ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION LOSSES IN NIGERIA POWER SECTOR: A SMART GRID APPROACH

K. R. Ajao, A. A. Ogunmokun, F. Nangolo, E. O. Adebo

Abstract


At 126 kWh per capita, Nigeria is lagging behind many developing countries in terms of grid-based electricity available for consumption. An estimated 40% of industries and businesses generate their own power supply to augment the national grid supply. In February 2016, Nigeria reached electricity transmission capacity of 5074 MW which was still less than the generation capacity at that time. With a target of 20,000 MW transmission capacity by 2021, Nigeria urgently need to evolve new ways to minimize transmission losses and deliver quality electricity to commercial and domestic consumers for rapid economic development of the country.  Optimizing the functioning and reliability of the transmission grid can be achieved by improved technology in sensing, communications, metering and control. These dynamics can boost transmission grid efficiency, reliability, capacity utilization and ensure more rapid response to remediate emergencies.

 Keywords: power supply, transmission capacity, generation capacity, losses, reliability, efficiency

 


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