ABSTRACT
As of 2018, the National Grid of Nigeria (NGN) experienced an average of twenty-eight (28) system collapses in each year of the preceding twelve years. The NGN suffered three collapses in 18 hours of May, 2019 after collapsing six (6) times in Q1 of the same year. The recent suspension of Distribution Companies (DisCos) like Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) due to ancillary payments failure has brought to light the dishonest and arbitrary estimated metering scheme adopted by the DisCos which lead customers owing them billions of Naira. A Smart Grid (SG) is a self-healing, consumer and market friendly grid using digital electric meters that records consumption in real-time, help in responding to demand and on or off power remotely. This paper presents an overview of the epileptic Nigerian power industry and the introduction of the SG as a solution to the lingering NGN system failures. It establishes how using swift Phasor Measurement Units (PMUs), Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) coupled with the self-healing attribute of the SG can facilitate fault detection, isolation and services restoration which would in turn help eliminate the recurring blackouts experienced in Nigeria.
Index terms: smart grid, system collapse, blackouts.
Author: Ahmad, Abdulbaki A.
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Nice article
Thank your for stopping by, ma’am.
This is indeed a job well done
Well said and well done
Nice job dearie
Thank you, ma’am.
Best researches are those that provide solution to contemporary societal problem… This research hit the heart of our major problem in the ‘power’ sector…
With young Engineers of this clibre, Nigeria’s future is bright…
Keep the ball rolling Abdul.
Thank you for stopping by, sir. I hope the government will take the recommendations given and ensure their proper implementation. To our engineers of our generation, we believe nothing can be realized without sustainable power supply. Thanks for the motivating words, once again, sir.
This is an excellent move. Keep going.
Any country that want burst it economy must have a steady power supply, this research is timely and really commendable.
Government should know that steady power supply bring/create job opportunities and that reduce rate of poverty and other social vices we’re encountering in the country.
And I want the Federal Government and any other stakeholder to please consider the recommendations made by this young engineer in this paper, I’m sure if implemented is going to make an impact.
Thank you sir. We will surely keep going, with you, we can work this country out of the present dire mire. Reliable, sustainable and affordable electricity is a must, not a choice.
Thank you, sir.
Indeed, i do commend the author of this work. It is timely and i do believe your work will address so many issues.
Thank you sir.
Mr author, just as much as i commend your effort, i still want to draw your attention to certain things i notice in your work.
1. Please, do well to explain the differences between the transmitting unit and the distribution unit in power supply.
2. What is the basic use of a transformer in a community ?
3. What is the usage of a prepaid meter in our various houses?
4. …services restoration which would in turn help eliminate the recurring blackouts experienced in Nigeria. I got this from the ending part of your abstract. What do you mean by this write up because i want to know if you are promising Nigerians that your project aims at generating a non stop supply of power such that we no longer need PHCN.
Good morning brother. I don’t know whether you really went through the paper, but from all I can see is either you read through the abstract alone or you skimmed through the paper without actually going through the content. Shall we assume you read it, some questions here would be strictly out of scope. With all that, I’ll try to answer and do justice to every query you flagged. Here we go:
1. To best understand transmission and distribution differences, I’ve to go back to my internship days and narrate to you how the electricity is made available from the power stations to the consumers at home. Here in Nigeria, the electricity value chain is realized in three phases. The tradition is to generate voltage at around 11kV (or 16kV indeed) by the Generation Companies (Gencos) at locations far away from the load centers. After the generation of this voltage, it’d then be transformed by the power stations’ step up transformers to 330kV (to prepare it for the long distance journey, say, from Egbin in Lagos to Kumbotso Transmission Station in Kano). This is done to avoid the losses experienced over long distance of transmission. The voltage would arrive into Transmission Company of Nigeria substations as what we call High Voltage Alternating Current (HVAC). The TCN would then use step down transformers to step it down to 132kV for other transmission stations and 33kV for the distribution feeders. The distribution would then take over and take the 33kV into their injection substations, here the voltage is stepped down to 11kV which would be fed into the small capacity transformers you see in your quarters Mr Clinton. The quarters transformers would then step the 11kV voltage down to 415V for line voltage and 240V for phase voltage (there are special cases where the 33kV from the TCN will be fed directly into quarters transformers that can transform it directly to 415V without passing through the DisCos, an example is Garko feeder here in 132/33kV Wudil Transmission Station where I first did my internship before proceeding to 330kV Kumbotso Transmission Station).
