*POWER GENERATION AS AN INDEX OF DEVELOPMENT*

China. 5,682,000,000MW
USA. 4,324,000,000MW
India. 1,368,000,000MW
Japan. 995,000,000MW
UK. 338,000,000MW
Nigeria. 5,000MW

Copied: African Outlook.

Any hope of Industrialization? Just thinking loudly!!!

When we are telling the shameless supporters of this government of propaganda that good governance don't come by wishful thinking they will go ballistic and start to pour out venoms defending this useless government on empty stomachs and under extreme hardship. Nigerians, there you have it.

Ratello:
*POWER GENERATION AS AN INDEX OF DEVELOPMENT*

China. 5,682,000,000MW
USA. 4,324,000,000MW
India. 1,368,000,000MW
Japan. 995,000,000MW
UK. 338,000,000MW
Nigeria. 5,000MW

Copied: African Outlook.

Any hope of Industrialization? Just thinking loudly!!!

When we are telling the shameless supporters of this government of propaganda that good governance don't come by wishful thinking they will go ballistic and start to pour out venoms defending this useless government on empty stomachs and under extreme hardship. Nigerians, there you have it.

Lalasticlala don't you consider this front page worthy? This government lies too much on their confusing power generation and distribution.

Ratello:
*POWER GENERATION AS AN INDEX OF DEVELOPMENT*

China. 5,682,000,000MW
USA. 4,324,000,000MW
India. 1,368,000,000MW
Japan. 995,000,000MW
UK. 338,000,000MW
Nigeria. 5,000MW

Copied: African Outlook.

Any hope of Industrialization? Just thinking loudly!!!

When we are telling the shameless supporters of this government of propaganda that good governance don't come by wishful thinking they will go ballistic and start to pour out venoms defending this useless government on empty stomachs and under extreme hardship. Nigerians, there you have it.

Wrong calculation. The above figures should be MWH (megawatts-hour not megawatts). China currently generates 6,495,100,000MWH (according to Wikipedia) or 712GW (ie 712,000MW) not 5.7bn MW. To convert MWH to MW divide it by (24x365).

Daviddson:
Wrong calculation. The above figures should be MWH (megawatts-hour not megawatts). China currently generates 319GW (ie 319,000MW) not 5.7bn MW. To convert MWH to MW divide it by (24x365).

Electricity sector of the United States
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Net electricity generation by energy source in 2016[1]

  Natural gas (33.8%)
  Coal (30.4%)
  Nuclear (19.7%)
  Hydro (6.5%)
  Wind (5.5%)
  Biomass (1.5%)
  Other (2.6%)

Electrical generation by sources 1950-2016

The electricity sector of the United States includes a large array of stakeholders that provide services through electricity generation, transmission, distribution and marketing for industrial, commercial, public and residential customers. It also includes many public institutions that regulate the sector. In 1996, there were 3,195 electric utilities in the United States, of which fewer than 1,000 were engaged in power generation. This leaves a large number of mostly smaller utilities engaged only in power distribution. There were also 65 power marketers. Of all utilities, 2,020 were publicly owned (including 10 Federal utilities), 932 were rural electric cooperatives, and 243 were investor-owned utilities.[2] The electricity transmission network is controlled by Independent System Operators or Regional Transmission Organizations, which are not-for-profit organizations that are obliged to provide indiscriminate access to various suppliers in order to promote competition.

The four above-mentioned market segments of the U.S. electricity sector are regulated by different public institutions with some functional overlaps: The federal government sets general policies through the Department of Energy, environmental policy through the Environmental Protection Agency and consumer protection policy through the Federal Trade Commission. The safety of nuclear power plants is overseen by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Economic regulation of the distribution segment is a state responsibility, usually carried out through Public Utilities Commissions; the inter-state transmission segment is regulated by the federal government through the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Principal sources of US electricity in 2014 were: coal (39%), natural gas (27%), nuclear (19%), Hydro (6%), and other renewables (7%). Over the decade 2004—2014, the largest increases in electrical generation came from natural gas (2014 generation was 412 billion kWh greater than 2004), wind (increase of 168 billion kWh) and solar (increased 18 billion kWh). Over the same decade, annual generation from coal decreased 393 billion kWh, and from petroleum decreased 90 billion kWh.[3]

