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Following this introductory chapter,
chapter two continues with a general description of the
regulatory, institutional, and policy environment for
Renewable Energy (RE) in Tanzania. The chapter describes the
main existing institutional arrangements in place and shows
that the country's legal framework is conducive to
private sector RE initiatives. Chapter three discusses the
fundamentals of project finance, the basic components of
financial analysis, and common due diligence factors
concerning RE investments. This discussion provides a
framework for a better understanding of RE financing, which
from a banker's point of view requires a different
approach than the more traditional balance sheet-focused
financing. Chapters 4 through 8 go over each of the most
common RE technologies: chapter four: Hydropower; chapter
five: biomass; chapter six: biogas; chapter seven: solar PV;
and chapter eight: wind. Each of the chapters discusses both
the basic technical and financial aspects of the
technologies. Each chapter will provide the reader with a
basic understanding of the technology in question and the
associated financial challenges. In the chapters on
hydropower (chapter four) and biomass (chapter five), a
financial 'back-of-the-envelope' model is included
as well.
