Ngasky:

what a shame such illiterates analysis. You dont need more than 8 power plants of just 2.5 MWatts to achieve that. And 2.5 Mw plant is not even a major big power plant.
Infact with just 2 nuclear power plants 20Mw can be achieved. With $10 billion you can build an 8-12 Mw power plant. So with just $20 billion NNPC Unremitted funds power will be stable. Your only weapon which you are ignorant of is the timeframe of 4 years. I gave you that for free. Nuclear power plants takes an average of 5-7 years to complete but thanks to chinese and russians you can have accelarated construction.
Thank god Nigeria has the technology and are already enriching uranium since 2006 at the nuclear research institute and we have already built an reactor in 2006 under Prof Shamsuddeen. Even the IAEA were here when the reactor was lunched.
During OBJ's regime a contract has already been awarded but was cancelled by Yar'adua/Jonathan regime. All GMB have to do is pursue this.
It is only nuclear that can give such lump of MWat in one plant. All developed countries of the world use Nuclear plant for base load. Solar,wind can never give us the desired result.
Hydro have limitations currently the only major hydro power plant possible in the country Mambilla thats all and cannot give us desired result.
Gas plants we need atleast 8 plants and then we will face the problem of gas transportation due to pipeline vandalisation which is the major dilenma we are currently facing.
So Op which analysis gave you 30,000 power plants? Even USA with their population, land area, industries doesnt have 200 power plants all over the country.
All Nigeria needs is 4-5 Nuclear power plants to attain 50Mw status which is more than what we need. And we have the uranium here in Nigeria no need for importing the nuclear fuel.
The excess Mwatts can be a source of income by selling it to Niger republic, Ghana, Togo, and other west african states.
THIS IS FEASIBLE TECHNOLOGICAL AND ECONOMICALLY

dearpreye:


You don't dampen people this way. If anyone makes wrong postulation about a field of study I'm well grounded, I'll politely draw their attention to that, and then also use that opportunity to enlighten others who may be harbouring similar sentiments/opinion.

Subtly abusing those who aren't considered smart in a particular area, not only shows we're immature; it also shows ourselves aren't grounded in the area concerned.

arewafederation:


So 30,000 new power plants are required to achieve 20,000mw of electricity?

You guys ignorantly debunked the possibility of paying unemployed graduates which even Mr. Jona is about to sign into law, and now this?

PDP have seriously ruined your lives to the extent you now see a GOOD life as a mirage.

I really don't know how you pessimists will survive being in the opposition for 4 years.

Ngasky:

You dont need more than 8 power plants of just 2.5 MWatts to achieve that. And 2.5 Mw plant is not even a major big power plant.
Infact with just 2 nuclear power plants 20Mw can be achieved.

abouzaid:
don't quote me rather quote the guy that advocated for nuclear power plants to be accelerated built by the Chinese and Russians in order to achieve an impossible election promise. even that won't even achieve the target.

arewafederation:


Well, one doesn't need to be too grounded in that particular area to show the op made a wrong analysis.

As much as I believe criticisms are healthy for our government, I feel it should only be done where appropriate.

Predicting the failure in the area where one isn't familiar with shows a greater attribute of immaturity.

All we want is for the government to deliver. If other countries less endowed with resources than Nigeria can achieve all these positive development that these pessimists on nairandland believe are impossible, why can't we?

These guys should be patient for the new government to take over before making all sort of ridiculous criticisms.

BTW: I didn't abuse anybody.

arewafederation:


Well, one doesn't need to be too grounded in that particular area to show the op made a wrong analysis.

As much as I believe criticisms are healthy for our government, I feel it should only be done where appropriate.

Predicting the failure in the area where one isn't familiar with shows a greater attribute of immaturity.

All we want is for the government to deliver. If other countries less endowed with resources than Nigeria can achieve all these positive development that these pessimists on nairandland believe are impossible, why can't we?

These guys should be patient for the new government to take over before making all sort of ridiculous criticisms.

BTW: I didn't abuse anybody.

abouzaid:
by your own analysis, you have accepted that such a feat is impossible in four years and that's all that matters. i don't want to waste energy on the plain stupidity of building two nuclear power plants in lagos by Russians or Chinese.

faceURfront:


You can't generate 20,000MW in 4 years sir. Not because it is not feasible technically, but it it will be economically irresponsible. It's just like u take a cloth to ur tailor to make a pair of trouser and you want to collect d finished work 1st thing d next day. Of course the tailor will double or even triple Wat would ve been the original cost of making ur trouser.

dearpreye:


Haha. I did you so because we share a safety concern. Period.

dearpreye:


It's obvious this power problem and it's solution aren't as easy as we may think. In the past, I had thought of creating a thread for this purpose.

Summary: we aren't getting out of it anytime soon.

abouzaid:
all the states of the south south and south east have enough gas deposits to produce all their energy needs from cheap and safe source. like i said earlier building a nuclear power plant in Lagos especially by the Russians and Chinese will be worse than chynobell.

temitemi1:
Please do, we need to have those promises in our files.

IbokUtoroh:

n how will they manage the waste, RADIOACTIVE WASTES?
U think US will need another threat comng from a black nation?
n if we try to go against their directives cnsider nigeria a gonner!

