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The Economics of Renewable Energy Sources into Electricity Generation in Tanzania
Joint Authors
Kichonge, Baraka
Mkilaha, Iddi S. N.
John, Geoffrey R.
Hameer, Sameer
Source
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-07-17
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The study analyzes the economics of renewable energy sources into electricity generation in Tanzania.
Business as usual (BAU) scenario and renewable energy (RE) scenario which enforce a mandatory penetration of renewable energy sources shares into electricity generations were analyzed.
The results show total investment cost for the BAU scenario is much lower as compared to RE scenario while operating and maintenance variable costs are higher in BAU scenario.
Primary energy supply in BAU scenario is higher tied with less investment costs as compared to RE scenario.
Furthermore, the share of renewable energy sources in BAU scenario is insignificant as compared to RE scenario due to mandatory penetration policy imposed.
Analysis concludes that there are much higher investments costs in RE scenario accompanied with less operating and variable costs and lower primary energy supply.
Sensitivity analysis carried out suggests that regardless of changes in investments cost of coal and CCGT power plants, the penetration of renewable energy technologies was still insignificant.
Notwithstanding the weaknesses of renewable energy technologies in terms of the associated higher investments costs, an interesting result is that it is possible to meet future electricity demand based on domestic resources including renewables.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Kichonge, Baraka& Mkilaha, Iddi S. N.& John, Geoffrey R.& Hameer, Sameer. 2016. The Economics of Renewable Energy Sources into Electricity Generation in Tanzania. Journal of Energy،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-8.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Kichonge, Baraka…[et al.]. The Economics of Renewable Energy Sources into Electricity Generation in Tanzania. Journal of Energy No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-8.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Kichonge, Baraka& Mkilaha, Iddi S. N.& John, Geoffrey R.& Hameer, Sameer. The Economics of Renewable Energy Sources into Electricity Generation in Tanzania. Journal of Energy. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1108508
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1108508