Assessment of Electrical Energy Needs of the Beauty Saloon Industry in Kumasi

Abstract

Insufficient and irregular power supply in Ghana has been a matter of concern to all. This situation runs through all industrial, commercial and domestic sectors of the Ghanaian economy, posing much challenge to economic growth. The small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) have particularly been affected because they have little or no means of generating their own alternative power. The research uses a mixed methodological approach to investigate the electrical energy needs of the beauty saloon industry in Kumasi, Ghana. It is based on the needs assessment of 202 respondents using a simple random sampling with
a standard deviation ( ) of 13.319. It is proposed that a 2.8KW Stand-alone Photovoltaic System be installed at these saloons to help solve the problem of entrepreneurs in the Beauty Salon industry.