Potential of Producing Biofuels in Tanzania: An Explorative Analysis: Biofuels Production Potential in Tanzania - Softcover

Philip, Damas; Frohberg, Klaus

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3846521078 ISBN 13: 9783846521076

Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

Tanzania depends exclusively on imports for its oil requirements. The country’s dependency on oil imports has made it very vulnerable to increases in world oil prices and local oil demand. For instance, due to the increase in demand and prices the value of the country’s oil imports rose from US$ 400.3 million in 2003 to US$ 1.1 billion in 2005. Therefore, it is obvious that the cost of importing oil is a heavy burden for the country’s economy. This study is an attempt to contribute towards the knowledge base regarding the feasibility of producing biofuels in the Tanzania so as to reduce the country’s dependence on oil imports. The results show that ethanol can be produced in the country for as low as US$ 0.276 per litre by using sugarcane as a feedstock. Moreover, the results show that ethanol produced in the country can compete with traditional fossil petrol if world oil prices would not fall below US$ 30 a barrel. Since the world oil price is well above US$ 30 a barrel, then it can be concluded that ethanol can be produced competitively in Tanzania. Moreover, the results show that the production of biodiesel would require the world oil price to be at least US$ 60 a barrel.

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About the Author

Dr. Damas Philip holds a B.Sc. in General Agriculture and an M.Sc. in Agricultural Economics from Sokoine University of Agriculture. He also holds a Ph.D. from Bonn University. He is currently working as a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness of the Sokoine University of Agriculture.

Edition details

• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3846521078
• ISBN 13: 9783846521076
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 196