Ghana
Strategic National Energy Plan (SNEP) 2006-2020
Executive
Plan
Passed in 2006
The plan reviews the energy supply structure for Ghana and sets out the energy needs to meet development objectives.
Volume one of the SNEP covered the demand from residential; commercial & services sector; agriculture & fisheries; industry and transportation sectors. Volume two covers the supply-side: electricity; petroleum; wood fuels and renewables.
The Plan has four sectoral Annexes: Energy Demand Sectors of the Economy; Electricity Plan; Petroleum Plan; and Wood fuels & Renewables Plan.
The overall national renewable energy policy target is to attain 10% renewable energy in the national energy mix by 2020.
Volume one of the SNEP covered the demand from residential; commercial & services sector; agriculture & fisheries; industry and transportation sectors. Volume two covers the supply-side: electricity; petroleum; wood fuels and renewables.
The Plan has four sectoral Annexes: Energy Demand Sectors of the Economy; Electricity Plan; Petroleum Plan; and Wood fuels & Renewables Plan.
The overall national renewable energy policy target is to attain 10% renewable energy in the national energy mix by 2020.
Documents
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5,000 GWH saved, then 8,000 GWH by 2015, 2020 against a 2006 baseline
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50% electricity consumption reduction in military and police barracks, residential halls, and hostels of public tertiary institutions by 2015
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50% reduction urban household energy intensity by 2020 against a 2006 baseline
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1:1 fuel consumption per GDP growth by 2020
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20% solar energy in agriculture by 2020
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1.5:1 electricity intensity in Residential and Commercial sectors by 2020
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30% renewable rural electrification by 2020
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10% energy from renewables by 2020
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1% solar water heater energy in hotels, restaurants, and kitchens by 2015, then 5% by 2020
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15% rural electrification by renewables by 2015, then 30% by 2020
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2% biodiesel in agriculture by 2015, then 10% by 2020
from the Grantham Research Institute
from the Grantham Research Institute
