Household’s awareness and willingness to use renewable energy: a study of Cape Coast Metropolis, Ghana

Abstract

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.

Keywords

• renewable energy
• awareness
• climate change
• cape coast metropolis
• willingness to use
• energy commission
• sustainability