An indigenous oil company, Oando Plc, has concluded discussions with the federal government to provide long-term, uninterrupted power supply to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos and
Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja through the establishment of an Independent Power Supply project (IPP) at the cost of $100 million (N16 billion).

THISDAY gathered that discussions over the project had reached advanced stage and that each airport would cost the company $50 million, while the federal government, through the Ministry of Aviation, is already looking at the terms offered by the company as the project, when completed, would last for about 20 years.

An inside source from the aviation ministry Monday said: “This project is going to provide uninterrupted power supply at these airports and environs. We are yet to sign the agreement but we are in advanced discussion with them and after the last meeting, we are going to have with the government, we will come to a conclusion. They made an offer to us; we saw that it is good, so we accepted it. We need reliable power supply at the airports to carry out the kind of massive development that we want, to boost the economy of this country.”

The IPP, when eventually ratified, would be powered by gas and the capacity would be 30 KVA for each of the airports and when completed the projects would be primary power supply to the airports while the present power project almost completed at the Lagos airport would provide secondary power supply during the maintenance of the IPP and other planned interruptions.

The Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah, had during her midterm report a fortnight ago in Abuja, said all the major airports in the country would have IPP for uninterrupted power supply to provide the kind of service the airports need, especially now that the federal government was embarking on fresh produce cargo export programme as cold rooms would be built at perishable cargo terminals where the produce would be stored before airlift to various destinations overseas and locally.

Oduah also said the airfield lighting that would be provided at some of the airport runways, including that of the 18L of the domestic terminal in Lagos and the existing ones, would need uninterrupted power both from the IPP and solar power in a backup on backup power system.

THISDAY also learnt that if successfully completed, Oando would extend the project to other airports in the country, but another indigenous oil company, MRS was also jostling to provide gas powered IPP to some of the airports, but government had not started any discussion with the company.

The period of completion of the projects, however, is still unknown as government is yet to finalise discussions on the project.

geeez: Now BRF's model is making sense

If Government institutions, offices, barracks, universities, street lighting and industrial estates and parks can be powered by independent power plants, there will be enough energy free for commercial and residential areas

Industrial areas should however be given top priority

solomon111: what has BRF got to do with this?

geeez: Now BRF's model is making sense

If Government institutions, offices, barracks, universities, street lighting and industrial estates and parks can be powered by independent power plants, there will be enough energy free for commercial and residential areas

Industrial areas should however be given top priority

Horus:



100% of the street lighting should be powered with independant solar panels. This will reduce maintenance coast.

geeez:

Its a model he developed and has worked on, powering government institutions and streets using IPPs.

Get some knowledge

Yoshi-Master:


Good idea, but there are often inefficiencies in solar panels and you may end up getting about 50% of the power.

Also if the battery bank for this setup is contained in that little box below the panels in the pic you posted, then I am guessing the system features just one battery.

I doubt high wattage street lights can run from say 7pm-7am on just this setup without the assistance of grid power.

However I wish they could concentrate a larger array of panels at strategic locations with larger battery banks, dedicated to powering street lights as opposed to having one panel per street lamp.

taharqa2: Fashola developed this model?? So he 'developed' it and others are now stealing d model, abi? Lawd have mercy!! Have you ever heard of d IPP serving, I bliv, d 3 Arms Zone and environs in Abuja, designd by Prof Nnaji's company? Do you know when its construction start and how long ago it started operations? Do you know how many such Location-specific IPPs we have all over Nigeria (industries, other Private concerns, etc)?? IGNORAMUS.....@topic, Good development

Yoshi-Master:
"The IPP, when eventually ratified, would be powered by gas and the capacity would be 30 KVA for each of the airports and when completed the projects would be primary power supply to the airports while the present power project almost completed at the Lagos airport would provide secondary power supply during the maintenance of the IPP and other planned interruptions."


Just 30KVA? isn't that too small?

Thought an airport would need more power.

Yoshi-Master:
"The IPP, when eventually ratified, would be powered by gas and the capacity would be 30 KVA for each of the airports and when completed the projects would be primary power supply to the airports while the present power project almost completed at the Lagos airport would provide secondary power supply during the maintenance of the IPP and other planned interruptions."


Just 30KVA? isn't that too small?

Thought an airport would need more power.

Fazhy: Take it or leave it. This woman is working. By the way, who is the acclaimed owner of Oando?

taharqa2: Fashola developed this model?? So he 'developed' it and others are now stealing d model, abi? Lawd have mercy!! Have you ever heard of d IPP serving, I bliv, d 3 Arms Zone and environs in Abuja, designd by Prof Nnaji's company? Do you know when its construction start and how long ago it started operations? Do you know how many such Location-specific IPPs we have all over Nigeria (industries, other Private concerns, etc)?? IGNORAMUS.....@topic, Good development

geeez: Now BRF's model is making sense

If Government institutions, offices, barracks, universities, street lighting and industrial estates and parks can be powered by independent power plants, there will be enough energy free for commercial and residential areas

Industrial areas should however be given top priority

Standing5:
Just what i was thinking also. Except there would be no Air Conditioning units in those airports, i see little sense in the project.

Looking at the thread, another one quickly comes to mind for those of us (Beaf included) who were registered with NL then. It was the famous O-thread started by Gbawe. https://www.nairaland.com/933109/osun-kicks-off-n300m-hydro-power and quickly the derailed by the likes of Beaf/Wesley/Ejine/Rad1cal and co.

geeez:

Its a model he developed and has worked on, powering government institutions and streets using IPPs.

Get some knowledge

manny4life:

More reason why such model is a shame to begin with, how can you have small IPP's everywhere - institutions, offices, barracks, universities, street lighting, like seriously, are u kidding me? What happened to IPP's producing bulk and selling directly to all these? Rather than these having their own system, it's just ridic.

manny4life:

More reason why such model is a shame to begin with, how can you have small IPP's everywhere - institutions, offices, barracks, universities, street lighting, like seriously, are u kidding me? What happened to IPP's producing bulk and selling directly to all these? Rather than these having their own system, it's just ridic.

Standing5:
Just what i was thinking also. Except there would be no Air Conditioning units in those airports, i see little sense in the project.

Looking at the thread, another one quickly comes to mind for those of us (Beaf included) who were registered with NL then. It was the famous O-thread started by Gbawe. https://www.nairaland.com/933109/osun-kicks-off-n300m-hydro-power and quickly the derailed by the likes of Beaf/Wesley/Ejine/Rad1cal and co.