From the narration above, you might have understand that the transmission network (TCN in our case) is like an intermediary between the GenCos and the DisCos. They wheel the power from the power stations to the load centers while the distribution network takes over from the transmission network and distribute the supply to the consumers.
2. The basic use of a transformer anywhere is to transform voltage which might either be step up or down.
3. The function of a prepaid meter is to measure the supply a consumer consumed and bill him for that in prepaid mode.
4. The study is not heading where you mistook it to. First, let me enlight you on something, as we are taking now, there is nothing existing called PHCN as it was unbundled into the Generation Companies (GenCos), the transmission network (TCN) and the Distribution Companies (DisCos). Among the mentioned, it is only the TCN that is strictly owned by government. The study is a byproduct of my experience at TCN. The system collapses of the national grid are too much to bear. The little we are generating is always lost due to these cascading failures (load is lost whenever there is an outage, either planned or emergency, though we don’t call planned outage loss as loss, but rather load interrupted —TCN registers really). The paper yearns to provide ways to curb out the commonplace system collapses of the national grid and prepare the transmission network for expansion by converting it into a ring network from the radial scheme we have.
Something interesting you should know here is, shall we increase our generation with the current wheeling capacity of TCN, it’d be useless as the generated power would be useless since it cannot be wheeled to the load centers. To achieve everything, we have to be realistic, we first manage what’s at hand and then go for the surplus by modernising and upgrading the grid. Smart Grid come most handy in this.
Thanks for the questions brother. I really appreciate your foresight. I’d be looking forward for more questions from you. Cheers.
That was pretty good and mind blowing, Perhaps you are not just to be a good Engr but as well a good writer. Keep it up, and wish you success in your journey.
Thank you Mr Abubakar.
Yet indeed another nice job
Thank you Adeniyi Adebayo Muhammad.
Nice write up, “significance of study” section could have come after the “introduction” section or “Literature review” section.
Noted sir. Thank you.
That’s awesome Abdul…the Discos has their own problem for always blaming consumers for not paying although they have their prepaid meter.
Engine Question your observation is right, though the people who have meters installed are not as much as those on estimated billing. It is obvious that the collection officers prefer the estimated billing as bucks can be laundered without any trace. The issue is almost solved as the FG is about to prohibit estimated billing completely in Nigerian power value chain. Thanks for the observation.
Nigeria government always complaining of economy failure but yet failed to understand that inadequate power supply play a vital role in that, I’m assuring them that, they can’t revive the economy without standardizing their power sector.
Angara as you hinted, the economy will continuously be crippled whatever measure taken without reliable power supply. Investment will continue to be quite low unless the problem of power supply has been addressed. Thank for this true and straightforward view Mr Angara.
That’s a splendid work engineer Abdulbaki. The theme of the paper seems to have scratched the most itching issue of this country. Epileptic power supply has been and is still affecting Nigeria in a negative way. The issue raised by this paper can be felt by almost every Nigerian (maybe only the ruling class can be exempted). I believe implementing the recommendations of this young researcher will pull us out of this ancient mud.
I hope it will be implemented brother. Thank you Mr Almukhtary.
This paper couldn’t have come at a better time. This paper reads like a textbook written by a host of professors and the awareness that it’s hy a young student gives one hope for a better future for the country. Well researched and well composed, a testament to Abdul being a great writer. With this he has shown no topic can be a taboo for him, shown us that he is a sackful of ideas. Never have I been enlightened like this about electricity, it made me aware of how cheated we are but it manages to gives us hope by providing wise solutions. A genuis. Brother I wish you well. And hope to be like you.
Thank you Mujahid for reading through even though you’re a man of English literature not engineering technicality. I hope all the solutions outlined by the paper would be considered by the concerned stakeholders. We have suffered a lot and we shouldn’t suffer more. Everything, I reiterate everything, cannot be realized without rectifying this issue of paralytic power supply. We have many young minds racking their brains and inventing patents to provide solutions to the Nigerian problems, but nothing can be realized as power is a prerequisite to all these latest inventions and researches. Thanks for stopping by Mr Mujahid.
