Energy and development in Tanzania

Mwandosya, M. J.; Luhanga, Matthew L.

doi:10.1016/0301-4215(93)90034-d

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“…Sharpley (2000), Liu (2003), Hunter (1995), Hassan (2000), Hunter and Shaw (2007), Lee (2013), Fodness (2017) etc., all studies discussed the importance of sustainable tourism (STOUR) in socio‐economic and financial agenda across the countries. The major studies strikes that financial management if properly executed would helpful to expand the hospitality industry (Harris & Brown, 1998) while the deployment of energy sources boosts EG through skilled human factor (Mwandosya and Luhanga (1993). The introduction of public‐private partnership in terms of financing in energy infrastructure, by adopting cleaner energy technologies, developed strong institutional framework and used desired renewable energy mix, all are important determinants of global sustainable development (Spalding‐Fecher, Winkler, & Mwakasonda, 2005).…”

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Structural changes, financial and business regulatory measures, energy and tourism demand: Evidence from group of seven countries

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The structural change is largely proliferated to adjust the momentous growth in tourism and energy demand, which is regulated by sound financial and business oriented measures in order to sustained economic profit. The objective of the study is to examine the impact of financial factors and business regulatory measures on energy and tourism demand in a group of seven (G‐7) countries, by using a consistent time series data from 1995–2015. The results of panel fixed effect regression confirm that financial and business regulatory measures increase energy and tourism demand. The panel causality results confirmed the unidirectional relationship running from finance to tourism and from energy to business regulatory measures that establish the finance‐led tourism growth and energy‐led business regulation hypothesis, while there is feedback relationship between energy and tourism, and energy and finance, which encourages the implementation of energy expansionary policies for long‐run sustained finance and international tourism across countries.

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“…Grid expansion to all Tanzania's rural areas is not ideal due to its complexity and high cost [3]. The Tanzanian electricity sector faces challenges, including a lack of funds, lack of technology and skilled personnel and less involvement of the private sector due to poor energy policy [4,5,6]. Small scale power grids integrated with renewable resources have been explored around the world as a solution for rural electrification.…”

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Decentralized solar photovoltaic battery based mini-grid for rural electrification in Tanzania: (Is Sharing Caring?)

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Access to energy enables social and economic development in rural areas. Renewable energy resource technologies such as solar photovoltaic (PV) have been integrated with mini-grids to electrify a number of remote/rural areas and reduce carbon emission. Solar photovoltaic energy has become a popular source of electricity over the decades. However, its efficiency is limited due to its intermittency characteristic caused by weather changes. Many technologies have been developed to tackle this challenge, for example, storage and hybrid systems. This thesis investigates whether decentralizing PV systems in mini-grids could reduce the inefficiencies caused by weather changes. This includes studying power interaction between decentralized locations and exploring different topology scenarios. This was achieved designing and modelling a decentralized PV battery based mini-grid in Tanzania’s rural areas where the main grid is limited. The mini-grid was modelled using MATLAB/Simulink and OpenDSS Software. This research designed a mini-grid model connecting five different located villages with SPV arrays and battery storage. SOLCAST database was used to obtain solar irradiation. A questionnaire was used get each village’s energy requirements. Results suggest that decentralized PV systems could reduce the effect of intermittency slightly, depending on the nature of the weather conditions of the locations. Also, this thesis has shown that grid connected mini-grids without storage could have both optimal technical and economic benefits compared to those with storage. This can be achieved when the price of grid energy is comparable or less than to PV energy. However, standalone mini-grids could be more attractive to rural areas, where the main grid is not in place, if it is sufficiently designed according to the location’s requirements.

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Traditional biomass energy consumption and the potential introduction of firewood efficient stoves: insights from western Tanzania

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Energy and development in Tanzania

Cited by 11 publications

References 1 publication

Structural changes, financial and business regulatory measures, energy and tourism demand: Evidence from group of seven countries

Structural changes, financial and business regulatory measures, energy and tourism demand: Evidence from group of seven countries

Decentralized solar photovoltaic battery based mini-grid for rural electrification in Tanzania: (Is Sharing Caring?)

Traditional biomass energy consumption and the potential introduction of firewood efficient stoves: insights from western Tanzania

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