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Nigeria Quest For Renewable Energy By Dr Kenny Odugbemi
Nigeria's power infrastructure is dominated by polluting grid connected fossil based power system
Nigeria suffer acute shortage of 40% on grid customer receiving unreliable and inconsistent power below thier demand
The trust behind renewable energy is to reduce carbon emmision, accessibility,availability reliability, affordability to underserved areas that cut across
Urban industrial
Urban residential estate
Urban poor in surbub areas of Cities,town etc
There is need to build right ecosystem for deployment of clean energy using technology
These will neccessitate building local human capacity -well trained technicians as installers and commissioning officers with right skills and competence,this is another job opportunities for the unemployment youth
The need for industrial development can not be overemphasized to safe our fragile economy
Present administration has pledge to increased nominal power grid supply to about 6000MGW ,extendable by deployment of other isolated Solar grid to areas not cover by existing transmission and distribution supply across Nigeria bearing in.mind the epileptic transmission grid managed by the government and distribution sector privatized to non performers without insufficient investment, mismanaged meter distribution, institution of estimated bill there is need to augment with more reliable Solar energy
Government intervention
Reset the policy
Facilitate and Incentivise deregulation across the Subnationals
Expidite action on light out project across regions and states
Clear unpaid debt to gas supplier
Ensure licenced service providers operating at gas flare zone commence operation make additional gas capacity readily available
It is noteworthy to commend government for unbundling TransCo into two sections
System operation
Service
We now have National grid wholesale market and retail service network across 36states including Abuja
Value chain opportunities in renewable energy
Building local manufacturing capacity to provide affordable products
Local fabrication of solar battery
Building local assembly of lithium battery (Nasarawa state as prototype)
Government support required
Solar manufacturing unit need direct intervention by government in order to facilitate the reduction price of Solar energy
Need to encourage and Incentivising start up through financial institution at single digit rate
Facilitate deployment of different model and technology
Reduce tarrif of components
Incentivising production of component assembly
Encourage DFI's to build independent Solar farm grid across 36states including Abuja
Encourage Donor to derisk the renewable market
Institution to offer financing solution using skill selling customers to onboard technology for improved productivity
Further benefits of Solar
Agric value chain
Providing Solar cold storage to extend food shelf life this will provide food abundance that will further reduce 47% food inflation to single digits
Advantage
Renewable energy will bring people to energy ladder that will facilitate easy deployment
Build new business that require access to energy
We need solar farm grid to contribute to our existing National grid this can be in the following
Mini grid technology interconnected through integrated network
Increasing amount of energy generation outside grid is sarcocant
The need to provide power to people to increase productivity can not be over emphasized
Evaluation:
The text highlights the importance of renewable energy in Nigeria, specifically solar energy, to reduce carbon emissions, increase accessibility, and provide reliable and affordable power to underserved areas. It emphasizes the need for a supportive ecosystem, local human capacity building, and government intervention to facilitate deployment and deregulation.
Rating: 8.5/10
Review:
- Strengths:
- Clear emphasis on renewable energy's benefits
- Identification of key challenges and solutions
- Encouragement of local manufacturing and assembly
- Recognition of government's role in facilitating growth
- Weaknesses:
- Some points may be repetitive or overlapping