I’m not expert in this field. I cannot help but marvel at this paper which to my belief if given the desired attention, can help ameliorate the lingering power problems in Nigeria. How I wish it will fall in the right hands..
Surely, this is a very insightful and inspiring piece.
Thank you Mr Zakiyyu Sanders. We hope the call would reach where it is meant for. Ours is to write, wail and call until we are heard. Power to Nigerian populace is a must, something that must be supplied for our peaceful coexistence because, without stable electric power, unemployment will be at its peak and when unemployment is there, everybody knows the consequences.
That’s a very good attempt Ahmad. You’ve done a lot trying to tell us the consequences of insufficient power supply. By the way, as an electrical engineering student, I will like to ask some questions on the issues you raised.
From what I understand, I see you talk on phasor measurement units, but what separates it from the SCADA we know?
Keep up the good work.
Kwankwasiyya, I am delighted with this question and how your brain leapt and compares the Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) with the PMU. Thanks to our internship at Transmission Company of Nigeria, we have had first hand experience on the SCADA system.
To be apt and brief, SCADA is used for supervision and acquiring data within the grid, but one thing obvious is it cannot decide in critical conditions. Here I mean, in terms of automatic load shedding (I know you’re quite aware of the term from your internship training), rerouting loads and many other intelligent operations that can be carried out by the Phasor Measurement Units (PMU). The system operator is provided with the data, it is his own to decide with what should be done with the data in SCADA.
Something important here is that, a power fault is something that develops rapidly, so in critical conditions the system operator might not be fast in responding to those faults though the SCADA allows remote operation of the grid components.
Therefore, the PMU is more advanced than SCADA as it can automatically sense and detect faults and prevent them by taking instant measures. If the problems are inevitable, the PMU will isolate the faulty and prepare for automatic restoration due to its self healing capability.
You should notice that incorporating PMUs is not taking SCADA out of the game, but rather, they’d be coupled for proper operation of the grid.
I hope I have answered your question engineer? Do well to ask more of this questions. That’s what bring the paper into life and digest the information for everybody’s understanding. Thank you.
Thanks for stopping by, sir. Will appreciate your questions if you have. Do well to ask on anything that has proved complex and baroque, I am over ready to answer you.
Nice thought
Indeed this is nice essay full of thought and creativity Abdul keep it up
Thank you Mr Munzali. I hope you’ve understand what you read. Any question you might have, feel free to ask me, it’d be my pleasure to attend to you. Thank you.
This paper is really important looking at the current status of electrical power system in our country, it may be a solution to the problem of transmission as well as the distribution of electrical energy in Nigeria.
Thanks slot Abdul keep it up.
Thank you Musa Bara’u. The paper has really considered the issues you have talked. From the comment, I am quite sure you have gone through the paper. We really hope the government to peep in into this research and look at the possibility of implementing it. Thank you Mr Musa.
This work is great. I just feel like a star is born.
Carbon emission helps deteriorate climate change. you have written that smart grid will help curb the excess of carbon emision. How is the SG connected to carbon emission?
Thank you Mr Ahmad, I really appreciate this question of yours. This has vividly shown your eagle-eyed observation whilst reading through the paper. I hope you’ll ask more of this. Thank you.
Now, going to the question, Smart Grid (SG) in its complete form is an environment saver. It was solidly confirmed that the SG pollution is only about 2% whilst that of the Conventional Grid (CG—here I mean traditional grid) is about 10%.
Smart grid helps in saving the environment from generation to transmission and to distribution. It employs distributed generation which comes handy as eco-friendly mini grids can be incorporated. These mini grids usually employ renewables such as solar, wind, biogas and others as their working materials. This, I believe, will surely curb out the excess carbon emission we’re witnessing into the environment.
Now, coming to the aspect I addressed in my paper, the aspect of faults and recurring system collapses. With the continuous repeated collapse of the national grid, people have to find way to compensate, here I mean finding alternative sources of power supply. These small generating sets (I don pass my neighbour) and the heavy machineries used in industries emit high amount of carbon into the environment (these I believe you have must have witnessed in Kano especially during the dusk when people are starting their generators for light.)
