Nigeria has one of the lowest electricity generation per capita rate in the world resulting
6 in shortage of power supply and heavy dependence on fossil fuels (79 % of total). At present,
7 only 10% of rural households and 50% of the country’s total population have access to national
8 power grid electricity. Separate researches conducted by Energy Commission of Nigeria and
9 Global Energy Network Institute (GENI) have concluded that 100% stable power supply from
10 renewable energy is possible in Nigeria. Yobe State (relatively rural and under developed state)
11 is located in North Eastern part of Nigeria with Damaturu as state capital. The capital itself is
12 facing serious power crisis, not getting even an hour of electricity from the …show more content…
For adoption of these alternative sources of energy,
23 creating awareness and little training to local people is required.
development and extension of services. All of these factors require 31 energy. While the non
32 renewable energy resources are limited, one has to go for harnessing renewable energy
33 resources. Nigeria is the most populous country in Sub-Saharan Africa and is one of the poorest
34 countries in the world despite the huge resource from crude oil export. If we consider per capita
35 energy demand as 0.5 KW for Nigeria (1KW in developed countries) , the energy demand for
36 Nigeria would be around 925275 MW {Population of Nigeria as on Aug. 3, 2015 is 185.055
37 million, (WPP, 2015)}. In Nigeria, the power generation is dominated by thermal and
38 hydroelectric power plants with installed capacity of 13,000MW. Natural gas (estimated
39 reserve:182TCF) is preferred to other fossil fuel sources such as coal due to lower hazardous
40 emissions and its perceived cleanliness (Ndudu, 2015).
41 Hydro power is seen as ultra clean but with unpleasant consequences on the
6 in shortage of power supply and heavy dependence on fossil fuels (79 % of total). At present,
7 only 10% of rural households and 50% of the country’s total population have access to national
8 power grid electricity. Separate researches conducted by Energy Commission of Nigeria and
9 Global Energy Network Institute (GENI) have concluded that 100% stable power supply from
10 renewable energy is possible in Nigeria. Yobe State (relatively rural and under developed state)
11 is located in North Eastern part of Nigeria with Damaturu as state capital. The capital itself is
12 facing serious power crisis, not getting even an hour of electricity from the …show more content…
For adoption of these alternative sources of energy,
23 creating awareness and little training to local people is required.
development and extension of services. All of these factors require 31 energy. While the non
32 renewable energy resources are limited, one has to go for harnessing renewable energy
33 resources. Nigeria is the most populous country in Sub-Saharan Africa and is one of the poorest
34 countries in the world despite the huge resource from crude oil export. If we consider per capita
35 energy demand as 0.5 KW for Nigeria (1KW in developed countries) , the energy demand for
36 Nigeria would be around 925275 MW {Population of Nigeria as on Aug. 3, 2015 is 185.055
37 million, (WPP, 2015)}. In Nigeria, the power generation is dominated by thermal and
38 hydroelectric power plants with installed capacity of 13,000MW. Natural gas (estimated
39 reserve:182TCF) is preferred to other fossil fuel sources such as coal due to lower hazardous
40 emissions and its perceived cleanliness (Ndudu, 2015).
41 Hydro power is seen as ultra clean but with unpleasant consequences on the