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SYGG: Symposium Quantum Science and more in Ghana and Germany

SYGG 1: Quantum Science in Ghana and Germany

SYGG 1.6: Invited Talk

Tuesday, March 11, 2025, 12:40–13:00, WP-HS

Renewable Energy Technologies for Rural Ghana: The Role of Appropriate Technology for Tailored solutions — •Michael Kweku Edem Donkor — Department of Physics, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana

Rural Ghana is endowed with abundant natural and renewable energy resources which offers substantial potential solutions to solving energy problems in these communities. Commercially available high-tech resource-intensive technologies for harnessing these resources in contrast pose great limitations to an effective use of these resources. Appropriate technology which can be considered a driver for sustainable rural development holds potential to offer affordable, environmentally friendly, and socially equitable community specific solutions. Rural community targeted renewable energy technologies can leverage on appropriate technology to develop tailored solutions critical for creating resilient, low-carbon rural communities that can thrive both economically and environmentally.

Keywords: renewable energy resources; resource-intensive technologies; appropriate technology; socially equitable communities; sustainable rural development