Ghana GOALs - Generation, Operation, and Access to Energy, at Lowest carbon and cost solutions

加纳可持续发展目标项目将创建自给自足的智能能源社区，提供清洁的可再生能源和创新的烹饪技术，从而改善空气质量和工作条件，特别是对妇女和女童而言。加纳目标将测试现代烹饪的新概念，减少对木柴和煤油的依赖。这将与微电网的建立相结合，使用太阳能光伏板（PV）并将能量储存在电池中过夜。这些将在选定的中学和一个离网社区进行试验，以评估不同的商业模式是否可以复制。烹饪试验将从已经确定的备选学校中选出两所：一所女子学校和一所男女混合学校。性别平等和多样性将是一个关键因素，制作的教育材料将有助于改变与烹饪有关的先入为主的观念。虽然合作伙伴之一的KNUST目前正在对创新烹饪锅进行一些实际测试，但尚未大规模部署或对商业模式进行调查。使用现代烹饪技术还可以节省收集柴火和管理炉子的时间。由于加纳70-80%的烹饪使用木材或煤油，因此碳和烟雾排放的减少也将对环境和健康产生重大影响。为了帮助确保财务可行性，该项目将测试自动欺诈检测和预付费电力，作为向“智能电网”过渡的一部分，需要监测和计量能源消耗。加纳目标的主要目标是发展：1。与加纳电力公司合作，为微电网提供防欺诈净计量解决方案。学校项目和当地社区共同烹饪的商业概念。两个大型烹饪设施可容纳550名学生/人。智能微电网将优化可再生能源的使用，并使决策树分析能够评估电网的使用方式。加纳合作伙伴KNUST和EEK已经在一个地点（Yeboahkrom）部署了光伏和电池微电网。然而，这还不包括现代烹饪或净计量，相关的商业模式尚未设计或评估。该解决方案还具有在撒哈拉以南非洲推广的潜力。

The Ghana GOALs project will create self-sustaining smart energy communities with access to clean renewable energy and innovative cooking technology, resulting in improved air quality and better working conditions, especially for women and girls.Ghana GOALs will test a new concept for modern cooking, reducing the reliance on foraged firewood and kerosene. This will be combined with the creation of electrical microgrids, using solar photovoltaic panels (PV) and storing energy overnight in batteries. These will be trialled at selected secondary high schools and in an off-grid community to evaluate different business models for replication.For the cooking trials, two schools will be selected from a potential pool already identified: an all-girls school and a mixed school. Gender equality and diversity will be a key factor, and educational materials created will help change preconceptions related to cooking. Whilst some practical testing of the innovative cooking pots is currently in progress by one of the partners, KNUST, this has not been deployed at scale or the business models investigated.Using modern cooking techniques will also free up time spent in collecting firewood and managing the stove. Since 70-80% of cooking is wood or kerosene fired in Ghana, reductions in carbon and smoke emissions will also be significant with environmental and health benefits.To help ensure financial viability, the project will test automated fraud detection and pre-payment for electricity, as part of the transition to 'smart grids' needs to monitor and meter energy consumption.Ghana GOALs' key objectives are to develop:1. Fraud-resistant net metering solutions with the Electricity Company Ghana for microgrids.2. The business concept of communal cooking in both a schools' programme and a local community. Two large cooking facilities can feed up to 550 pupils/people.3. Smart microgrids to optimise use of renewable energy and enable a decision tree analysis to evaluate how the grid is used.The Ghanaian partners KNUST and EEK have already deployed a PV and battery microgrid at one site (Yeboahkrom). However, this does not yet include modern cooking or net metering, and related business models have not been designed or evaluated. The solution also has the potential for roll-out across sub-Saharan Africa.