Off-grid photovoltaic microgrid development for rural electrification in Nigeria
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2020
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The Electricity Journal
Abstract
Access to electricity at affordable cost is an essential ingredient for rapid and sustainable economic development,
which directly contributes to economic growth and poverty reduction of a community. This article presents the
design and execution procedure of the photovoltaic microgrid system carried out at Lajolo Community and its
neighbouring communities in Nigeria. The primary aim of the project is to provide clean electric power to the
people of the communities to increase their productive capacities and improve the quality of life in the remote
area. The work is equally intended to stimulate rapid economic growth, thereby generating new income alternatives
that result in social well-being of the case study communities. The project, when commissioned in
January 2018, has greatly improved the economic activities and social life of the beneficiary communities. It also
increases the security of the communities at night. With the provision of a motorized borehole for irrigation
system, the villagers, who are predominantly farmers, can now farm all year round with bumper harvest. In this
paper, recent developments in the solar energy microgrid across the globe is also presented.
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Microgrid, Photovoltaic system, Off-grid system, Electricity Rural communities
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Salihu, T. Y., Akorede, M. F., Abdulkarim, A., & Abdullateef, A. I. (2020): Off-grid photovoltaic microgrid development for rural electrification in Nigeria. The Electricity Journal, 33(5). Available online at https://www.sciencedirect.com/search/advanced?qs=Off-grid%20photovoltaic%20microgrid%20development%20for%20rural%20electrification%20in%20Nigeria