Publications

Access to electricity is critical to rapid development. Villages can develop better and faster when all its sectors (residential, public service, and business) have access to electricity. The absence of electricity negatively affects quality of life in the home, reduces the variety and quantity of public services that can be delivered, and limits entrepreneurship and […]

As part of the Solar Lease Project at Faaso Battor, the Centre for Energy, Environment, and Sustainable Development (CEESD) has commenced installation of solar electricity to a community school within the location. The school, which was recently built by the Government of Ghana, has no source of electricity, as the community is entirely off-grid. This […]

CEESD and GlobalResolve have started demonstration of twig light in two communities in Ghana – Dormeabra and Akawli in  Asante Akim and Yilo Krobo district respectively. The device, invented by Michael Pugliese of Arizona State University, consists of a thin thermoelectric generator sandwiched  between a heat source and a heat sink. The heat sink is connected to […]

Our climate change awareness programme continued with the second in the series held at the St. Louis College of Education. The seminar was attended by over 500 students.The Lecture which was delivered by the solar systems and climate change coordinator of CEESD, KNUST, David Ato Quansah, touched on the causes of climate change, evidence of […]

CEESD and GlobalResolve – an NGO within Arizona State University – have begun research into gel ethanol production and dissemination in Ghana. The main objective is to develop strategies for large scale production and utilization of gel ethanol as a cooking fuel and as a substitute to woodfuels and LPG in households and institutions in […]

President John Evans Mills has commended CEESD members for spearheading technological innovations in Ghana. Prof. Mills made the remarks when he visited the exhibition stand of the Energy Research Group of Kumasi Polytechnic during the first Ghana Science Congress in Accra. The first ever science congress in Ghana was organized by the Ministry of Environment, […]

The 3rd Ghana Water Forum was organized under the theme “Water and Sanitation Services Delivery in a Rapidly Changing Urban Environment” at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Accra. The Forum brought together stakeholders involved in the Water and Sanitation sector to deliberate on challenges facing Ghana’s efforts in providing access to potable water […]

Two members of CEESD represented a team of engineering students from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and Arizona State University in the 2009 Mondialogo contest for engineering students. The project dubbed ‘Development of gel fuel as a possible substitute to fuelwood in Ghana won a bronze award. CEESD is currently seeking financial […]

CEESD, with its partners, Arizona State University (ASU), has won a $100,000 grant in the Power Africa Off-Grid Challenge. Together with its partner, CEESD will implement an innovative and scalable Solar Lease project at Faaso Battor, one of the off-grid community in the Kwahu Afram Plains North District of the Eastern Region of Ghana. The […]

The Ghana Strategic Partnership for Evidence Based Advocacy is a five-year project funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DGIS) and coordinated by Netherlands Development Organisation (SNV). The project christened “Voice 4 Change (V4C) Partnership” is aimed at empowering Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to advocate for a conducive enabling environment in Water, Sanitation and […]