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The potential of agro-industrial residues for production of biogas and electricity in Tanzania

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  • Kivaisi, Amelia K.
  • Rubindamayugi, M.S.T.

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This paper gives an overview of the energy demands in Tanzania, and highlights the current serious shortage of electricity. Government strategy to alleviate the problem include exploitation of the country's big natural gas reserves for power generation, and utilization of the renewable energies such as solar, wind and biogas. Important agro-industrial residues with a large potential for anaerobic conversion into biogas and electricity are identified, and their production and locations are described. Tanzania generates a total of 468,100 tonnes organic matter from coffee, sisal, sugar and cereal residues annually. Laboratory scale determinations of methane yields from the residues gave 400 m3 CH4/ton VS of sisal pulp; 400 m3 CH4/ton VS of sisal production wastewater; 650 m3 CH4/ton VS of Robusta coffee solid waste; 730 m3 CH4/ton of Arabica coffee solid waste; 230 m3 CH4/ton VS of sugar filter mat and 450 m3 CH4/ton VS maize bran. Based on these results the estimated total annual potential electricity production from these residues is 1,135 million kWh. The total oil substitution from these residues has been estimated at 0.32 million tonnes crude diesel oil per annum equivalent to 2 % of the total energy consumption in Tanzania. Case studies on the coffee and sisal processing factories indicate that exploitation of the residues for the production of electricity on site these factories is feasible. Utilization of agro-industrial residues for biogas production has a big potential for reduction of environmental pollution. The potential substitution of fossil fuel with biogas represents an annual reduction in the net CO2 emission to the atmosphere of approximately 1.05 million tonnes. By treating the residues in controlled anaerobic systems it is possible to reduce the methane emission by about 189 million m3, and at the same time reduce contamination of surface and ground waters.

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  • Kivaisi, Amelia K. & Rubindamayugi, M.S.T., 1996. "The potential of agro-industrial residues for production of biogas and electricity in Tanzania," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 9(1), pages 917-921.
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:9:y:1996:i:1:p:917-921
    DOI: 10.1016/0960-1481(96)88429-1
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    1. Bilhate Chala & Hans Oechsner & Sajid Latif & Joachim Müller, 2018. "Biogas Potential of Coffee Processing Waste in Ethiopia," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(8), pages 1-14, July.
    2. Roopnarain, Ashira & Adeleke, Rasheed, 2017. "Current status, hurdles and future prospects of biogas digestion technology in Africa," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 67(C), pages 1162-1179.
    3. Nerini, Francesco Fuso & Andreoni, Antonio & Bauner, David & Howells, Mark, 2016. "Powering production. The case of the sisal fibre production in the Tanga region, Tanzania," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 98(C), pages 544-556.
    4. Reetsch, Anika & Feger, Karl-Heinz & Schwärzel, Kai & Dornack, Christina & Kapp, Gerald, 2020. "Organic farm waste management in degraded banana-coffee-based farming systems in NW Tanzania," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 185(C).

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