Stakeholders in Ghana’s renewable energy sector are calling on the government to prioritize the development of natural resources that can be replenished by nature, such as solar energy, to power electricity in the country. This push comes amidst recent challenges in the commercial sector and the high cost of fossil fuels used to generate electricity for homes and businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The stakeholders are advising the government to take action to boost the renewable energy sector, particularly in exploring the use of solar systems in commercial sectors, residential areas, and high schools. Ghana has set ambitious targets to increase its renewable energy mix, aiming for 10% of its energy to come from renewable sources by 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Currently, renewable energy accounts for only 1% of Ghana’s energy mix, with solar energy contributing a small but growing share.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The government has implemented policies to support the development of renewable energy, including the Renewable Energy Act of 2011, which aims to create an enabling environment for private sector investment in the sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By prioritizing renewable energy, Ghana can reduce its reliance on fossil fuels, mitigate climate change, and promote sustainable economic growth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Renewable Energy Stakeholders Urge Government Action<\/p>\n
Stakeholders in Ghana’s renewable energy sector are calling on the government to prioritize the development of natural resources that can be replenished by nature, such as solar energy, to power electricity in the country. This push comes amidst recent challenges in the commercial sector and the high cost of fossil fuels used to generate electricity for homes and businesses.<\/p>\n
The stakeholders are advising the government to take action to boost the renewable energy sector, particularly in exploring the use of solar systems in commercial sectors, residential areas, and high schools. Ghana has set ambitious targets to increase its renewable energy mix, aiming for 10% of its energy to come from renewable sources by 2020.<\/p>\n
Currently, renewable energy accounts for only 1% of Ghana’s energy mix, with solar energy contributing a small but growing share.<\/p>\n
The government has implemented policies to support the development of renewable energy, including the Renewable Energy Act of 2011, which aims to create an enabling environment for private sector investment in the sector.<\/p>\n
By prioritizing renewable energy, Ghana can reduce its reliance on fossil fuels, mitigate climate change, and promote sustainable economic growth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5955,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-latest","category-local"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5952"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5956,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5952\/revisions\/5956"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}