IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON HOUSEHOLD ENERGY USE IN GHANA

January 9, 2019 | News | Reading time: 3 min

The outbreak of the COVID 19 pandemic has caused immerse havoc to health systems and economies, causing major disruptions across the world including Ghana. It is unknown how the pandemic and the different government response and control measures for COVID 19 have affected the clean energy landscape in Ghana, including the demand and supply of clean energy, and government policies on clean energy. The aim of this study is therefore to assess the impact of the COVID 19 pandemic on household access to and sustained use of clean energy for cooking and also the implementation of the Cylinder Recirculation Model (CRM) in Ghana. This is a cross sectional study which will employ a mixed method approach for data collection.

The study will be guided by the EPIs framework (figure 1 below). It will be conducted in the Kintampo North and Obuasi Municipalities. It will involve key players in the clean energy sector such as households, LPG Purveyors and relevant policy makers and implementers. The findings of the study will highlight the mitigating factors in the household energy sector during the pandemic, provide lessons that will improve the resilience of the sector to ensure sustained use of clean fuels and inform the implementation of clean energy programs during pandemics. This is a collaborative research between Household energy researchers at Kintampo Health Research Centre, Ghana, Columbia University, USA and University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom and is funded by the Implementation Science Network (ISN). The study will be conducted between July 2020 to January 2021.n