During my first lesson in power system planning, the lecturer walked in and said, “to develop a country, one of the first things a government builds is a power system”. How true! Political power was responsible for the emergence of the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) when Britain, our colonial power,
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Ahmad Lawan, senate president has said that Nigeria loses about $29 billion yearly to irregular and poor power supply. The Senate President who revealed as he declared open an investigative public hearing on a motion entitled: “Power Sector Recovery Plan and the Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic” organised by the Senate Committee
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The Nigerian Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (NIEEE) on Tuesday appealed to its members to evolve strategies through hard work to tackle the problems of electricity in the country. The NIEEE National Chairman, Mr Kings Adeyemi, made the appeal during a virtual inauguration of the Governing Council of the institute. Adeyemi,
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The United States could completely power its electric grid with carbon neutral energy sources as soon as 2045, and without increasing the cost to consumers. According to a new study from the University of California Berkeley's Center for Environmental Public Policy, transitioning away from carbon-based power sources could also add 530,000
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Only half of Sub-Saharan Africa’s population have access to basic electrification. Fewer still have electricity connections that are reliable enough for productive uses. As a result, many individuals and businesses in the region turn to expensive and dirty captive power sources, while those that cannot afford to do so simply
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The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company, AEDC, announced it has in collaboration with Aquivis Technologies Limited, successful deployment of a smart high-tension overhead line fault circuit locator in Nigeria. This smart grid outage management solution deployed for the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company, AEDC, according to a statement issued by the company, is
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Renewvia Energy Corporation, a global solar developer, and All On, a Nigerian off-grid impact investor, announced a partnership to electrify rural communities unserved by conventional utilities in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. The agreement includes a commitment of $1.2 million from All On to enable Renewvia to develop and operate
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A new gallium oxide transistor can withstand voltages of over 8,000 volts (V), the highest ever reported for a device of comparable size. The advance opens up exciting possibilities for compact, energy-efficient power electronics systems based on a technology that is only eight years old: the first gallium oxide transistors
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Electricity Generation Companies (GenCos ) have said although they have increased their generation capacity to 8,145Mega Watts (Mw) in 2020, they only produce 3,987mw for Nigeria. Owing to constraints in the national grid capacity, 4,159mw has been left stranded. The GenCos under the umbrella of the Asociation of Power Generation Companies
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Let me start with a disclaimer – I am not for a reversal to full public ownership of the privatization of the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI). I favour a comprehensive review and a tweak in the arrangement to reflect the realities of the power sector as I suggested in
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