Ngasky:

this shows your lack of knowledge in Engineering. If Nuclear plant is going to be cited in Nigeria Lagos will be the least probable site location for many reasons.
I can assure you the chinese or russians can finish the plant in less than 3 years. Why? Europeans when working tend to have lower working hours/day, weekend, breaks, resting periods, lower number of laborers while chinese mostly work in shifts (24 hrs/day), can forfeit weekends, holidays if they are really pressed and also take large number of laborers for the shifts and speed.
Save your breath about standards we have nuclear power plants built by both Chinese and western countries all over the world go and check statistics of Nuclear power plants mishaps and see who have lower mishaps chinese or europeans.
And before you jump at fukoshima, it is an american/japanese design and construction.
Engineering is not politics

gonon:


Very true statement. We need at least 10 years with major drive and financial investment to achieve this feat. Also, the issue of tariffs is a discussion for another day.

abouzaid:
pls make your points without been offensive. your write up is full of talks but lack facts and context. I'm not the one that advocated a nuclear power plant for Lagos, i only laughed at the plain stupidity of the idea, second,nuclear power plants require a lot of water for cooling, i guess that makes borno state the perfect site for it. maybe buhari will cool it with the water he promised to channel to Nigeria from central Africa republic.

abouzaid:
pls make your points without been offensive. your write up is full of talks but lack facts and context. I'm not the one that advocated a nuclear power plant for Lagos, i only laughed at the plain stupidity of the idea, second,nuclear power plants require a lot of water for cooling, i guess that makes borno state the perfect site for it. maybe buhari will cool it with the water he promised to channel to Nigeria from central Africa republic.

barcanista:
I am compiling ALL his campaign promises in anticipation of his inauguration....

gonon:


Very true statement. We need at least 10 years with major drive and financial investment to achieve this feat. Also, the issue of tariffs is a discussion for another day.

MuguliciousMUGU:

for sure, he would regret his promises...

faceURfront:

U just de hyperventilate de mix up figures up and down. So 8 power plants of 2.5MW gives u 20,000MW. Ok, continu! 2 nuclear plants to generate 20MW. Dude, u either don't know what u are talking about or you were drunk when posting this trash.

legendsilver:
buhari will never regret them cus He will surely deliver. I hate seeing negative minded people praying for the downfall of a man God has solemnly blessed to rule a nation like Nigeria.
Barcanista, Temitemi1 and other doomsayers here, God will surely do to you what He did to all the doomsayers in the bible.
I just wonder how deluded you must have being since your clueless wasteful and highly corrupt Jonathan lost the election.
God bless My General
God bless Lagos state
God bless Edo state
God bless Nigeria
And finally
God bless the CHANGE He has bestow unto us Nigerians.
Shalom

legendsilver:
buhari will never regret them cus He will surely deliver. I hate seeing negative minded people praying for the downfall of a man God has solemnly blessed to rule a nation like Nigeria.
Barcanista, Temitemi1 and other doomsayers here, God will surely do to you what He did to all the doomsayers in the bible.
I just wonder how deluded you must have being since your clueless wasteful and highly corrupt Jonathan lost the election.
God bless My General
God bless Lagos state
God bless Edo state
God bless Nigeria
And finally
God bless the CHANGE He has bestow unto us Nigerians.
Shalom

Ngasky:

come to think of it your sarcasm is close to the truth the plant is not actually in Borno but thereabout.

abouzaid:
it's achievable in the south south and south east in four years using gas, coal and hydro by a nationalistic leader who can motivate the states and ordinary citizens to pay for some of the expenses through investment shares but buhari lacks the needed education and qualities needed to achieve that. remember the Lagos rail project he canceled. gej power plants currently under construction is a step in the right direction. it's unfortunate they will be coming into operation long after he has left power.

faceURfront:


You can't generate 20,000MW in 4 years sir. Not because it is not feasible technically, but it it will be economically irresponsible. It's just like u take a cloth to ur tailor to make a pair of trouser and you want to collect d finished work 1st thing d next day. Of course the tailor will double or even triple Wat would ve been the original cost of making ur trouser.

dearpreye:

Hahahahah. We are still struggling to effectively manage domestic wastes. A nation with such a sloppy record of safety shouldn't even delve into Nuclear Plant, let alone have them built by the Chinese and Russians.
Just keep those plants aware from the SS!

abouzaid:
a nuclear power plant anywhere in the north is a well planned disaster. but in Nigeria, every major work must be in the north cos they won the civil war.our current energy crisis is worsened by the location of hydroelectric projects in the north which leads to the poor supply during the long dry season there. the kaduna refinery is quoted in textbooks worldwide as an example of a plain stupid economic decision influenced solely by political consideration.

dustydee:

If you knew anything about economics, you'd know that Kaduna Refinery was based on sound economics.

arewafederation:


No sir, it is technically feasible and economically viable. Don't forget the APC promised 3000mw yearly.

Presently, the power stations in Nigeria have a capacity of 8000mw with some having provision for expansion. With proper maintenance, we can achieve up to 7,500mw in less than a year.
We also have the mambilla project with can generate 3000mw which I believe can be completed in two years along side other mini stations like the Kano and zamfara power station.

My friend, there are many ways we can have appreciable increase in power capacity even if not up to the proposed 20000mw, but I believe it is achievable.