The Katsina State Government will soon launch Nigeria’s pioneer Wind Farm. The Wind farm located in Katsina is funded by the Japanese International Cooperation Agency and has a capacity of 10 Megawatts.

Minister of State for Power, Darius Ishaku, revealed this when to two senior Katsina State officials on a courtesy visit to his office seeking an end to the incessant power outages in the state.

The Katsina State Commissioner for Water Resources, Jamilu Musa, and the Special Adviser to the Governor on igher Education, Dr. Garba Matazu were informed by the minister that the Wind power project will inject 10 Megawatts into the national grid.
An additional 0.8 Megawatts, generated from solar, will be injected directly to the Umaru Musa Yar’adua University in Katsina to serve the school.

The minister also harped on the planned Zobe and Jiba dams in Katsina, stating they would improve generation.

He added that the Kurfi, Kankara and Malumfashi sub-stations, as well as the Daura lines had been reawarded to improve the voltage in katsina and Kano.

He also advised the State Governments to woo private investors to set up power generation plants in their states.


link: http://businessnews.com.ng/2012/04/12/nigerias-first-wind-farm-goes-onstream-in-katsina/

Is it really online this time or still going online? Na so we don dey here since 2010.

God will make it happen and we pray something good like that will come in near future. And make Boko people go bomb the place.....

10 mw...I guess every megawatts counts. Soon they will say it is not working due lack of wind

title very misleading

Tell Me How Many Megawatts Of Electricity A Country Produces And I Will Tell You If The Country's Economy Is Among The First Three Fastest Growing In The World Or...

mirage!

nice

This is interesting. I pray it works out. Nigerians should learn to appreciate their Government, especially for moves like this. Other northern govs should copy.

Kenyy: Tell Me How Many Megawatts Of Electricity A Country Produces And I Will Tell You If The Country's Economy Is Among The First Three Fastest Growing In The World Or...

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10 Megawatts!!

Isnt that like 4 AAA batteries worth of current?!

Okija_juju: 10 Megawatts!!

Isnt that like 4 AAA batteries worth of current?!

This shows how daft some nairaland users are, after all speaking english and ability to browse isn't the same as being educated.

auwal87:

This shows how daft some nairaland users are, after all speaking english and ability to browse isn't the same as being educated.

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Sarcasm! my friend.

auwal87:

This shows how daft some nairaland users are, after all speaking english and ability to browse isn't the same as being educated.

Where is your sense of humor.

PDF on the information about the Wind Farm

http://www.vergnet.com/pdf/fiches/en/nigeria-katsina.pdf

Okija_juju: 10 Megawatts!!

Isnt that like 4 AAA batteries worth of current?!

Shut d hell up if u've got nothing meaningful to contribute. SMH.

auwal87:

This shows how daft some nairaland users are, after all speaking english and ability to browse isn't the same as being educated.

Mr educated, if you had graduted from a school better than that Almajiri one you attended, you would have been tought the difference between fact and figure of speech. . Ewu Hausa!

blacksta:

Where is your sense of humor.

A roach crawled up his arse and died there.

Blofeld:

Shut d hell up if u've got nothing meaningful to contribute. SMH.

Go suck a d'ick if you havent got anything else to put in your mouth you f'aggot!

blacksta:

Where is your sense of humor.

Don't mind the as$_hol€, he's just trying to sound educated. Pissed off!

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WHy waste your time schooling a autistic kindergarten school dropout.

Im impressed the doofus can even type the word daft.

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This post has to be a joke. Now i think the author should check the definition of "wind farm" before using the heading. the most commonly used wind turbines generate 3.5mw of electricity each. Hence i will assume there are only 3 turbines in this "farm". A standard wind farm has btw 50-200 turbines to be qualified as a "Wind farm"
Oh Nigeria! i weep for thee. Another waste project

doubt this

Okija_juju:

Go suck a d'ick if you havent got anything else to put in your mouth you f'aggot!

Foolish small boy spewing thrash via a low end mobile phone. I dont blame you, i blame your foolish parents for not using a condom to prevent this disaster you call yourself. Cow dung!

What has happened to Okija, he has become more agitated in the last couple of months, bros take am easy abeg. I believe Okija's reference to the battery current is to show that it is just a drop in the ocean as regards our energy needs in the country.

Da Mayor: This post has to be a joke. Now i think the author should check the definition of "wind farm" before using the heading. the most commonly used wind turbines generate 3.5mw of electricity each. Hence i will assume there are only 3 turbines in this "farm". A standard wind farm has btw 50-200 turbines to be qualified as a "Wind farm"
Oh Nigeria! i weep for thee. Another waste project

Another ITK is here. I'm off!

Well as long as it can be put into good use and ofcos sustainable. Its not a bad project. we need all the power no matter how little and frm what means we can get in the country!

Find pix of d project from my friends page

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=312693632085554&set=a.312691665419084.71215.100000347603378&type=3&theater

hercules07: What has happened to Okija, he has become more agitated in the last couple of months, bros take am easy abeg. I believe Okija's reference to the battery current is to show that it is just a drop in the ocean as regards our energy needs in the country.

Its that PMS acting up again o!! lol

kelvincoll: Well as long as it can be put into good use and ofcos sustainable. Its not a bad project. we need all the power no matter how little and frm what means we can get in the country!

Find pix of d project from my friends page

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=312693632085554&set=a.312691665419084.71215.100000347603378&type=3&theater

Hi Kelvin, i agree we need all the power, but not if the cost of getting that power far outweighs its benefits. Any professional will tell you that maintaining a turbine is damn expensive compared to the benefits. these turbines are still being upgraded regularly. we now have 6mw turbines. Thats why there was a deadlock at the last environmental summit, as developing nations are not soo keen to adopt these alternative sources till theres stability in the industry. Our govt will do well to tow the same line and better improve our hydro and natural gas supplies (for now).

Blofeld:

Foolish small boy spewing thrash via a low end mobile phone. I dont blame you, i blame your foolish parents for not using a condom to prevent this disaster you call yourself. Cow dung!

Awwww!!

Did Okija hurt the poor little crack baby's feelings!!! Awwww!!!

If only your Alcholic dad had w'anked for a few minutes before having s'ex with your crack head mum, and maybe if your mother had gone cold turkey during your 5 months pregnancy, your birth would have been avoided entirely at best or maybe you would have lasted the full 9 months and your brian would have formed properly before your permature birth at worst.

Go fhuck a horse you perv.

am i the only waiting for a boko haram joke?