I have seen many young minds researching on improving the generation, but I don’t think somebody who can’t manage what’s at hand can go for more, if, then how would he manage it?
To this day, Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) does not have the capability of wheeling the totality of our theoretical generating capacity, then how do you think the generated surplus would be utilized? Believe me it would be wasted. Smart Grid remains the only solution we have for now, it can take care of the generation loopholes, transmission pangs and the distribution kleptomaniac activities we have been witnessing. It’ll save the consumer and the national economy as a whole.
Thank you Mr Al-Amin Ahmad for this question of yours. I remain open to every question you might have. Feel free to drop it for analysis here. Have a nice day ahead.
Engr Abdulbaqi u really impressed me, u are the kind of Engineer’s that this generation need who’ll research for a problem and suggest possible solutions. May Allah see u through and bless all the young engineer’s with such a charisma
Thank you Mr Nura for your comment and prayers. To be sincere, engineers nowadays are so reluctant to do their own part, that’s what Prof S.I. Birninkudu would tell us in class. During my internship at TCN, I’ve witnessed many events and things that made me think, what’s the problem, where’s the loophole? After many weeks of analysing the problem, asking questions, I then realized that the problem is collapse, system collapse. Anything you see bad in this country believe me it’s solidly connected to the paralytic power supply of the grid. Banditry, kidnapping, armed robbery and all the vices we have been witnessing are power related problems. Without power, unemployment will be at its peak, and when youth are unemployed, we should get ready for something worse than the Boko Haram we have witnessed. I am not the one saying this, it’s the philosophy of nature.
You see, first before going anywhere, we have to be realistic. I don’t think we can be working on generating more power which would be wasted along the transmission route. Let us first utilize what we have by turning the radial scheme we are having into ring network (an explicit feature of smart grid.) This will allow loads to be rerouted when having faults at a particular side of the grid. After, we then incorporate smart grid (if we are smart indeed) which would take care of the transients of the power supply value chain. By this, I believe we can then move forward to generate additional supply.
Thank you for stopping by, sir Nura.
Your skills are unmatched, your knowledge is priceless and your experience is invaluable.
These smart grid experience will plays very important roles in solving many disputes among a society.
Sure Mr Ali Bukar. The Smart Grid will come most handy at this period. This is the epoch of electric power, without electric power you don’t have anything. I believe by implementing the PMUs and AMI, many of the present day failures will be squelched. Thank you for stopping by.
Your skills are unmatched, your knowledge is priceless and your experience is invaluable.
These smart grid experience will plays very important roles in solving many disputes among a society.
I must say, it’s really a nice work. To be rightly guilded, I need some clarifications:
Why is the overall loses in SG greater than that of conventional grid system, please explain further..
Your work is not evenly distributed between the margins, can you account for that?
Don’t you think that three index terms for a research of this magnitude is too small?
Also, do you think that if this is fully implemented, everyone/ every customer would then pay for every power used? Please explain further
What makes your work different from other works in this phase?
Anticipating your respond sir!
Thank you brother for this questions of yours. I really appreciate your efforts of goingthrough the paper. Although it’s obvious from your first question that you haven’t read the paper, but rather you skimmed through it. Let me start by answering your questions one after the other.
1. The overall losses of smart grid are never greater than that of conventional grid. You got things mixed up. But as I’ve understood where you’re heading to, let me take you there.
The overall losses of conventional grid are far greater than those of smart grid (the latter accounting 10% whilst the latter has about 2%). This is because, losses can either be cable losses, equipments losses, customer metering losses and power unaccounted for. Considering the smartness of the SG and its feedback path, all the above losses can he reduced to smallest tolerable value.
2. The work not distributed across the margins, I don’t get the question. You please recraft it in a better way.
3. The index terms are OK as per my paper. Those three can deliver you to almost all the facts in that paper if you’d care to look up. An abstract is not something lengthy and we were instructed to make sure that our abstracts are not more than 200 words (which I see many of us violated). In a bid to abide by those rules, I made sure that my abstract is apt and precise without verbosity or grandiloquence.
