Current Status of Pico Hydro Power Systems based on the Spontaneous Initiatives in the Southern Highlands of Tanzania

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  • タンザニア南部高地における住民主体の小型水力発電の展開
  • タンザニア ナンブ コウチ ニ オケル ジュウミン シュタイ ノ コガタ スイリョク ハツデン ノ テンカイ

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It is indispensable to learn from people's proactive approach for supporting endogenous development. The purpose of this article is to clarify the people's effort to develop pico hydro power (PHP) in the southern highlands, Tanzania. In Tanzania, about 80% of total population reside in non-electrified area and most of them are in rural areas. Even in rural areas, people need electricity for electric lighting, radios, education, government service management, medical service, charging mobile phones and etc. This study investigates PHP systems with installed capacities between tens of watts and some kilo watts. Although the generating capacities of PHP system are small, they contribute to creating economic opportunities and vitalization of rural life in several aspects. Owners of PHP systems are not expert of PHP development but such people as smallholders, teacher and part-time carpenters. Their works are based on information gained from neighboring Christian missions or artisans who have experience in PHP. They started with their small fund gained from farming or carpenter's job. Their successes have come from years of trial and error. Their PHP systems are often composed of used materials and constructed with cheap expenditures. This means these PHP systems are fully guaranteed with sustainability and possible replication in rural areas. It is important to point out that PHP can meet the contemporary socioeconomic needs by applying the technology available in rural areas. It is also worth noting that PHP may induce endogenous rural development by promoting the collaboration among residents especially for protection of fluvial environments.

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