation, were proposed. We provide strategies for enhancing the hemp agricultural-industrial system, thus enabling policy makers and researchers to master the priority of promoting economic corporation and agricultural science and technology innovation.

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Energy poverty in energy rich Ghana: A SWOT analytical approach for the development of Ghana’s renewable energy

Cited by 74 publications

References 31 publications

Clean Energies for Ghana—An Empirical Study on the Level of Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy Development and Utilization

Clean Energies for Ghana—An Empirical Study on the Level of Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy Development and Utilization

Agriculture for Sustainable Development: A SWOT-AHP Assessment of Ghana’s Planting for Food and Jobs Initiative

Regional Comparison and Strategy Recommendations of Industrial Hemp in China Based on a SWOT Analysis

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