Power supply is the golden thread that connects three facets of sustainability: economic prosperity, social progress, and living within environmental constraints. Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest concentration of people without access to modern energy, with rural people in general and low-income people, in particular, suffering the most. In Sub-Saharan Africa, for example, just 36% of […]
Despite the fact that the British colonial administration in Ijora Lagos generated electricity in 1896, Nigeria has had chronic power outages since the 1960s. The inconsistent supply had extended across the country, making it unpredictable and inconvenient. The Electric Power Implementation Committee was established by the federal government in 2000 to provide advice on electric […]
Nearly half of Africans (46%) still live in households without electricity. To effectively combat poverty, enable new economic possibilities, and promote equality, efforts to attain universal access to affordable, dependable, and sustainable electricity by 2030 must be at the forefront of energy transition initiatives. The speed with which modern, renewable-based solutions can be adopted will […]
1.1 What is a mini Grid? A mini-grid is a network of small-scale electricity generators and possibly energy storage systems connected to a distribution network that offers power to a small, localised set of customers while staying independent of the national transmission grid. They can range in size from a few kilowatts to ten […]
A power supply is a golden thread that connects three facets of sustainability: economic prosperity, social progress, and living within environmental constraints. Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest concentration of people without access to modern energy, with rural people in general and low-income people, in particular, suffering the most. In Sub-Saharan Africa, for example, just 36% […]
A mini-grid is a self-contained power system or an integrated local generating and distribution system with an installed capacity of less than 1MW that can serve multiple end customers while remaining independent of the national grid. A mini-grid can provide reliable and affordable electricity in remote areas where population density is insufficient to justify connecting […]
Energy storage systems (batteries) have become an important component of sustainable renewable energy systems. The ability of renewable technologies, such as solar, to store energy during periods of low demand and release energy during periods of high demand, allows technology to be successfully integrated into energy infrastructure. To address this demand, battery technology has progressed […]
Production is the bane of any business. For a business to exist, it is required to be involved in the process of producing. In practical language, production is the process of turning raw materials into finished goods (or services) for consumption. Yet, to produce effectively, one needs energy. It is impossible to turn raw materials […]
Africa now has more than one-sixth of the world’s population, but it produces only 4% of the world’s electricity. Three-quarters of the continent’s energy use is accounted for by South Africa and the countries north of the Sahara. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA, 2019) about 600 million Africans do not have access to electricity, […]
According to the United Nation, 3 billion of the world’s population still rely on coal, wood, charcoal, and animal waste for their cooking and heat generation. This impacts the environment in negative ways, resulting in 600,000 deaths annually. This is why the UN created Goal 7 which is divided into three targets. The first target reads […]
