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Key Benefits of GIS Project
The GIS mapping exercercise offers the following benefits:
o An up-to-date and comprehensive visual profile of electrification services in Ghana
o An effective tool in visualizing existing, proposed and potential energy services under the ongoing rural electrification program
o A quick and effective method of communicating complex information to planners, entrepreneurs, stakeholders, actors and policy makers in the energy sector
o A knowledge base which can be expanded into an inclusive catalogue of national and local energy services (wind, hydro, grid, PV, etc.), as time and resources allow
Data Sources
The electrification data was collected from four (4) official sources:
1) Ministry of Energy, Accra, Ghana
2) Electrical Company of Ghana, Accra,
Ghana
2) Northern Electricity Department,
Tamale,Ghana
4) Acres International, Oakville, Canada
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GIS Mapping results
The final results yielded a full-scale GIS map of the electrification status in the Brong Ahafo region.
The image below is a scaled down version of the map, where :
// red dots - presently electrified communities
// yellow dots - unelectrified communities selected for future electrification
click map for larger image
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