A review of the trends in Ghana’s power sector
A review of the trends in Ghana’s power sector
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加纳电力行业趋势回顾
DOI：
10.1186/s13705-016-0075-y
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发表时间：
2016
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通讯作者：
Joe Amoako
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作者：
Maame Esi Eshun;Joe Amoako
加纳的发电经历了多个阶段：从工业矿山和工厂拥有的柴油发电机和独立供电系统开始，到阿科松博大坝建设后的水力阶段，现在到由天然气和/或轻质原油供电的热力补充阶段。电力危机也成为加纳长期面临的发展挑战，且日益严重，威胁着该国的经济增长和转型。令人不安的配给制度、工业活动放缓、就业和收入损失以及社会生活的扰乱都在提醒人们，现在看来，加纳的发展议程似乎长期受到拖累。虽然加纳承诺到 2020 年实现普遍供电，但真正的挑战是实现这一目标的能力，最重要的是确保供应可靠和充足。本文概述了当前电力供求缺口的状况以及解决供应瓶颈和管理需求的主要障碍，强调了制度和监管约束，并指出了未来政策决策应重点关注的一些关键问题。
Power generation in Ghana has gone through a number of phases: starting with diesel generators and stand-alone electricity supply systems owned by industrial mines and factories, to the hydro phase following the construction of the Akosombo dam, and now to a thermal complement phase powered by gas and/or light crude oil. A power crisis has also become a perennial development challenge in Ghana, with increasing severity that threatens the country’s economic growth and transformation. The troubling rationing system, the slowdown in industrial activity, job and income losses, and disruptions in social life are telling reminders of what now seems a perennial drag on Ghana’s development agenda. While Ghana has committed itself to universal electricity access by 2020, the real challenge is the capacity to meet this goal and, most important, to ensure that supply is reliable and adequate. This paper outlines the state of current electricity demand and supply gap and the major impediments to resolving the supply bottlenecks and in managing demand, highlights institutional and regulatory constraints, and identifies some key issues that should be the focus of policy decision-making going forward.