The place of small hydropower electrification scheme in socioeconomic stimulation of Nigeria

Ebhota, Williams S.; Tabakov, Pavel Y.

doi:10.1093/ijlct/cty038

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“…Fossil-based energy has tremendous effects on environment and sustainable development through carbon emission, climate change and greenhouse gas emissions. The use of fossil fuel for energy in Nigeria has escalated CO2 emission from 0.0K in 1960 to 82.634.2Kt in 2016 [3]. Despite these implications, the use of renewable energy is negligible, estimated as 0.7 percent of total energy consumed among league of developing markets [4], and 1.83 percent of Nigeria's 3500 MW most consistent electricity output in recent times [3].…”

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“…The use of fossil fuel for energy in Nigeria has escalated CO2 emission from 0.0K in 1960 to 82.634.2Kt in 2016 [3]. Despite these implications, the use of renewable energy is negligible, estimated as 0.7 percent of total energy consumed among league of developing markets [4], and 1.83 percent of Nigeria's 3500 MW most consistent electricity output in recent times [3]. The imperfect state of the energy market and available solutions, low efficiency of power supply and increased tariff amidst poor services have not contributed to increased integration of renewable energy technologies in buildings.…”

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Cost factors in Zero-Carbon Technologies Applied in Buildings: Nigeria s Perspective

Ekung¹,

Ohama²,

Tiokpat³

2020

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The integration of renewable energy technologies in buildings across Africa is low. Enormous improvements to intrinsic cost drivers affecting their affordability are therefore prerequisite to achieve diffused adoption. In a search for the relevant strategies to improve the adoption of these technologies, this paper appraised critical cost factors inhibiting the affordability of solar photovoltaic (PV) in Nigeria. The research adopted a structured questionnaire survey administered to 480 stakeholders in the building sub-sector and PV value chain. Data reduction tool (factor analysis) determined the components of principal factors critical to the affordability of PV in the research environment. The result showed that the dearth of local competencies, lack of skilled labour, lack of research, lack of locally accessible technologies, high cost of maintenance, foreign exchange fluctuation, and inflation are important drivers of PV costs that must improve to facilitate PV integration in buildings. The strategies to improving PV adoption must stimulate affordability by mitigating technical and economic cost factors. The study recommends strong government incentives using waivers on tariff, education and awareness, training in requisite skills, and local manufacturing of components as prerequisite drivers needed to improve affordability.

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Cost factors in Zero-Carbon Technologies Applied in Buildings: Nigeria s Perspective

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2020

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“…SHP has been described as the best power system for rural areas and stand-alone electrification (Williams et al, 2016;Williams et al, 2017;Williams et al, 2017;Ebhota and Tabakov, 2018).…”

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This study overviews the status of the power supply; implications of the inadequate power supply; and the significance of hydropower in the socioeconomic wellbeing of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This study noted that despite the large presence of energy potentials across the entire region, the power supply is grossly inadequate. Currently, the world's highest population without access to electricity live in SSA and the number, which was 585 million in 2009 is expected to increase to 645 million in 2030. The supply of clean, affordable and adequate power in the region is compounded by the global energy trends, described as energy trilemma by the world energy council. These attributes are anchored in three pillars -energy equity, energy security and environmental sustainability. This article sees hydropower technology, which has been revolutionised over the years into different categories, as a vital modern energy source for clean power generation. The hydropower technologies discussed are large hydropower, small hydropower (SHP) and pumped storage hydropower. Hydropower provides clean, relatively cheap electricity, reliable and sustainable power supply. The study identifies SHP as a system that satisfies the modern energy attributes of low CO 2 emissions and environmentally friendly scheme, suitable for standalone and rural electrification.

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“…Even in on-grid areas, power outages are still a recurrent theme and this has posed serious constraints to economic development. Ebhota & Tabakov, (2018) in their discourse noted that the World Bank reported that Nigeria's population access to the national grid was approximately 55% and the capacity of the national grid was hovering between 4500-6000 MW for a population of over 190 million considering the untapped potentials.…”

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Small hydropower dam site suitability modelling in upper Benue river watershed, Nigeria

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Small hydropower (SHP) is one of the most critical renewable energy that is well adapted to the rural localities in less developed countries across the world. Most rural communities in Nigeria are off the national power grid and are bedevilled by an inconsistent supply of electricity. The one possible panacea to the rural energy crisis is harnessing the terrain and abundant rivers and streams within their domain. This study aimed to identify and select suitable sites for the SHP dam in the upper Benue river watershed. Ten thematic layers, land use, precipitation, geology, soil, slope, elevation, stream power index, topographic wetness index, drainage density, and flow, were integrated with Geographic information system and Analytical hierarchy process. A composite suitability map created revealed that 7.5% of the watershed is of a very high suitable class, while 17.5% of the watershed is of a very low suitable class. To select an ideal location, a semi-automatic approach was developed to identify narrow valleys by intersecting contour with stream order and the suitability layer. Eighteen (18) potential dam sites were identified after a query operation was done. The developed method was validated using field data which were correlated with the model output using t-Test; paired two samples for the mean. A strong Pearson correlation of 0.71 between the field data and the semi-automatic approach was observed. The approach offers good prospects for dam site selection. Based on a field survey, the potential dam sites are feasible economically and technically for SHP dam construction that will provide cheap renewable energy to millions of inhabitants in the watershed.

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The place of small hydropower electrification scheme in socioeconomic stimulation of Nigeria

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