Ghana is establishing a Green Fund to support the scaling up of

interventions in the renewable energy sector, and, most

especially, transitioning towards widespread use of solar power.

Solar PV generation constitutes 0.3% of total generation in

2018The National Rooftop Solar Photovoltaic
Programme, which was launched in 2016, targeted
residential facilities in urban areas, with
the approval to install solar panels for 1,006 homes. The second
phase of the Programme was piloted in 2017 to focus on
providing electricity to rural households in off-grid communities
by 2020 and beyond. Solar PV systems of 500Wp
capacity was piloted in 200 rural households in 16
off-grid communities.

Several CSOs and private sector organisations are actively

engaged in the energy sector providing innovative solutions to
help increase access to clean energy, particularly in the area of
clean cooking stove and roof top solar panels.

Anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases (Indicator 9.4.1)

from inefficient energy use indicate the need for urgent action to
combat climate change and its impact (SDG13) and promotion
of renewable energy sources such as solar-powered systems.
However, expansion in irrigation, particularly solar, has trade-
offs in the long term with groundwater depletion in parts of
Ghana.

President- Nana Akufo-Addo