Difrent:

Do you know that our miserly 4000 MW can actually power most homes in Nigeria if all the transmission infrastructure is there .
What we don't have is power for industries, especially heavy power consuming industries

realestniggah:


He got 70+ likes on that comment.. Nigerian are dull people

theenchanter:
40mw can't even power 100,000 homes. Electricity to household is calculated by kw/hr.

If 40mw can power 2m homes, then our miserable 4000mw should be able to power the whole country, which u already know the answer to.

As i said earlier, its more of a water or irrigation project rather than power, but the power is just an added advantage, but since most of nigerians are power-starved they think of power whenever the see any mw, even if the mw stands for "micro-wave"

theenchanter:
lol, when he called me names, u didn't call anybody... i didn't name-call him and u're calling d mods.

Such hypocrisy.

destinie2019:


They use derogatory names with reckless abandon, then others are banned for pointing out the insults. Nairaland and unfairness. I wanted to get out of the forum on account of the obvious bias, but I won't.

Kabir2Mohammad:


40mw has the capability to power half of the state, just go and find how many megawatts your state receives frm national grid daily and stop displaying your ignorance

Theenchanter2:
40mw can't power half of the state.
Merci.

Pidginwhisper:
40mw,60yrs. 800mw go take 48,000years

rahztafari:
Once again, the problem of Nigeria is Nigerians.

I know nothing about power but it's a shame that no-one here can make a valid point without insulting another.

We argue everything like say Na football. Why can't you just improve your point with a reference and allow novice like us to understand what is happening!!!

Nigerian yoots sha?

Blindersoff:


You are very wrong.

40 Megawatts equates 40000000 (40 million watts)

40 million watts converts to about 2.3million volts which is enough to power over 2 million homes. It is not a water project with 40mw as added advantage but a source of power to over 2million homes.

olumide3367:
zombie sighted

Blindersoff:


You are very wrong.

40 Megawatts equates 40000000 (40 million watts)

40 million watts converts to about 2.3million volts which is enough to power over 2 million homes. It is not a water project with 40mw as added advantage but a source of power to over 2million homes.

Blindersoff:


I am igbo myself but i give credence to whomever it is due. Tribalism is something i abhor

AbuAeesha:


am still wondering what kind of parameter u used to convert watts to volts,

Difrent:

Do you know that our miserly 4000 MW can actually power most homes in Nigeria if all the transmission infrastructure is there .
What we don't have is power for industries, especially heavy power consuming industries

Siemens has successfully managed to boost Egypt’s power generation capacity by over 40 percent by connecting 1[b]4.4 gigawatts to the Egyptian national grid. This is enough power to supply over 40 million Egyptians with reliable electricity [/b]and provide a much-needed power to different industrial sectors.
https://new.siemens.com/eg/en/company/topic-areas/egypt-megaproject.html

Kabir2Mohammad:


my state use to receive 60- 70 mw daily from national grid

Below is the KEDCO power allocation to 3 states of north west

Blindersoff:


smh it is clear you are confused and ignorant

theenchanter:
how? U're more confused. Let me point ur error to u.

How many kw/h do u think a household would consume per annum?

Lets start from there.

olumide3367:
zombie sighted

theenchanter:
40mw can't even power 100,000 homes. Electricity to household is calculated by kw/hr.

If 40mw can power 2m homes, then our miserable 4000mw should be able to power the whole country, which u already know the answer to.

As i said earlier, its more of a water or irrigation project rather than power, but the power is just an added advantage, but since most of nigerians are power-starved they think of power whenever the see any mw, even if the mw stands for "micro-wave"

theenchanter:
More like a water project than power project, 40mw is just d added advantage.

sulaak:



How many homes are in Nigeria? Egypt has an installed capacity of 32000 MW with a population of 100 million and they provide full electricity to their population

CyberWolf:
And you get constant power supply with that?

Kabir2Mohammad:


Atleast 17- 20hrs daily

r4roty:
Assume this Dadin Kowa power plant operates all year round and never powers down, then 40MW*365days/year * 24hours/day =350400MWH/year is the CAPACITY FACTOR of the power plant. Since 1MWH is equivalent to 1000KWH => the plant will produce 3504000 * 1000 = 350400000KWH/year. Assume a per person energy consumption of 7200KWH then 350400000KWH/7200KWH yields approx. 48667 persons to benefit. Assume an average person/family of 5 persons, this yields 48667/5 = 9733 households to benefit. Allowing for 30% diversity =>9733/0.30=32444 HOUSEHOLDS.This plant will serve 10000 to 32000 homes and NOT 2MILLION HOMES!

CyberWolf:
and that’s enough for you? You guys are not ashamed that you’re celebrating 40MW power plant in 21st century, power plant that was started 40 years ago Smh

charliboy654:

40megawatt cannot even power 2million homes, an average Nigeria house should consume more or less 10kw per day, if u divide that by 40 megawatt that's about 10 thousand homes.
40 megawatt plant though useful but it's very small on the scale of things.
Nigeria needs power plant of huge capacity like that of manbila and egbin power plant.
The article did not say if this plant was even added to the national grid, so I guess it's only the people around the plant area that will enjoy it.