4. Yes sure. Every kWh consumed will be accouted for as the billing would no longer be human-executed (only human-aided). The utilities can turn off power remotely for a consumer who fails to pay for his consumed power. The kleptomaniac collection officers would no longer have the autonomy of laundering funds in the electric value chain.
5. My work is different with everything that has been seen in this field here in Nigeria. It is among the first papers (if not the first) to dedicate its approach to addressing the system failures witnessed using the smart grid technnology.
Thank you for the questions.
Well done is better than well said and you have proved it with your great effort. You are a perfect doer and a man of dedication. Keep up the great work!
In the end you are a winner! You are one of those great people who doesn’t wait for opportunities to come and knock on their door but step out to look for them. All the best!
This is the beginning of many more good things to come. May you get everything, that you could demand. Best wishes in all you do and congrats on the job well done!
Thank you engineer Muhqtar. I really appreciate seeing you up here though the exam stresses. I hope you’d go through the paper and drop your question if you have. I am over ready to answer anything you feel worthy to be answered. Thank you.
“SMART GRID: THE VIABLE ROUTE TO TROUNCING NIGERIA’S RECURRING SYSTEM COLLAPSES” Paper written by Ahmad, Abdulbaki A. has a great impact on tackling the problems and challenges facing Generation, Transmission and Distribution of Electrical Power in our country in terms of rapid system collapse, over billing of electrical consumers and inadequate distribution of power Following through this write up I found it very viable and therefore recommend Federal government to look into the recommendations stated by the author as a final and lasting solution towards provision of effective and efficient Electrical Power to the Country and also I recommend this piece for students and researchers as a tool of project or research in the future.
AMINU ZUBAIRU
Potential Electrical Engineer in the Department of Electrical Engineering,
KUST, Wudil
18th October, 2019
What an extensive research!
It must circulate tru the blood and thigh.
I do believe it’ll be a thunderstrike in the world of extensive researchers esp technical ones.This work will ameliorate the problems and challenging facing power supply especially in transmission and distribution of electrical power in this country because after i scrutinize this paper , i realized that everything we see happen in this country its firmly connected to the paralytic power supply. We hope your work will be considered by the concerned stakeholders and finally implemented.
Well! Young engineers forum really proud of you and your research, we hope you’ll join the forum in no time. We ask Allah to keep your ball rolling till it touches every antenna surrounding the globe .
By the way! Sen Engine Rabson from electrical engineering ,kust wudil. I hope to be a genius like you.
Regards to engineer Rabson. I pray that the Lord will answer your prayers. May this country be rensomed from its present dilemma and dire mire of electricity penury through this work. Cheers.
Indeed nice job
Thank you Mr Garko.
Wow, I’m really happy with what this young engr as well as young writer did in person of Abdulbaki A. Ahmad. This paper as I go through, It has very much impact on how to solve the problem as well as the challenges facing our electricity system interm of transmission and distribution. As I’m not expert in this part to say much about the paper, but I’m very much sure if federal government consider this research it will be enough to provide almost all the possible solution to the country interm of power generation as no country will develop without standard power generation.
I do hope that the federal government and stakes holders will consider the recommendation made by the writer. And finally i wish this paper to reach were it suppose to reach.keep moving my friend
Mr Anas I hope your wishes and prayers will be realized. The government should finally do something about this scenario for the realization of every bit of our colossal national needs. Nothing would be realized without reliable and affordable power supply. The affordability and reliability can only be realized by revamping the grid, integrating sensory and monitoring devices is the only outcome. Here, PMUs and AMI come most handy.
Mr Anas I hope your wishes and prayers will be realized. The government should finally do something about this scenario for the realization of every bit of our colossal national needs. As I was going through this site I saw a post which is completely desperate, even going to the extent of thinking that the country’s power will continue to be on these tenterhooks. The issue here is, he is right to have that very view because every step taken failed, but not because of the failure of the planned systems, instead everything was due to the corrupt system of the country.
Nice piece from my gaffer..
I know and am certain… That you will go places
Thank you Mr Emmanuel Bayo. Grateful for stopping by. You know, engineers like you need to be on the forefront of this issues. You’re inundated with ideas and high craft skills to bring many patents to reality. I believe you should come forward Mr Bayo. KUST Wudil will be proud of someone like you I believe.
