Ghana Market report on Solar Thermal Water Heating and Drying of Agricultural Products

Auteur: 

Mr. Divine Atsu, Yankey Kwasi Isaac, Mr. Ampaw Kofi Nyarko, Mr. Parbey Joseph, Mr. Okoh Agyemang Emmanuel; Koforidua Polytechnic School, Ghana

Année: 

2015

L'accent principal au niveau géographique: 

ECOWAS Country

Country: 

Ghana

RE&EE Category Taxonomy: 

  • Cleaner Production and Industry
  • Solaire Thermique
  • Cuisson solaire
  • Séchage solaire
  • Solaire thermique pour le Froid
  • Solaire thermique pour production de chaleur Industrielle
  • Solaire thermique pour le chauffage

Fichier Tag: 

  • Market analysis
  • Key statistics

Description: 

The solar thermal market study of Ghana was elaborated in the frame of the program SOLtrain West Africa which is managed by ECREEE. The market study contains an overview of the still weak solar thermal energy market in Ghana, including chapters on solar water heating, and also on solar thermal drying of agricultural products and solar cooling in Ghana.

Except tiny and small gravitation systems, there are only very few documented pumped systems installed so far. The solar thermal potential is very high, especially for hotels, hospitals, schools and residential buildings including social buildings, as well as solar process heat in food and beverage industry.

As it is known from many other countries as e.g. Tunisia, Namibia, Austria, Germany, strong political incentives are necessary for broad dissemination. Using solar thermal for water heating instead of electricity increases the grid reserves, and reduces strongly the storage needs.

Find more information about the SOLtrain West African Program from ECREEE HERE

 

Langue du document: 

English

Item Identifier: 

DC00015