A review of trends, policies and plans for increasing energy access in Ghana

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 5143-5154

  Kemausuor, Francis ^a   Obeng, George Yaw ^a   Brew Hammond, Abeeku ^a   Duker, Alfred ^a  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Energy access; Ghana; Plans; Policies; Trends

Indexed keywords

ENERGY ACCESS; GHANA; PLANS; POLICIES; TRENDS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

ENERGY POLICY;

EID: 81855166726     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2011.07.041     Document Type: Review

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