{"_id":"58542","citation":{"bibtex":"@article{Ngoti_2024, title={The role of sense of ownership in rural community mini-grid management: qualitative case study from Tanzania}, volume={14}, DOI={<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13705-024-00496-7\">10.1186/s13705-024-00496-7</a>}, number={163}, journal={Energy, Sustainability and Society}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, author={Ngoti, Irene F.}, year={2024} }","chicago":"Ngoti, Irene F. “The Role of Sense of Ownership in Rural Community Mini-Grid Management: Qualitative Case Study from Tanzania.” <i>Energy, Sustainability and Society</i> 14, no. 1 (2024). <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13705-024-00496-7\">https://doi.org/10.1186/s13705-024-00496-7</a>.","ieee":"I. F. Ngoti, “The role of sense of ownership in rural community mini-grid management: qualitative case study from Tanzania,” <i>Energy, Sustainability and Society</i>, vol. 14, no. 1, Art. no. 63, 2024, doi: <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13705-024-00496-7\">10.1186/s13705-024-00496-7</a>.","mla":"Ngoti, Irene F. “The Role of Sense of Ownership in Rural Community Mini-Grid Management: Qualitative Case Study from Tanzania.” <i>Energy, Sustainability and Society</i>, vol. 14, no. 1, 63, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2024, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13705-024-00496-7\">10.1186/s13705-024-00496-7</a>.","apa":"Ngoti, I. F. (2024). The role of sense of ownership in rural community mini-grid management: qualitative case study from Tanzania. <i>Energy, Sustainability and Society</i>, <i>14</i>(1), Article 63. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13705-024-00496-7\">https://doi.org/10.1186/s13705-024-00496-7</a>","short":"I.F. Ngoti, Energy, Sustainability and Society 14 (2024).","ama":"Ngoti IF. The role of sense of ownership in rural community mini-grid management: qualitative case study from Tanzania. <i>Energy, Sustainability and Society</i>. 2024;14(1). doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13705-024-00496-7\">10.1186/s13705-024-00496-7</a>"},"author":[{"first_name":"Irene F.","last_name":"Ngoti","full_name":"Ngoti, Irene F."}],"date_updated":"2025-02-10T06:02:37Z","year":"2024","volume":14,"publication_identifier":{"issn":["2192-0567"]},"language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"title":"The role of sense of ownership in rural community mini-grid management: qualitative case study from Tanzania","article_number":"63","issue":"1","status":"public","publication_status":"published","user_id":"16148","date_created":"2025-02-10T06:00:56Z","doi":"10.1186/s13705-024-00496-7","publication":"Energy, Sustainability and Society","type":"journal_article","intvolume":"        14","abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:sec>\r\n                <jats:title>Background</jats:title>\r\n                <jats:p>The majority of mini-grids in Tanzania are managed by private entities, faith-based institutions, and the government. In contrast, a limited number of mini-grids under community management strive to survive. Although the concept of “sense of ownership” is considered crucial for mini-grid sustainability in developing countries, there is limited theoretical exploration of the factors that drive this concept and its effects on community mini-grid management. This paper assesses the relationship between the sense of ownership among electricity users and the effective management of two solar community-based mini-grids with different sustainability experience.</jats:p>\r\n              </jats:sec><jats:sec>\r\n                <jats:title>Results</jats:title>\r\n                <jats:p>A sense of ownership plays a role in establishing the decision-making process of mini-grids among village energy committee members toward sustainable or unsustainable management. The mechanisms behind the sense of ownership among community members toward managing mini-grids are largely expedited by the strong leadership of village energy committee members, community participation in decision-making and resource mobilisation, especially in the preparation, design and implementation phases of mini-grids.</jats:p>\r\n              </jats:sec><jats:sec>\r\n                <jats:title>Conclusions</jats:title>\r\n                <jats:p>A sense of ownership is found to influence the effective management of community mini-grids in Tanzania. When designing mini-grid project policies and programs that target respective communities as prospective owners, energy practitioners and policy-makers should consider creating an environment that nurtures a sense of ownership.</jats:p>\r\n              </jats:sec>"}],"publisher":"Springer Science and Business Media LLC"}