Energy is a major requirement for economic growth and development. There is a direct link between energy use, economic growth and standard of living. At the same time energy supply has serious financial and environmental implications to such an extent that uncontrolled energy consumption will have adverse consequences on the economy and the environment. The best approach to energy supply is therefore a combination of supply and demand option that ensures the least economic and environmental impacts. Should the Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy (GPRS) targets to usher the country into a middle income range of US$1,000 per capita in 2015 be realised, demand for woodfuels would grow from about 14 million tonnes in 2000 to 38-46 million tonnes by 2015, and 54 - 66 million tonnes by 2020 and would put the nation's dwindling forest under undue stress which could culminate into serious deforestation, with serious consequences on climate change, agriculture and water resources, if no significant action is taken. 3 In terms of numbers, solar energy used for largely home lighting is the most populous, numbering over 5,000 systems. In terms of system capacity, the telecom and the water pumping systems are the largest, between one to two kilowatt peak power per system. The largest single installation however is the 50 kilowatt peak solar electric-grid system on the premises of the Ministry of Energy in Accra.