In 2008 the average electricity tariff in the U.S. was 9.82 Cents/kilowatt-hour (kWh).[4] In 2006-07 electricity tariffs in the U.S. were higher than in Australia, Canada, France, Sweden and Finland, but lower than in Germany, Italy, Spain, and the UK.[5] Residential tariffs vary significantly between states from 6.7 Cents/kWh in West Virginia to 24.1 Cents/kWh in Hawaii. The average residential bill in 2007 was US$100/month. Most investments in the U.S. electricity sector are financed by private companies through debt and equity. However, some investments are indirectly financed by taxpayers through various subsidies ranging from tax incentives to subsidies for research and development, feed-in tariffs for renewable energy and support to low-income households to pay their electric bills.

Electricity consumption
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Electricity consumption data in this section is based upon data mined from US DOE Energy Information Administration/Electric Power Annual 2017 files[6] In 2017 the total US consumption of electricity was 4,090.6 terawatt-hours (TWh). Consumption was essentially down from 2016, with a reduction of 45.5 TWh or 1.0% drop. This is broken down as:

Residential customers (132.58 million) directly consumed 1,378.6 TWh, or 37.03% of the total. This was down 32.5 TWh ( -2.3% )from 2016. An average residential customer used 866.55 kWh/month and with the average US residential cost of $0.1289/kWh the average monthly electrical bill would be $111.70, down slightly from 2016.[7]
Commercial customers (18.359 million) directly consumed 1,352.9 TWh or 36.34% of the total. This was less (14.31 TWh) than in 2016 even though there were over 211K new customers. An average commercial customer used 6,141 kWh/month and with the average US commercial electric cost of $0.1066/kWh the average monthly electrical bill would be $654.60, down slightly from 2016[8]
Industrial customers (about 840,300 up 2,200 in 2016) directly consumed 984.3 TWh or 26.44% of the total. This was a little more (7.6TWh) than in 2016 (+0.8%).
Transportation customers (86) directly consumed 7.52 TWh or 0.20% of the total. This was a little higher (0.2 TWh) than in 2016.
System loss throughout the total electrical grid infrastructure by direct use of the suppliers (141.1 TWh)[9] and for transmission and other system losses and for unaccounted for loads (226.1 TWh) amounts to 367.2 TWh or 9% of the total which is down by 0.1% from 2016. Thus, the US electric distribution system is 91% efficient and efficiency has improved slightly over the last year.
In addition from consumption from the electrical grid, the US consumers consumed an estimated additional 23.99 TWh from small scale solar systems. This will be included in the per capita data below.

Electricity consumption per person (per capita) is based upon data mined from US DOE Energy Information Administration/Electric Power Annual 2017 files[10] Population[11] data is from Demographics of the United States. Per capita consumption in 2017 is 12,632 kWh. This is down 229 kWh from 2016 and down 7.5% from a decade ago and down 8.0% from its peak in 2007. The following table shows the yearly US per capita consumption by fuel source from 1999 to 2017.

To read more, visit; https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_sector_of_the_United_States

Ratello:


Electricity sector of the United States
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Net electricity generation by energy source in 2016[1]

  Natural gas (33.8%)
  Coal (30.4%)
  Nuclear (19.7%)
  Hydro (6.5%)
  Wind (5.5%)
  Biomass (1.5%)
  Other (2.6%)

Electrical generation by sources 1950-2016

The electricity sector of the United States includes a large array of stakeholders that provide services through electricity generation, transmission, distribution and marketing for industrial, commercial, public and residential customers. It also includes many public institutions that regulate the sector. In 1996, there were 3,195 electric utilities in the United States, of which fewer than 1,000 were engaged in power generation. This leaves a large number of mostly smaller utilities engaged only in power distribution. There were also 65 power marketers. Of all utilities, 2,020 were publicly owned (including 10 Federal utilities), 932 were rural electric cooperatives, and 243 were investor-owned utilities.[2] The electricity transmission network is controlled by Independent System Operators or Regional Transmission Organizations, which are not-for-profit organizations that are obliged to provide indiscriminate access to various suppliers in order to promote competition.

