₦airaland Forum

simplemach:
Another goodnews from the GEJ led administration. May GEJ rule until i cease to be a Nigerian and become Biafran.

faceURfront:
Did I hear u say insignificant? Dude I would advice u stick to issues u understand.

besttrader:
40 MW of electricity can power a small to medium sized town.

40 MW can supply any of these (I mean any of those, hence pick one of the options):

- 8,000 average homes with central air --. (assumes 5 kW per home)
- 400 fast food restaurants
- 60 large retail stores
- 50 grocery stores
- 40 large home improvement stores
- 2 Sears Towers
- 1 computer data center

Take your pick, or mix and match to make up 40 MW.

Although US average is 1 kW per home, so 40 MW is enough for 40000 homes, not counting things like street lights, stores, etc. So you can extrapolate for an average Nigerian town.

wayodude:
I'm afraid 40MW is highly insignificant and not worthy of the presidents time in its commissioning.

most of you folks think describing this dam as an insignificant project in terms of power generation is unfair because you do not know the basics when it comes to power plants. If you did, you will certainly agree this plant is an ant. Lol

XketchDesigns:
Hoover dam which is one of the largest dams in d world was constructed in the early 1930s, it took less than 5 years to construct and commission. And has the capacity to produce 2000+MW.



This was in 1935!!!!!!






In 2014 and 6 years in office, 40MW is what we are celebrating?

faceURfront:
I know all about power plants. So what else do u have to say?

wayodude:
Ok. Please enlighten me. What power plants have you worked on. Your response will help me decide what next to say.

faceURfront:
Biomass and mini hydro

oziegbe2015:
u mean an average igbo thinks crude oil is edible/drinkable, wow you race is so pathetic i think it is igbo that need gej almajiri school not the north. And i guess u are an aba boy too, far from civilization

faceURfront:
Less than 5what to build a hydro station dat generates over 2000MW? . Small small wit the lie na. Such a project in present times with all the modern civil engineering equipment and machines will still take between 10 to 15 years.

wayodude:
I'll put it this way to make it simple...if 8 wind turbines are being installed in any country in the world other than Nigeria, will their president be in attendance?

faceURfront:
Less than 5what to build a hydro station dat generates over 2000MW? . Small small wit the lie na. Such a project in present times with all the modern civil engineering equipment and machines will still take between 10 to 15 years.

XketchDesigns:
Why don't you do some reading and educate yourself. You think everybody acts like the corrupt entity called nigeria? Where a project of 6 months takes decades? People do real stand for accountability and efficency!


http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoover_Dam

faceURfront:
I think this is the object of contention. Now, you will agree with me that where electric power is concerned, Nigeria is not like "any other country in the world". We have been groping with the problem of power even before I was born. Only in recent times have. We become really serious about it. The importance of small to medium generation stations springing up here and there to argument the large stations being built can not be over emphasised. I wouldn't think the president will be inaugurating/ commissioning/etc these small stations every time the spring up but criticising him for this particular one is uncalled for given the importance of that dam.

I think there should be a push for building of small to medium power stations where feasible. In california in the the US alone there are over 28 power stations with capacity between 10 to 30 MW. I see no reason why we can't encourage these while the bigger stations are being built and if the President decides to be a part of these small small stations, I see nothing wrong with it. The OFFICE of the president should be seen as an office that can come down to the level of the Local Govt. and fratenize with them.

faceURfront:
U failed to factor in time of assembling the right man power which may not be available in Nigeria, time of acquiring and transporting equipment from abroad, most of which most likely won't be off-the-shelf purchase, time of carrying out prefeasibility studies, etc etc. Nigeria is not US sir.

XketchDesigns:
Guy why are you talking like this na? We are a country of 100+ million. Are you trying to say finding a couple thousand ppl will be trouble? Manpower is one thing we have in abundance!
Transport is also not an issue there are loads of company willing to provide that service, that's the reason the antonove was built, there are cargo ships available also.

Nigeria can be more efficient than US. It just requires the right people at the helm of affairs.

faceURfront:
Typing with a phone is such pain. I wish I could really explain what I meant. Busy now sha, Christmas things. Let me just say this, when it comes technical manpower, Nigeria is still emerging in terms of quality and experience.

fairheven:
10-15years to build 2000MW Is that suppose to be NASA mission to discover another planet or wat?
We have been used to weak an clueless leaders who can't perform,so mediocrity an laxity is a norm,that is why its taking almost a quarter a century for our leaders to give us stable power.

Mynd44:
40MW? That is so insignificant. To think the president is actually going to inaugurate it is worse.

Just call the dam a water storage system for agricultural purposes instead and not for electricity

This is why we call them clueless.

Mynd44:
The president has had what +40 months as president we are still talking of inaugurating a 40mb plant? Can you hear yourself?

Call this a dam for agricultural purposes and we will say cool but dont dare call it a power plant. It is insignificant

faceURfront:
Really. I guess u are one of those who think every problem has to do with leadership. Have you ever been part of any project of technical nature from conception to commissioning tests? I bet when you do, you will take a broader look at issues like this

Mynd44:
40MW? That is so insignificant. To think the president is actually going to inaugurate it is worse.

Just call the dam a water storage system for agricultural purposes instead and not for electricity

This is why we call them clueless.

Mynd44:
You are disappointed too right? 40MB....

This is crazy

evil999:
better in supporting boko haram

besttrader:
40 MW of electricity can power a small to medium sized town.

40 MW can supply any of these (I mean any of those, hence pick one of the options):

- 8,000 average homes with central air --. (assumes 5 kW per home)
- 400 fast food restaurants
- 60 large retail stores
- 50 grocery stores
- 40 large home improvement stores
- 2 Sears Towers
- 1 computer data center

Take your pick, or mix and match to make up 40 MW.

Although US average is 1 kW per home, so 40 MW is enough for 40000 homes, not counting things like street lights, stores, etc. So you can extrapolate for an average Nigerian town.

faceURfront:
I think this is the object of contention. Now, you will agree with me that where electric power is concerned, Nigeria is not like "any other country in the world". We have been groping with the problem of power even before I was born. Only in recent times have. We become really serious about it. The importance of small to medium generation stations springing up here and there to argument the large stations being built can not be over emphasised. I wouldn't think the president will be inaugurating/ commissioning/etc these small stations every time the spring up but criticising him for this particular one is uncalled for given the importance of that dam.

I think there should be a push for building of small to medium power stations where feasible. In california in the the US alone there are over 28 power stations with capacity between 10 to 30 MW. I see no reason why we can't encourage these while the bigger stations are being built and if the President decides to be a part of these small small stations, I see nothing wrong with it. The OFFICE of the president should be seen as an office that can come down to the level of the Local Govt. and fratenize with them.