Energy Generation from Biomass in Tanzania Impacts and Challenges: An Overview

Omari, Arthur M.; Sarakikya, Halidini; Tesha, J.O.

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“…The use of non-modern biomass fuels for cooking causes almost 4 million premature deaths yearly and contributes to environmental degradation and climate change (WHO, 2022). The Government of the United Republic of Tanzania has implemented several measures to achieve universal access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy by 2030 in line with the 7th Sustainable Development Goal, such as increasing access to electricity, establishing the Tanzania Rural Electrification Expansion Programme (TREEP), expanding the national electricity grid, and developing solar home systems and mini-grid markets (Rugaimukamu et al, 2023;Omari et al, 2020). Despite Tanzania's effort to achieve universal access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy by 2030, only 78.4% of the population in mainland Tanzania had access to electricity, and out of those, only 37.7% were connected to it (NBS/REA, 2020).…”

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Determinants of Household Energy Use for Cooking in Tanzania

Mhagama

2024

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This article aims to examine determinants that influence the choice of energy fuel for cooking among households in Tanzania mainland. The study employed descriptive and inferential statistics to analyse data from the 2017/18 Tanzania Household Budget Survey. Regarding the main source of energy used for cooking descriptive statistics revealed that the majority (66.5%) of the households use firewood for cooking and 24.6% use charcoal while only 8.8% use other (non-biomass fuels). This indicates that the majority (91.1%) relies on traditional fuel(biomass) for Cooking in Tanzania. Based on Inferential statistics, the chi-square test found that all independent variables except Marital status and income variables were statistically significant predictors of the study dependent variable in Tanzania at a 5 per cent significant level. On the other hand, multinomial logistic model results showed that households with few members, younger heads, male-headed, not employed heads, heads having a higher level of education, located in urban and married heads were less likely to use firewood and charcoal as the main fuel type for cooking than the other types of energy such as electricity, kerosene, industrial gas, coal, generator, and solar. The researcher recommends the use of these findings in formulating appropriate policies to improve access to affordable modern energy to lessen the environmental and health impact of biomass energy use. Keywords: Households Traditional energy, Modern Energy fuel, Multinomial Logistic Model

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Determinants of Household Energy Use for Cooking in Tanzania

Mhagama

2024

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“…The 7 th Sustainable Development Goal is dedicated to ensuring the widespread availability of cost-effective, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy resources by 2030 (IEA et al, 2023). The attainment of this goal holds substantial health, environmental, and economic advantages and plays a crucial role in fostering sustainable development and reducing global energy poverty (Floess et al, 2023;Omari et al, 2020). Despite global efforts to promote the adoption of modern energy sources, there is still an excessive dependence on conventional, non-clean energy sources, particularly firewood and charcoal (Sule, 2022;Mosses et al, 2023).…”

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Estimations of Multidimensional Energy Poverty in Tanzania

Mhagama

2024

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This study assesses the level of multidimensional energy poverty in Tanzania. The study uses descriptive and inferential statistics based on data from the 2015-2016 Tanzania Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), as they provide the most comprehensive datasets for this analysis. The analysis revealed that 74.1% of households were in rural areas, while the remaining 25.9% were in urban areas. Moreover, the study found that 80.6% of household heads were considered multidimensionally energy-poor. For inferential statistics, the Alkire-Foster estimates found that 81.2% of households in Tanzania were multidimensionally energy-poor, with higher rates of energy poverty in rural areas (94.2%) and among female-headed households (84.0%). Moreover, the findings show that the dimension of modern fuel contributes the most to the Multidimensional Energy Poverty Index (MEPI) (43.6%) compared to the asset (17.9%) and education (38.5%) dimensions. The study recommends that Tanzania invest in expanding access to modern cooking fuels and electricity, improving asset ownership, and enhancing educational opportunities to address multidimensional energy poverty. We recommend that the government emphasize and focus on both renewable energy and energy efficiency development in the country by implementing energy initiatives based on National Energy Policy 2015 to increase access to modern energy services and share renewable energies in the electricity generation mix to enhance availability, reliability, and security of supply.

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Energy Generation from Biomass in Tanzania Impacts and Challenges: An Overview

Cited by 2 publications

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Determinants of Household Energy Use for Cooking in Tanzania

Determinants of Household Energy Use for Cooking in Tanzania

Estimations of Multidimensional Energy Poverty in Tanzania

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