Current status and future prospects of renewable energy in Nigeria

Aliyu, Abubakar Sadiq; Dada, Joseph O.; Adam, Ibrahim Khalil

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2015.03.098

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“…The country is located in West Africa, and it shares a border with Niger to the north, Benin to the west, Cameroon to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the south, with Chad to the north-east [66]. It has a population of about 180 million and its abundant renewable energy resources are summarized in Table 3 [67][68][69]. …”

Section: Microgrid Technologiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Some existing studies in the literature have presented general barriers to renewable energy systems and microgrid systems development and application [19,59,66,68,85,119,124,125,169], however, this paper has proposed the STEEP framework for better insights into the issue of microgrid failure and barriers to microgrid planning, development and sustainability, how to mitigate barriers/drawbacks, and a general basis for planning localised microgrids/renewable energy systems for any location. Such a framework provides a holistic approach to capturing the issues and enabling factors of energy systems, which can aid the understanding of and future contributions in microgrids.…”

Section: Prospects Of Microgridsmentioning

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Challenges of Microgrids in Remote Communities: A STEEP Model Application

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Abstract:There is a growing interest in the application of microgrids around the world because of their potential for achieving a flexible, reliable, efficient and smart electrical grid system and supplying energy to off-grid communities, including their economic benefits. Several research studies have examined the application issues of microgrids. However, a lack of in-depth considerations for the enabling planning conditions has been identified as a major reason why microgrids fail in several off-grid communities. This development requires research efforts that consider better strategies and framework for sustainable microgrids in remote communities. This paper first presents a comprehensive review of microgrid technologies and their applications. It then proposes the STEEP model to examine critically the failure factors based on the social, technical, economic, environmental and policy (STEEP) perspectives. The model details the key dimensions and actions necessary for addressing the challenge of microgrid failure in remote communities. The study uses remote communities within Nigeria, West Africa, as case studies and demonstrates the need for the STEEP approach for better understanding of microgrid planning and development. Better insights into microgrid systems are expected to address the drawbacks and improve the situation that can lead to widespread and sustainable applications in off-grid communities around the world in the future. The paper introduces the sustainable planning framework (SPF) based on the STEEP model, which can form a general basis for planning microgrids in any remote location.

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Challenges of Microgrids in Remote Communities: A STEEP Model Application

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“…Maximum the harnessing and utilizing of renewable energy resources, lesser would decrease greenhouse emissions and reduce the supply-demand gap and sustainability [5]. Research conducted in various countries such as Slovenia, Ghana, India, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Nepal, and Malaysia [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] has concluded that the renewable energy resources are the most favorable and reliable resources for addressing current energy crises like situations in these developing countries. Wind energy is considered as the most valuable primary energy resource among other renewable resources.…”

Section: Energy Outlooksmentioning

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A Research on Electricity Generation from Wind Corridors of Pakistan (Two Provinces): A Technical Proposal for Remote Zones

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Abstract:The non-renewable energy resources are limited and depleting gradually. As such, energy security has attained the greatest amount of attention globally than ever before. In the meantime, energy crises are already affecting the developing countries such as Pakistan, even though one-third of the population of the country is not even not connected to the national electricity grid. The population with access to on-grid electricity is enduring load shedding of more than 12 h a day. This situation is alarming and require immediate attention is required so as to add alternative energy resources to the country, which has long been relying on imported fuels. It is, therefore, high time that the abundant potential in the renewable energy resources of Pakistan such as solar, wind, and biomass are harnessed. These renewable energy resources are economical and environmentally friendly, and thus considered as sustainable, and the utilization of these in meeting energy demands can help to conserve conventional resources early diminishing. This paper provides a detailed description of the energy consumption and load-shedding scenario in Pakistan thereby focusing specifically Sindh and Baluchistan provinces. Since, wind energy is considered one of the cost-effective renewable resources, six potential sites in these two provinces are considered in this study. These sites lie within 250 km of the southeastern and 800 km of the southwestern regions of Pakistan. One-year wind speed data have been reported for variable heights of these proposed sites which represent to have an annual average wind speed of 6.63 m/s and 5.33 m/s respectively. The power generation data for these location of two provinces is 7.653 GWh, and 5.456 GWh per annum respectively. This study also elaborates on the advantages and disadvantages of harvesting and installing the wind energy and provides a technical proposal for the generation of electricity from the wind in the selected remote zones which are off the national grid. The findings of this paper will help concerned government departments to devise appropriate policies and attract investment in the wind energy sector to eradicate the on-going electricity crisis.

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“…Based on the projection for oil palm residue with estimated total energy of about 44 PJ/year in 2010 for Nigeria, as shown in Table 4; an estimated 450 MW of electricity generation potential can be realized assuming an efficiency of 30% for power plants (250 kW and above type). Various studies in the literature [36,[40][41][42] have been instrumental in identifying a number of bio-fuel scenarios using different feedstocks in Nigeria. Another source of biomass may comprise of Municipal and Animal Solid Waste.…”

Section: Lignocellulosic Biomass and Energy Potentialmentioning

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Microwave pyrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass––a contribution to power Africa

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Worldwide efforts are being made to increase the use of renewable energy in order to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases. Africa is blessed with abundant resources of fossil fuels as well as renewable energy resources. Yet the continent, especially sub-Saharan Africa, is afflicted with power crisis. For example, in Nigeria, erratic electricity supplies will persist unless the government diversifies her energy sources and adopt new technologies available in the electricity generation sector. International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has called for promotion of increased utilization of the continent's vast renewable energy resources to accelerate development. This review examines the perspective of renewable energy from biomass as an important strategy for a sustainable development in Nigeria. The paper also addresses the use of pyrolysis technology--an efficient thermo-chemical process for energy applications. However, the study presents on applications either to replace fossil fuel in an existing diesel engine-based power generation system or to generate electricity using a gas engine. The work also presented herein addresses the use of industrial-and non-industrial-derived biomass residues for energy purposes with specific example on solid palm oil residues in Nigeria. The current status of pyrolysis technology and its potential for commercial application for bio-fuel production using microwave-assisted pyrolysis in Nigeria are presented. This study will extensively review the recent work on microwave-assisted technology applied to the pyrolysis process. It is estimated that electrical power generation potential at about 500 MW can be obtained by using only the available residues from oil palm industry in Nigeria. This potential can be increased 10-fold with more emphasis on expansion and modernization of oil palm industry in Nigeria. This will benefit in terms of higher revenue from the palm oil export as well as higher renewable energy generation from its biomass residue using the microwave-assisted pyrolysis technology.

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Current status and future prospects of renewable energy in Nigeria

Cited by 171 publications

References 89 publications

Challenges of Microgrids in Remote Communities: A STEEP Model Application

Challenges of Microgrids in Remote Communities: A STEEP Model Application

A Research on Electricity Generation from Wind Corridors of Pakistan (Two Provinces): A Technical Proposal for Remote Zones

Microwave pyrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass––a contribution to power Africa

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