This is a superb innovation. More insight Damola Moses
Thank you Mr Japhet.
Well-done dear nice one
Thank you ma’am.
Nice one dear
I really stopped when I read this
“The government should intervene and subsidize the metering process as many consumers might not be able to possess the smart meters.”
I think this have to put into consideration due to our economic problem.
Thank you ma’am. Surely, I recommend it should be subsidized due to the unfriendly economic environment of the country. Thank you for stopping by.
Our engineer. I commend your efforts wallahi and I hope what you said can be realized. Thanks for enlightening us.
Thanks for reading through Abbas. I hope you’ve enjoyed and appreciated what you read. Hope you’re also working on seeing it achieved. That your big farm will benefit enormously by having standard power supply in this country. Mi yettii.
I really appreciate this text and I give this paper my support. Let government put it in to practices and see the development behind it.
Thanks Mr Sulaiman. I hope the government will see to it that the paper is executed. I am planning on lamenting this issue to the MD, Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Engr Muhammad Usman Gur whenever he’s back at 330-kV Kumbotso Transmission Station here at Kano or through the working staff there. We really need to do something. Thanks for stopping by.
Did you think that its economically possible to be adopted in Nigeria
Sure it is Mr Sulaiman. The Federal Government disclosed on September 25 of this year that it has injected about 1.5tr into the power industry in the preceding two years. The government, with proper and sincere execution can achieve that. Yes sure, employing the smart grid capital cost is somehow high compared to the semi-dead system we are having, but it worth the efforts.
Furthermore, the idea is feasible as I had to contact experienced workers in the sector before pulling the strings. It is an assured process of saving this country brother. Thanks for stopping by.
Great worked
Thanks for stopping by sir Jalal. I remain grateful.
Well said abdulbaqy, this research is of vital importance which can help my mother nation to enhance electricity supply and management and overcome its obstacles, so keep it up. And in many areas the distribution is low and some areas have no electricity at all, nevertheless, tempering and illegal use and connection of the electricity also help in system shutdown or knock. M.j.i
Thanks MJI. How I wish people will have an eagle eye like yours. This is not your field but because of you being a polymath, you’ve devoured everything. I like your sense of flexibility. Thanks for stopping by.
What are the 6 types of engineers?
Good morning Mr Ahmad. I don’t know where you spotted the six type of engineers on the text and I don’t think I’ve talked on something like that. With all that, I’ve known about the hierarchy of engineering discipline which is
Engineer > Technologist > Technician > Craftsman.
And from the hierarchy you’ll see they are four. Thank you anyway.
If you feel I have not answered your question, do well to put it in a more understandable way.
Great job
Thanks Ahmad.
Mr abdulbaky, since u ve found the collapses. how can we reduce or prevent such system cillapses?
Thanks Mr Jinjiri Allo. I really appreciate your question. You know, that’s what the paper addressed. The collapses were already there, and we surely know, as engineers, that something must be done to tackle the issue. I introduced some vital technologies we can employ—PMU and AMI. These technologies can help curb out the system collapses. Hope I have answered the question sir Allo?
November 5 ,2019 your research is very important because any problems to see through system. May Allah help you. Engr.
Thank you Mr Kabiru.
Nyc work my brother…..
Keep it up
Thank you Mr Haruna. I really you stopping by.
Best of luck engineer.!
Thank you Mr Sammani. I remain humble.
Nice work engineer your idea is indeed helpful to this great nation. But my question here is , under the challenges you made mention of, use said ”Failure of customers to pay for the power consumed. It was estimated that 30-40% of
Nigeria’s consumed electricity is unbilled”. Then how do you think this problem of unbilled can be solved? More especially in the rural areas?
Thank you sir Idris Sadiq Musa. Your question is very important for sure. Nigerian rural areas are those that are most affected by the issues of this unreliable power supply. Theirs is not even an issue of unreliability, but an issue of being on the grid. Many Nigerian villages are off grid without an alternative rather than the biomass energy they have cope with there. This is where the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) will play its role by first either connecting them to the grid or providing alternatives through the renewables which can best be experienced using the smart grid technology. After providing them with power supply, then the issues of meters can then be settled. Private investors also needs to be in this journey as they can help for the betterment of the scenarios we are witnessing here.
