Renewable energy resources for distributed power generation in Nigeria: A review of the potential

Mohammed, Yekini Suberu; Mustafa, Mohd Wazir; Bashir, Nouruddeen; Mokhtar, Ahmad Safawi

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2013.01.020

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“…The reservoir has a total storage volume of 15 km 3 and a surface area of 1,270 km 2 at maximum water surface elevation (Jimoh 2008). Kainji dam has eight hydropower plants with a total installed capacity of 760 MW (Jimoh 2008) and supplies 12 % of the total electricity of Nigeria (Mohammed et al 2013). Since 1990, more frequent extreme events in inflow to the reservoir have led to increased downstream spill discharge, sometimes resulting in floods downstream.…”

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Hydro-climatic changes in the Niger basin and consistency of local perceptions

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Since the 1970s, the Niger basin has been characterized by hydro-climatic changes which have significant impacts on local populations. These changes are not well documented as a result of a decreasing observation network for hydro-climatic data. Indigenous peoples' knowledge has increasingly been considered an important component in addressing these data gaps. We evaluated the consistency of indigenous perceptions and adaptive responses with rainfall and river discharge observations in the Niger basin. Socioeconomic data were collected from 239 households in 30 communities across two settlements in the Niger basin. Data on historical rainfall and river discharge from 1950 to 2010 were analyzed and the consistency with local perceptions was assessed. Generally, there was a high agreement between observations and perceptions, but impacts of climate change in the communities were dependent on social and environmental factors that can introduce differences in perception despite identical observations. Indigenous perceptions gave good indication of the most vulnerable sectors as well as communities who also displayed the greatest willingness to combat climate change. These results suggest that integration of indigenous perceptions into climate change science, especially in data scarce regions, is highly valuable.

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Hydro-climatic changes in the Niger basin and consistency of local perceptions

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“…The highest daily solar radiation is about 7 kWh/m 2 in the northern part of the country and approximately 4 kWh/m 2 in the southern region [20,38]. Most part of Nigeria receives an average of 6.5 sunshine hours per day [39].…”

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“…However, there are some recent development in solar powering of street light in big cities such as Douala and Yaounde [38,48]. Cameroon has already installed "e-kiss" (energy-keep it simple and safe) mobile off-grid PV systems from Antaris solar ESI-Africa [49].…”

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A review on the recent progress made on solar photovoltaic in selected countries of sub-Saharan Africa

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Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

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“…In the northern part of Nigeria desert encroachment is already a major environmental problem (Akinbami et al 2003). Animals are an important part of the renewable energy for the country (Mohammed et al 2013) which is beneficial to the environmental but with human activities such as deforestation this potential is diminished as animal production is affected. One of the reasons for constant deforestation is the failure of the government to provide alternative reliable sources of fuel for the people (Odihi 2003).…”

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confidence: 99%