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Challenges and Issues Affecting the Exploitation of Renewable Energies in Tanzania
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Overview
Biomass
Challenges/ issues affecting the exploitation of biomass technologies in Tanzania include:
- Limited technical know how.
- High initial and investment costs of some biomass technologies.
- Limited awareness and exposure to the existence and potentials of the technology of Tanzanians.
- Lack of financial facilities for energy investments.
- Lack of consideration and capability to calculate life cycle costs of different energy options for Tanzanians.
-> See also country situation#Biomass Biomass
Hydropower
Challenges/ issues affecting the exploitation of hydro technologies in Tanzania include:
- Limited technical know how.
- High initial and investment costs for the technologies.
- Limited awareness and exposure to the existence and potential of the technology in Tanzania.
- Lack of financial facilities for energy investments.
- Lack of consideration and capability to calculate life cycle costs of different energy options for Tanzanians.
- External interests especially from donors.
-> See also country situation#Hydropower Hydropower
Solar Energy
A number of challenges/ issues affect the exploitation of solar technologies in Tanzania:
- Limited technical know how.
- High initial and investment costs for the technologies.
- Limited awareness and exposure to the existence and potential of the technology of Tanzanians.
- Lack of financial facilities for energy investments.
- Lack of consideration and capability to calculate life cycle costs of different energy options for Tanzanians.
- External interests especially from donors
-> See also country situation#Solar_energy Solar Energy
Wind Energy
A number of challenges/ issues affect the exploitation of wind technologies in Tanzania:
- Limited technical know how.
- High initial and investment costs for the technologies.
- Limited awareness and exposure to the existence and potential of the technology of Tanzanians.
- Lack of financial facilities for energy investments.
- Lack of consideration and capability to calculate life cycle costs of different energy options for Tanzanians.
- Limited political will.
- External interests especially from donors
-> See also country situation#Wind Wind Energy
References
- GTZ (2007): Eastern Africa Resource Base: GTZ Online Regional Energy Resource Base: Regional and Country Specific Energy Resource Database: II - Energy Resource.
