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This study explores the market feasibility, challenges, and prospects of integrating mini-grids in island communities on Ghana’s Volta Lake, utilizing an exploratory sequential mixed-method design. Purposive and census sampling techniques were employed for qualitative and quantitative research, respectively, with 65 participants. Thematic analysis was applied to qualitative data from semi-structured interviews, while the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) assessed Likert scale-based questionnaire responses. Identifying 21 challenges categorized into economic, political, technical, environmental, and social classes, economic challenges ranked highest (38.64%), with access to finance as the most significant challenge (12.03%). Despite a viable market, the study highlights a potential decrease in donor funding for mini-grid development in Ghana. Significantly, it concludes that policy unsuitability has cascading effects, necessitating a modification in the approach to enhance mini-grid development in Ghana, emphasizing policy, tari scheme, and business model adjustments for holistic improvement.

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An Evaluation of Mini-Grid Integration in Island Communities on the Volta Lake in Ghana

  • 会议论文

  • 发表日期：

    2026年

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  • Prince Kelvin Owusu,
  • Caleb Annan Sarpong,
  • Ruhiya Abubakar,
  • Moses Aggor,
  • Emelia Sarpong,
  • Gibson Afriyie Owusu,
  • Jefferson Oduro Asiamah,
  • Martins Larweh Nuertey

摘要

This study explores the market feasibility, challenges, and prospects of integrating mini-grids in island communities on Ghana’s Volta Lake, utilizing an exploratory sequential mixed-method design. Purposive and census sampling techniques were employed for qualitative and quantitative research, respectively, with 65 participants. Thematic analysis was applied to qualitative data from semi-structured interviews, while the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) assessed Likert scale-based questionnaire responses. Identifying 21 challenges categorized into economic, political, technical, environmental, and social classes, economic challenges ranked highest (38.64%), with access to finance as the most significant challenge (12.03%). Despite a viable market, the study highlights a potential decrease in donor funding for mini-grid development in Ghana. Significantly, it concludes that policy unsuitability has cascading effects, necessitating a modification in the approach to enhance mini-grid development in Ghana, emphasizing policy, tari scheme, and business model adjustments for holistic improvement.