DATABASE
Strategic National Energy Plan (SNEP) 2006-2020
Country
Ghana
Year
2006
Issue
Solutions
Link
www.iea.org
Abstract
Achieve 30% penetration of rural electrification via renewable energy technologies by 2020. To achieve this aim the Plan makes several policy recommendations, including: The establishment of a tariff regime friendly to renewable energy, namely a feed-in tariff, backed by a regulatory framework that allows such generation plants (namely existing biomass co-generation plants) to be connected to the national grid through issuance of licences for large renewable energy plants; Encouraging District Assemblies to provide electricity services to their off-grid communities via mini-grids and micro-grids through alternative distributed generation sources such as biomass; Investigating innovative financial schemes, including capital subsidy arrangements and micro-financing, to overcome the cost barrier to renewable energy.