The four above-mentioned market segments of the U.S. electricity sector are regulated by different public institutions with some functional overlaps: The federal government sets general policies through the Department of Energy, environmental policy through the Environmental Protection Agency and consumer protection policy through the Federal Trade Commission. The safety of nuclear power plants is overseen by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Economic regulation of the distribution segment is a state responsibility, usually carried out through Public Utilities Commissions; the inter-state transmission segment is regulated by the federal government through the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Principal sources of US electricity in 2014 were: coal (39%), natural gas (27%), nuclear (19%), Hydro (6%), and other renewables (7%). Over the decade 2004—2014, the largest increases in electrical generation came from natural gas (2014 generation was 412 billion kWh greater than 2004), wind (increase of 168 billion kWh) and solar (increased 18 billion kWh). Over the same decade, annual generation from coal decreased 393 billion kWh, and from petroleum decreased 90 billion kWh.[3]

In 2008 the average electricity tariff in the U.S. was 9.82 Cents/kilowatt-hour (kWh).[4] In 2006-07 electricity tariffs in the U.S. were higher than in Australia, Canada, France, Sweden and Finland, but lower than in Germany, Italy, Spain, and the UK.[5] Residential tariffs vary significantly between states from 6.7 Cents/kWh in West Virginia to 24.1 Cents/kWh in Hawaii. The average residential bill in 2007 was US$100/month. Most investments in the U.S. electricity sector are financed by private companies through debt and equity. However, some investments are indirectly financed by taxpayers through various subsidies ranging from tax incentives to subsidies for research and development, feed-in tariffs for renewable energy and support to low-income households to pay their electric bills.

Electricity consumption
Edit

Electricity consumption data in this section is based upon data mined from US DOE Energy Information Administration/Electric Power Annual 2017 files[6] In 2017 the total US consumption of electricity was 4,090.6 terawatt-hours (TWh). Consumption was essentially down from 2016, with a reduction of 45.5 TWh or 1.0% drop. This is broken down as:

Residential customers (132.58 million) directly consumed 1,378.6 TWh, or 37.03% of the total. This was down 32.5 TWh ( -2.3% )from 2016. An average residential customer used 866.55 kWh/month and with the average US residential cost of $0.1289/kWh the average monthly electrical bill would be $111.70, down slightly from 2016.[7]
Commercial customers (18.359 million) directly consumed 1,352.9 TWh or 36.34% of the total. This was less (14.31 TWh) than in 2016 even though there were over 211K new customers. An average commercial customer used 6,141 kWh/month and with the average US commercial electric cost of $0.1066/kWh the average monthly electrical bill would be $654.60, down slightly from 2016[8]
Industrial customers (about 840,300 up 2,200 in 2016) directly consumed 984.3 TWh or 26.44% of the total. This was a little more (7.6TWh) than in 2016 (+0.8%).
Transportation customers (86) directly consumed 7.52 TWh or 0.20% of the total. This was a little higher (0.2 TWh) than in 2016.
System loss throughout the total electrical grid infrastructure by direct use of the suppliers (141.1 TWh)[9] and for transmission and other system losses and for unaccounted for loads (226.1 TWh) amounts to 367.2 TWh or 9% of the total which is down by 0.1% from 2016. Thus, the US electric distribution system is 91% efficient and efficiency has improved slightly over the last year.
In addition from consumption from the electrical grid, the US consumers consumed an estimated additional 23.99 TWh from small scale solar systems. This will be included in the per capita data below.

