Author: Anthony O

Mozambique is gearing up to develop its first solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant, funded by a consortium of financiers.

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has promised $19 million

An environmental activist, Mr. Nnimo Bassey, has urged the Federal Government to

The President/Chief Executive of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has urged Nigeria leaders to address as a matter of urgency, the problem of power supply if the country wants to grow like others in the western world.

Speaking as one of the panelists at a forum organized by the World Bank Group and the African Centre for Economic Transformation (ACET) in Accra, Ghana, with the aim of scaling up private sector investment in Africa, Dangote singled out the unavailability and erratic supply of power across the country as the biggest impediment to Africa

The Nigerian Economic Summit Group has urged stakeholders in the private sector to invest in solar and other sources of renewable energy to run their industries to minimize cost

The development of solar and other renewable energy sources through off grid will enhance low carbon growth in the country says experts yesterday during word environmental day

It was said that if industrialists and other business owners used solar and other means of renewable energy to operate their equipment, it would go a long way in reducing carbon emissions in Nigeria.

Today in Nigeria, some small business owners and telecommunication kiosks in Lagos had started using solar to run their businesses.

The chairman of the event said it is important for relevant stakeholders to emulate these solar power system innovations in order to support the Federal Government in tackling climate change.

President Muhammadu Buhari recently signed the Paris Agreement on Climate Change in New York.

Egbuche said low carbon growth was capable of leveraging the ecosystem for cost efficiency.

To sustain the growth profile of alternative energy systems like solar power, experts have stressed the need for the deployment of effective and quality energy storage systems like batteries.

However, there is an area of concern that seems to be challenging among a small but vocal number of customers. Because solar panels generate electricity only when exposed to sunlight, they are heavily reliant on an energy storage medium to store the power generated during the day for use at night. This is where batteries become very essential for solar power systems

There had been much development in battery energy storage for solar power applications globally. Batteries have been found to ease the deployment of solar to both the most advanced societies and the most remote parts of the world.

A typical solar power system consists of solar panels, a charge controller, inverter, circuit breakers and a bank of batteries. On average, the batteries make up, at least, 45 per cent of the total material cost of a typical solar power system in Nigeria, that is, an off-grid or hybrid solar electricity system.

This is quite understandable due to its significant role of storing power and providing power backup at night or on cloudy days.

Due to lack of technical know-how some installers fall short of taking the necessary steps to determine the suitable battery storage capacities needed by their customers. Failure to do this, results in poor performance and total energy discharge, which ultimately lead to shortened battery life. Many are found in this situation because they failed to engage the service of quality providers.

Apart from achieving power independence, many customers confirm there has been money savings and elimination of noise from generators by going solar using quality batteries like US flooded batteries.

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