Ngasky:
wind or solar are only good at peak load situations. but generally inefficient in terms of base loads. which Nigeria needs desperately
the two systems are open system machinery which have the efficiency of between 40-45% only at best case scenario.
it is also very expensive to install and also to maintain. it takes huge area of land/sea which cannot be used for any other purpose after installation of such system.
ask anybody who installs solar system in his house what is his experience? that is why people are going for inverters only rather than solar / wind system.
what Nigeria needs are mega power stations with the capability of base load requirement. and these can be achieved through conventional Nuclear. gas or hydro plants
i dont see where the massive job opportunity is in the phantom wind energy.
for 13 sites to give you 6000MW each site must contain thousands of wind pylons and covers thousands of hectares of area. whereby a single major power plant can give you 8000-10000MW which is better?

Ngasky:
wind or solar are only good at peak load situations. but generally inefficient in terms of base loads. which Nigeria needs desperately
the two systems are open system machinery which have the efficiency of between 40-45% only at best case scenario.
it is also very expensive to install and also to maintain. it takes huge area of land/sea which cannot be used for any other purpose after installation of such system.
ask anybody who installs solar system in his house what is his experience? that is why people are going for inverters only rather than solar / wind system.
what Nigeria needs are mega power stations with the capability of base load requirement. and these can be achieved through conventional Nuclear. gas or hydro plants
i dont see where the massive job opportunity is in the phantom wind energy.
for 13 sites to give you 6000MW each site must contain thousands of wind pylons and covers thousands of hectares of area. whereby a single major power plant can give you 8000-10000MW which is better?

Obeenah:



Going through your write up I noticed you were not exactly harping on the true realities of the electricity situation in Nigeria.

For starters. The cost of building a 1000MW electricity plant is enormous compared to the solar or wind option. Also the plant would require so long a time to complete that I would be relatively time consuming. Ask yourself why Nigeria is still stuck with 4000MW since the days of Elijah.

Also the huge neglect of the power sector and infrastructure would cost the country a fortune to bring to life.

Now here's my take from my little knowledge of the situation and where the world is headed.

Do to the power sector what was done to the Telecommunications sector. At one point in time Nitel had only 75,000 operating lines with about 40% of that spread across govt parastatals, politicians and the Baba olowos. I bet we all recall the long queues we had to stand in before I could mk a call using the Nitel card.

Now fast forward to year 2000 with the liberalisation of the sector n entry of the now popular telcos. Do recall the telcos did a smart thing. Which was rather than build on the poorly maintained existing infrastructure, they decided to jump that and build from ground up. This was a smart move as it saved time n money. Next was to hand everyone who wanted to make a call a phone and this birthed the GSM revolution in Nigeria. A huge jump from Nitels 75k lines to over 100million active subscribers in less than 10years.

Similar would happen to electricity and power Generation. Every household would get a chance to own of use a solar system and pay to own or on a pay as you go basis. Thus would reduce the burden to generate electricity centrally while channeling the available 4000 MW to the industrial sector.

This is the Future. Solar Energy is the Future and we must embrace it.

BALLOSKI:


You have spoken so well and the gods are pleased with you.



Take a bow and go!

Ngasky:
wind or solar are only good at peak load situations. but generally inefficient in terms of base loads. which Nigeria needs desperately
the two systems are open system machinery which have the efficiency of between 40-45% only at best case scenario.
it is also very expensive to install and also to maintain. it takes huge area of land/sea which cannot be used for any other purpose after installation of such system.
ask anybody who installs solar system in his house what is his experience? that is why people are going for inverters only rather than solar / wind system.
what Nigeria needs are mega power stations with the capability of base load requirement. and these can be achieved through conventional Nuclear. gas or hydro plants
i dont see where the massive job opportunity is in the phantom wind energy.
for 13 sites to give you 6000MW each site must contain thousands of wind pylons and covers thousands of hectares of area. whereby a single major power plant can give you 8000-10000MW which is better?