DaudaAbu:


I expected that many far northern state shuld have been depending on solar already.

I read somewhere that if only 1% of our 937,000sqkm of our land mass can be used for solar farm then we would generate more than 10x the amount of power we need..... and i wonder with all the billion spent every yr and the area that has been encroached by the desert ,which will give us areas of maximun irradiarion,why we have not even look at that alternative all this while

DaudaAbu:


I expected that many far northern state shuld have been depending on solar already.

I read somewhere that if only 1% of our 937,000sqkm of our land mass can be used for solar farm then we would generate more than 10x the amount of power we need..... and i wonder with all the billion spent every yr and the area that has been encroached by the desert ,which will give us areas of maximun irradiarion,why we have not even look at that alternative all this while

DaudaAbu:
Come oh.. is it cumpolsary that only FG that hav to build power plants?

Are states not allowed to build their own power stations due to their natural endowments ?

Pls anyone that know how this thing work should let us know.

Because am surprised that countries that are in the forefront of solar panels manufacturing and usage are cold countries but we, with all the sunshine and what have you are still struggling to generate light and accept solar as a source of generating same in large scale

greenmonk:


The fact is that at the current cost of solar power no country including the US have been able to use it beyond a back-up mode for essential services. Anybody dreaming to use solar in commercial volume is just day-dreaming for now.

Goke7:
Hydro is the just the best alternative, good to know the govt is thinking in that direction. I hope the ikere gorge dam in one Ogun, Oyo state is included too

Horus:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNimri7ZExs

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obailala:
How much does it really cost to set up a solar farm of 1000mw?

This is an option we should have explored a long time ago. But we keep relying on the erratic gas simply because we are looking for how to utilise our gas and stop flaring. Its time we start building windfarms in coastal cities and solar farms in the sahel regions. India produces up to 12,000mw from solar power alone.

Nbote:


Are u serious or u really don't know? Govt thinking in dat direction? D country have been using hydroelectric power since donkey years already via d Shiroro and Kainji Dam mainly which is why power generation drops once d dry season sets in fully. Maintaining and upgrading d already existing once to full capacity so as to optimize production should b a priority first. With d deposits of coal in Enugu, anoda thermal plant there should b considered and it's high time d nation moves with d times and start considering nuclear power generation.

MIKOLOWISKA:
is it there hungry governor's looting left right centre. Obj said anybody can collect licence and build but refused to allow Lagos under fashola to do so cos they were opposition

DaudaAbu:
Come oh.. is it cumpolsary that only FG that hav to build power plants?

Are states not allowed to build their own power stations due to their natural endowments ?

Pls anyone that know how this thing work should let us know.

Because am surprised that countries that are in the forefront of solar panels manufacturing and usage are cold countries but we, with all the sunshine and what have you are still struggling to generate light and accept solar as a source of generating same in large scale

fiizznation:
May God bless you my bro. Maintaining and upgrading the ones you have now are the key words and that's exactly what I was preaching in a similar thread like this some days ago. Diversification in the power sector is not an option for now. Let's maintain and upgrade what we already have now. But you see that nuclear power of a thing you mentioned; hmm I don't agree with that

mofayodeyahoo:
By now northern states ought to av being using solar, it hardly rainfall until may ending to october. Former govt said similar things

obailala:
How much does it really cost to set up a solar farm of 1000mw?

This is an option we should have explored a long time ago. But we keep relying on the erratic gas simply because we are looking for how to utilise our gas and stop flaring. Its time we start building windfarms in coastal cities and solar farms in the sahel regions. India produces up to 12,000mw from solar power alone.

Businessideas:
Good thinking. I think that only the power plants in the Niger delta should run on gas.I think the discos should be allowed to build and own their own power plants, these guys are not having products to sell to their customers. How do you want their business to survive if they have to keep hearing this kind of story.

DaudaAbu:
Come oh.. is it cumpolsary that only FG that hav to build power plants?

Are states not allowed to build their own power stations due to their natural endowments ?

Pls anyone that know how this thing work should let us know.

Because am surprised that countries that are in the forefront of solar panels manufacturing and usage are cold countries but we, with all the sunshine and what have you are still struggling to generate light and accept solar as a source of generating same in large scale

AZeD1:

Anyone can build a power plant but it's a capital intensive venture.

AZeD1:

Anyone can build a power plant but it's a capital intensive venture.

DaudaAbu:
Comparative advantage. Simple

Power plants in the north can run on hydro, solar while those in the east can run on coal and gas for those in the south south simple

It give everybody sense of contribution and doesnt make some region feel they are depended upon