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Energy and PowerNov 12, 2021

Nigeria should setup coal fired power plants and ignore these selfish developed nations

Nigeria should stop beating around the bush and setup coal fired power plants and solve our electricity problem once and for all. Why some developing nations keep paying attention to most of these selfish developed nations that have used coal and continue to use coal to generate electricity beats my imagination silly. ----------------------------- COP26: Coal compromise as leaders near climate deal A draft agreement at the COP26 climate summit has watered down commitments to end the use of coal and...

By Afam Nnaji1032

Energy and PowerJun 15, 2020

Try these just before you replace your inverter backup batteries

Every 2 or more years people plan to replace their inverter batteries due to decrease in the autonomy they provide.It is typical for one to enjoy say 24 hrs (or whatever maximum autonomy a solution was designed for) backup when the inverter batteries were first deployed and after a couple of weeks or months the backup time begins to reduce until it no longer makes sense and the next thing is - plan to change the...

By Afam Nnaji1735

Energy and PowerFeb 12, 2020

We have a federal government that is more interested in the welfare of non Nigerians than Nigerians

Millions of Nigerians are without electricity yet Nigeria supplies electricity to neighboring countries even when some of these Nigerians that are without electricity come from regions that provide the resources that are used to build power plants and generate the same electricity they send to neighboring countries.As is this is not enough coupled with the criminal estimated billing systems that the discos prefer compared to proper billing system based on prepaid meters and the attendant pain...

By Afam Nnaji1750

Energy and PowerOct 4, 2019

Solar Systems Could Replace Generators

It is estimated that over 20 million generators are used daily. Consumers have had to generate their own power, to overcome Nigeria's energy scarcity. The lack of constant supply as a result of frequent grid outages and failures has turned Nigerian consumers into masters of their own destinies. Both small-scale businesses and private residences rely on small fuel generators, commonly called “I pass my neighbour”.Despite their usefulness, these generators are not ideal and possess drawbacks, not...

By Afam Nnaji1705

Energy and PowerMay 27, 2019

Increasing attacks on electricity distribution workers avoidable

Staff of electricity distribution companies are being attacked sometimes in very violent manners when they go out to disconnect electricity supply in homes or offices. I have seen at least 3 different videos with things like rods, cutlasses and glass being used on these workers who were only doing the jobs their greedy and wicked employers sent them to do. You send people estimated bills on a monthly basis even when they should be paying more than 10%...

By Afam Nnaji1324

Energy and PowerOct 12, 2017

DISCOs will one day beg Nigerians to get connected to the grid

The same DISCOs that cannot buy and install ordinary prepaid meters for electricity consumers because they make a lot of money from estimated bills are worried about the proliferation of solar panels? Solar panels deployment will continue to grow and as I predicted before these same DISCOs that are robbing Nigerians blind will beg Nigerians to get connected to the national grid one day. ------------------------------------- Fashola Allays DisCos Fears Over Proliferation of...

By Afam Nnaji2763

Energy and PowerAug 21, 2017

Electricity distribution companies are the most corrupt and arrogant entities out there

Nigerians are being exploited, cheated and robbed by the discos out there and what should be rightly seen as the most irresponsible and annoying style of stealing from law abiding citizens is being ignored by many when the likes of the Nigeria Police and EFCC should be working day and night trying to put an end to this shameful practice of providing Nigerians with estimated bills irrespective of the amount of electriciy they consume per month....

By Afam Nnaji2738

Energy and PowerJul 11, 2017

Distributed energy generation remains the solution to our power problems

Uninterrupted power supply for the last 2 weeks even when nothing came from the grid for 3 days sometime last week thanks to the regular power inverter backup system. I really don't understand how people spend so much running generators when 50% of what they spend in a year could get them an inverter backup system (inverter plus batteries) that they would enjoy for at least 2 years before noticing appreciable drop in performance of the...

By Afam Nnaji2781

Energy and PowerFeb 24, 2017

Nigeria has no record of its oil, non-oil export activities since June 2015

This is the height of corruption in my opinion. This is so wrong and cannot be justified. How can a nation or a country develop or make progress with this kind of thing going on without consequences? -------------------------------------------------- Nigeria has no record of its oil, non-oil export activities since June 2015 On February 20, 20177:15 pmIn NewsComments By Joseph Erunke ABUJA-THE Senate was Monday told that Nigeria has since June 2015, been exporting its oil...

By Afam Nnaji3242

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