Thanks brother Sadiq. I hope I have answered the question.
A nice move by the way
Thank you Mr Bello. It is a pleasure hearing from you.
Thank you Mr Zahraddeen Bello. It is a pleasure hearing from you.
Please, how does self-healing deal with vandalism and illegal connection?
Also, explain what you mean by “Power System failures inflict consumers in a negative way. the vitiation of the economy caused by the NGN collapses for both domestic and industrial consumers are hair-raising leading to the strategic crackdown of many industries, these in turn affecting the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by about 2.5% (12)”.
Good evening sir, thanks for stopping by and dropping your questions. The issue of vandalism is not directly connected with self healing. But along the way, vandalism and illegal connection are connected with smart grid explicitly via the Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI). The modern smart meters can detect attempt to temper with the meters by illegals connection to bypass payment. Detecting and preventing this issue of meter tempering is directly reducing vandalism.
For your second question, it’s an obvious fact whose domino effect is visible on the face of every Nigerian. Many industries were shutdown due to the meagre power supply of the country. I can draw examples with many textile that shutdown here in Kano for the infeasibility of the business with self-provided power. These crackdowns and the effects on small scale businesses affect the country negatively by wrecking unemployment among the populace. Shall we have standard power supply, almost $1billion can be saved.
Thanks for stopping by, hope I have answered the question.
Good work engineer Abdulbaki. Wish you the best.
Thanks sir Galadima. It is a pleasure you stopping by.
To me, what Nigeria need is more and more Generation until we catch up with the rest of the world.. But why do you think improving the transmission system should come first before increasing the generation?
Thanks Mr Bello for this important question, I really appreciate it. Now going into the question, as you said, Nigeria indeed needs additional generation as what we are currently generating is not up to the demand. But one thing obvious is, we can’t accommodate additional generation with the present transmission network we have in Nigeria. This is an obvious fact which is reiterated even by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) itself. The present wheeling capacity is far below the Nigerian demand. That’s why the Transmission Company of Nigeria embarked on Transmission Expansion and Rehabilitation Programme (TREP) which is centered on expanding the transmission network to cope with the generation. To sum things up, generation is needed Mr Bello as it’s far below our requirement, but it will be a waste without a robust transmission network as it cannot be wheeled from the power plants to the load centers. Therefore, for the realization of proper and sustainable electricity value chain in the country, the transmission shall first be expanded, then the generation will follow up.
Thanks for stopping by and I hope I have answered the question. If you have any more question whirling in your head, feel free to drop it, I’ll attend to it.
Then do you see the possibility of integrating the so-called smart grid by the TCN then?
Sure I see Mr Bello. I am a certified policymaker by the British Council. I believe that we are all stakeholders in this and we can enact policies that can work in our favour. The smart grid remains Nigeria’s best option in consideration with overwhelming problems disturbing the present conventional grid. Thank you for this wonderful questions of yours.
Hi Ahmad. Interesting Paper. In a world where green energy solutions are becoming easier to acquire and deploy, Nigeria really has no excuse to continue to suffer power outages. The frustration of inefficient power delivery has made many individuals seek personal solutions in the form of a home solar power system. Do you advise the government to aggressively encourage home solar systems as part of the solution to our present power delivery challenge?
Good morning, sir. It is indeed an honour hearing from you. For your question, it is in the affirmative tone—the government should encourage home solar systems, biogas, wind and any other renewable. Nigeria is blessed with all the aforementioned renewables and we should no longer sit and be tortured by power dearth. We (electrical engineering undergraduates on my campus) are planning on creating a social media campaign that will draw the attention of the government on the dire situation we find ourselves in and mandate it to switch to the renewables. These will save the country from many threats including environmental ones. If they’d do that, then smart grid is necessary to enhance deployment of micro grids which stands as the best solution to our country. To sum up, I am strongly suggesting not only solar, but every renewable to be considered by the government in ending the power deficiency we are witnessing in this country. Thank you for stopping by, sir.
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