Household’s awareness and willingness to use renewable energy: a study of Cape Coast Metropolis, Ghana
This study assesses household’s willingness to use other renewable energy alternatives to meet their households’ energy demand. Interview schedules were used to gather primary data from 400 randomly selected respondents in six communities within the Cape Coast Metropolis. The results showed that hyd...
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| author | Yvonne D. A. Adjakloe Sampson Aboagye Osei Ebenezer N. K. Boateng Frances Agyapong Clifford Koranteng Abigail N. A. Baidoo |
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| description | This study assesses household’s willingness to use other renewable energy alternatives to meet their households’ energy demand. Interview schedules were used to gather primary data from 400 randomly selected respondents in six communities within the Cape Coast Metropolis. The results showed that hydro-electric power and solar were the most used renewable energy sources. LPG was the second widely used energy source because it was one of the clean energies promoted by the Ghanaian Government. The level of awareness of households’ on renewable energy was low however, most of the respondents indicated their willingness to use alternative renewable energy sources. It is recommended that the Energy Commission should increase households’ awareness that would inform their willingness to use renewable energy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-76727179bd5249be90be7caecd40190e2023-09-20T10:33:47ZengTaylor & Francis GroupInternational Journal of Sustainable Energy1478-64511478-646X2021-05-0140543044710.1080/14786451.2020.18075511807551Household’s awareness and willingness to use renewable energy: a study of Cape Coast Metropolis, GhanaYvonne D. A. Adjakloe0Sampson Aboagye Osei1Ebenezer N. K. Boateng2Frances Agyapong3Clifford Koranteng4Abigail N. A. Baidoo5Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Geography and Regional Planning, University of Cape CoastFaculty of Social Sciences, Department of Geography and Regional Planning, University of Cape CoastFaculty of Social Sciences, Department of Geography and Regional Planning, University of Cape CoastFaculty of Social Sciences, Department of Geography and Regional Planning, University of Cape CoastFaculty of Social Sciences, Department of Geography and Regional Planning, University of Cape CoastFaculty of Social Sciences, Department of Geography and Regional Planning, University of Cape CoastThis study assesses household’s willingness to use other renewable energy alternatives to meet their households’ energy demand. Interview schedules were used to gather primary data from 400 randomly selected respondents in six communities within the Cape Coast Metropolis. The results showed that hydro-electric power and solar were the most used renewable energy sources. LPG was the second widely used energy source because it was one of the clean energies promoted by the Ghanaian Government. The level of awareness of households’ on renewable energy was low however, most of the respondents indicated their willingness to use alternative renewable energy sources. It is recommended that the Energy Commission should increase households’ awareness that would inform their willingness to use renewable energy.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14786451.2020.1807551renewable energyawarenessclimate changecape coast metropoliswillingness to useenergy commissionsustainability |
| spellingShingle | Yvonne D. A. Adjakloe Sampson Aboagye Osei Ebenezer N. K. Boateng Frances Agyapong Clifford Koranteng Abigail N. A. Baidoo Household’s awareness and willingness to use renewable energy: a study of Cape Coast Metropolis, Ghana International Journal of Sustainable Energy renewable energy awareness climate change cape coast metropolis willingness to use energy commission sustainability |
| title | Household’s awareness and willingness to use renewable energy: a study of Cape Coast Metropolis, Ghana |
| title_full | Household’s awareness and willingness to use renewable energy: a study of Cape Coast Metropolis, Ghana |
| title_fullStr | Household’s awareness and willingness to use renewable energy: a study of Cape Coast Metropolis, Ghana |
| title_full_unstemmed | Household’s awareness and willingness to use renewable energy: a study of Cape Coast Metropolis, Ghana |
| title_short | Household’s awareness and willingness to use renewable energy: a study of Cape Coast Metropolis, Ghana |
| title_sort | household s awareness and willingness to use renewable energy a study of cape coast metropolis ghana |
| topic | renewable energy awareness climate change cape coast metropolis willingness to use energy commission sustainability |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14786451.2020.1807551 |
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