Electricity consumption per person (per capita) is based upon data mined from US DOE Energy Information Administration/Electric Power Annual 2017 files[10] Population[11] data is from Demographics of the United States. Per capita consumption in 2017 is 12,632 kWh. This is down 229 kWh from 2016 and down 7.5% from a decade ago and down 8.0% from its peak in 2007. The following table shows the yearly US per capita consumption by fuel source from 1999 to 2017.

To read more, visit; https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_sector_of_the_United_States

I'm simply saying there's a difference between MWH, GWH and MW and GW. So you think China generates 5.68bn megawatts while Nigeria generates 5000 megawatts? That's far from it. The figures you brought above all end with H ie MWH (meaning megawatts hour) which is totally different from MW.

U.S. Electricity Generation - Statistics & Facts

Electricity generation, the process of generating electric power from sources of primary energy, is typically the first process in the delivery of electricity by electric utility companies to consumers. In 2016, the United States recorded an electricity generation capacity of approximately 1.17 million megawatts and in that same year, around 1.6 billion megawatt hours of that electricity was generated by independent power producers alone. Electricity is most often generated at a power station.

The first power plants ran solely on water or coal following the discovery of the fundamental principles of electricity generation by English scientist Michael Faraday in the early 1800s. Today, power plants now rely on a variety of traditional energy sources such as coal, natural gas, nuclear, hydroelectric, wind generators, and petroleum, with supplementary amounts from solar energy, tidal power, and geothermal sources. In 2017, U.S. electricity generation from natural gas climbed to about 1.3 trillion kilowatt hours while consumption of coal energy for electricity generation fell to about 665 million short tons in that same year. The net generation of U.S. nuclear power plants stood at around 805 terawatt hours of electricity in 2017.

The 2017 numbers for geothermal electricity generation amounted to approximately 16 billion kilowatt hours of electricity. In that same year, U.S. electricity net generation from hydropower, solar and wind sources amounted to over 600 billion kilowatt hours of electricity. Emissions from pollutants and greenhouse gases from fossil fuel-based electricity generation account for a significant portion of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions and U.S. electricity generation accounts for nearly 40% of the these emissions, the largest of any source.

Nevertheless, U.S. renewable electricity capacity continues to experience steady growth, accounting for some 18.3 percent of the total U.S. electricity generating capacity in 2016. The largest electricity generation facility in the U.S. is located in the state of Washington at the Grand Coulee.

U.S. net generation
4.015tr kWh
U.S. electricity production costs from petroleum
0.22 USD/kWh

Ratello:
*POWER GENERATION AS AN INDEX OF DEVELOPMENT*

China. 5,682,000,000MW
USA. 4,324,000,000MW
India. 1,368,000,000MW 3,067,419,120 MWH
japan. 995,000,000MW
UK. 338,000,000MW
Nigeria. 5,000MW

Copied: African Outlook.

Any hope of Industrialization? Just thinking loudly!!!

When we are telling the shameless supporters of this government of propaganda that good governance don't come by wishful thinking they will go ballistic and start to pour out venoms defending this useless government on empty stomachs and under extreme hardship. Nigerians, there you have it.

India generates 3,067,419,120 MWH ( 350.162 GW ) as on 28 February 2019 almost thrice the amount u stated.

Using the 5000MW reference, the figures here are not correct.

Daviddson:
I'm simply saying there's a difference between MWH, GWH and MW and GW. So you think China generates 5.68bn megawatts while Nigeria generates 5000 megawatts? That's far from it. The figures you brought above all end with H ie MWH (meaning megawatts hour) which is totally different from MW.

stop running way from your shadow

whether MWH or MW

Nigeria 5,000. while china is 5,000,000,000.

get that into your skull.

nigeria is still a zoo

mbos:


stop running way from your shadow

whether MWH or MW

Nigeria 5,000. while china is 5,000,000,000.

get that into your skull.

nigeria is still a zoo

You're wrong, Mr man. By that calculation, Nigeria has 43,800,000MWH, not 5000MWH. Unless you're science- or physics-inclined, you may not understand.