SOLAR ENERGY AND ITS APPLICATIONS IN NIGERIA: Short Communication

Development and Application of Asphalt Bonded Solar Thermogenerator in Small Scale Agroforestry Based Industry

“…For instance, in Nigeria, Nitel powered the Ugonoba and the Gewadabawa repeater stations in 1997; more than 50 repeater stations in the Nigerian Network were powered by PV systems (Coker, 2004). Solar energy has been limited mainly to low grade thermal applications in the Sub Saharan African region.…”

Increasing household solar energy penetration through load partitioning based on quality of life: The case study of Nigeria

“…Some of these areas of applications have been identified by Coker (Coker, 2004) and these include; village electrification, residential and commercial building, water pumping and purification, agricultural utilization, heating sources and industrial utilization. The possibility of utilizing solar energy for electricity generation in residential buildings has also been explored by Oji et al (2012).…”

Design and construction of an inverter using solar cell as a source of charger

“…Thus, the present was undertaken to use solar cell as source of charger to the accumulator powering an inverter and to use the inverter as A.C power source for domestic appliances. Solar energy is the energy transmitted from the sun in the form of electromagnetic radiation, which requires no medium for its transmission (Coker, 2004). In 1861, Auguste Mouchout developed a steam engine powered entirely by the sun but its high costs coupled with the falling price of English coal doomed his invention to become a footnote in energy history.…”