₦airaland Forum

Okies27:
. An American ones said, if the Nigerian government can take a cue from what some of our churches are in terms of administration and infrastructural development, the country would be better. A university generating her own energy needs, own food and many others shows how better and well organized they are. The church is the only solution to Nigeria problem. Some of you will get hard on cos my view but that's the truth. The government should go to some of our religious leaders who have various thriving businesses and infrastructure development capacity and learn.

mikolo80:
wait wait wait hol on hol on hol on
You mean living faith has a gas plant?
Which living faith are we talking about?

Statsocial:
Yes they started producing their electricity in 2015 using a gas plant.

Statsocial:
I think 5 megawatts may be enough for the uni.
The whole living faith is producing 15 MW via the gas plant, so CU needs to diversify its own electricity into solar energy especially because In a few month Canaancity(15,000 housing estate) and faith theatre(100,000 worship auditorium) would be connected to the Canaanland gas plant which may reduce CU's share of energy. They need to be fast as CU's energy need is also growing larger as they bring in new equipments for their new research hub..

mikolo80:
solid.
Chai which Kahn mumu VC we pack for over 100 university, not one with sense

BrutalJab:
After generating this Electricity, Nigerians will still wanna pay 100k to attend such school. Na wa o

ednoville:
If una like keep discouraging private universities, we will keep blazing the trail, Nigeria! The only country that never appreciate home grown innovations. Kudos to our sister university Covenant University much love from Bowen University alumnus

TheBatman:
lol, no be only comfort zone.
unless they plan to sell this power(which they can't) or they expect some huge load increase, there is no point in producing more energy than required, because it would be a waste of money, time and energy.
N.B you cannot store this power(in a substantial amount), it is used as it is produced

To the topic
This is a good development.

Super1Star:
With the help of German Govt, UI will be generating 30MW from solar energy by the end of the year.

Other Unis should take a cue.

Standing5:
Meaning??

Standing5:
They think quality is when u produce one first class in 100 years. They prefer to brag about how hard it is to be productive instead of how productive they are.

osahonmk:
Transcorp Power, a subsidiary of the Transcorp Group business conglomerate, has expressed its desire to partner with Covenant University with a view to exploring solar energy generation and utilization in Nigeria.

The Group General Counsel, Transcorp Power, Mr. Christopher Ezeafulukwe, made this disclosure on Friday, February 10, 2017, when he led representatives of his organisation including that of its partner, ENGIE, on a courtesy visit to the Management of Covenant University.

Mr. Ezeafulukwe, who bemoaned what he described as the “critical situation” with power supply in Nigeria, said that changes in government policies have had a drastic effect on Transcorp Power’s investment and, in its efforts at finding a solution to the challenge, the company had partnered with power producer, ENGIE, on solar energy.

“We did preliminary work to identify stakeholders whose power we would need to address. One is the tertiary education sector, then Covenant University came up,” he said.

While acknowledging the giant strides being made by Covenant University in the areas of teaching, research and provision of infrastructure, Mr. Ezeafulukwe said that Transcorp Power was at Covenant University to understand the University’s energy needs, and areas where his company and the University can work together within the purview of what Transcorp Power was doing with ENGIE.

Shedding light on the operation of his organization, the Chief Executive Officer of ENGIE, Mr. Philipe Miguele, said that energy system was going through significant evolution and ENGIE was set to launch a significant investment in Sub-Saharan Africa, with the goal of helping customers in growing their energy generation capacity.

ENGIE, he pointed out, wants to partner with Covenant University on power generation and help to reduce the University’s cost as solar energy generation is cost effective.

In his comments, the Director, Physical Planning and Development, Covenant University, Arc. Gbenga Alalade, who expressed appreciation of what Transcorp Power and ENGIE were doing, narrated the evolution of power generation and utilization in CU since inception up to 2015 when the University migrated fully to its own power project, which currently stands at 5.67 megawatts. Power production, he added, would be increased to 10.8 megawatts by the end of 2017.

Arc. Alade revealed that the ultimate goal of Covenant University is renewable energy with focus on solar, wind and waste. It would be ideal, he enthused, for the University and Transcorp Power to work together.

Dr. Hope Orovwode, who represented the Head, Renewable Energy Cluster, CU, Professor Samuel Wara, at the meeting, said that the renewable energy cluster has been doing a lot on solar and the next step was to make it cost effective. The coming of Transcorp Power, he stressed, was timely, and Covenant University would be willing to learn from the company towards making energy accessible to Nigerians.

In his remarks, the Vice-Chancellor, Covenant University, Professor AAA. Atayero, said he was not surprised that Transcorp Power had chosen to work with Covenant University, attributing the decision to divine providence.

He said that the University had gone through many phases in its desire to find a permanent solution to its power needs and currently uses the turbine but looking at shifting to sustainable energy.

The proposal by Transcorp Power, the Vice-Chancellor noted, means the University was in the right direction. However, he pointed out that the University would not be going into partnership as consumers as the institution desires solution that can give its Engineering students experience.

Professor Atayero described the initiative by Transcorp Power as a good beginning, adding that there would be further discussions between representatives of the University and the company.

Also in the Transcorp Power entourage were its Group Chief Finance Officer, Mr. Ibikunle Oriola and Projects Head, Mr. Funto Amire.

And other representatives of Covenant University at the meeting were the Registrar, Mrs. Mary Aboyade; Dean, College of Engineering, Professor Christian Bolu; Director, Vice-Chancellor’s Office, Dr. David Omole; and Deputy Director, Media and Corporate Affairs, Mr. Emmanuel Igban.

http://www.energywatchng.com/transcorp-power-seeks-partnership-cu-solar-energy/