Removing barriers and promoting demand-side energy efficiency in households in Sub-Saharan Africa: A case study in Ghana

Kofi A. Agyarko, Richard Opoku and Robert Van Buskirk

Energy Policy, 2020, vol. 137, issue C

Abstract: Adoption of higher energy efficiency for electrical appliances by consumers in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is challenged with a number of barriers despite its long term energy savings and economic benefits. Inefficient electrical appliances continue to flood the markets of most SSA countries with just a few of the counties having resolute energy efficiency programs with established energy efficiency standards and labels. This paper examines the barriers to energy efficiency in SSA, with a case study on how Ghana was able to overcome these barriers by using high levels of stakeholder engagement to develop and implement its energy efficiency standards and labels for electrical appliances.

Keywords: Energy efficiency; Quadruple helix model; Electricity savings; Stakeholders' engagement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2019.111149

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