Providing Access to Clean Energy for Lighting in Rural Communities

1. Providing Access to Clean Energy
for Lighting in Rural Communities
(A case study of Odighi Community)
Presented by
Ogbemudia Osamuyi Godfrey
(Program Manger)
Community Research and Development Centre(CREDC)
godfrey@credcentre.org
CREDC

2. CONTENT
• Energy Crises in Nigeria
• Nigeria Potentials for Renewable Energy
• Kerosene Lamp Versus Clean Energy Source(Solar
Home Systems)
• Odighi Solar Lighting Project
• Conclusion
• Other RE-Projects/Initiatives

3. Energy Crises in Nigeria
• Nigeria with a population of over
160 Million is still generating less
than the 6,000MW installed
electricity capacity, thereby
leaving majority of the population
without electricity access.
• Nigeria’s Electricity Demand is
about 15,000MW
• Nigeria’s average electric power
consumption per capita is 127 KWh.
(The World Bank)
• Nigeria was ranked 70th in the world
electricity production chart as at
2008-CIA World Factbook

4. Energy Crises in Nigeria
• A total of 23.73 million
households, out of the 28.9
million in the country, do not
have access to the national
electricity grid. This means that
82.1 percent of Nigerian
households do not have
access to electricity from the
national grid.(NERC 2012)
• Nigeria must have the
capacity to generate about
40,000 megawatts of electricity
if she must attain the goals of
vision 2020

5. Nigeria Potentials for Renewable Energy
• Solar radiation intensity across Nigeria ranges between 3.5 KW/m2 in
the south to 7.0KW/m2 in the North.
• Wind energy is available at an annual average speed ranging from
1.4 m/s to 3m/s in the southern areas and 4.0 m/s to 5.12m/s in the
northern areas.
• The projected electricity supply from Renewable Energy into the
energy mix by 2015 and 2025 are 701MW(5%) and 3060MW(10.5%)
respectively-ECN/UNDP 2005
• From a 1980 survey of about 12 states of the federation, it was
established that some 734 MW of Small Hydro Power can be
harnessed from 277 sites.
• The Biomass Energy resources of the nation have been estimated to
be 144 million tones/year.

6. Kerosene Lamp Versus Clean Energy
Source
• The world bank estimates that:
780 million women and children
breathing kerosene fumes
inhale the equivalent of smoke
from two packets of cigarettes
a day. Two thirds of adult
female lung-cancer victims in
developing nations are non-
smokers.
• 244 million tonnes of carbon
dioxide are emitted each year
through the use of fuel-run
lighting devices like kerosene
lamps, oil lamps, gas lamps,
and candles.

7. Kerosene Lamp Versus Clean Energy
Source Cont.
• Deliberate and non-intentional
adulteration of kerosene with
other more volatile fuels has
caused many reported
explosions in kerosene lanterns
and stoves, resulting in
hospitalized patients with burns
over large percentages of their
bodies and mortality in many
cases.
• Three multi-year reviews of
admissions to Nigerian hospitals
attributed ~30% of all burn
cases to kerosene.
• Africans alone spend $10 billion
a year on kerosene

8. Kerosene Lamp Versus Clean Energy
Source Cont.
• Clean energy source eliminates
the aforementioned risks of fire
hazard.
• Clean Energy sources like a
Solar Home System provides
better and longer lighting at a
lesser cost.
• Clean Energy Source for
lighting helps us to enjoy
electricity without polluting the
surrounding environment.

9. Odighi Solar Lighting Project
(Odighi Community at a glance)
• A farming community in Edo state southern Nigeria with an estimated
population of about 2,000 persons both men , women and children .
• The community is dominated by the binis.
• The community is at present partially connected to the national grid.
• Children in the community read with kerosene lamps and women
cook late meals with bush lamps.
• Women of the community travel several kilometers to the city to get
kerosene.
• Small business close shops before night falls due to poor lighting.

10. Odighi Solar Lighting Project
(Project Objectives)
The objectives of the project were;
• To increase access to
electricity for lighting in Odighi
Community using Photovoltaic
systems for 40 households.
• To build the capacity of 50
youths in the community to be
able to install and maintain
photovoltaic system.
• To create awareness on the
potential for renewable energy
technologies (RETs) to address
the energy crisis in Nigeria and
at the same time mitigate the
emission of greenhouse gases.

11. Odighi Solar Lighting Project
Solar Home System Features-(In-Diya Lamp)
• A 4.5watts 90 LED lamp which
can illuminate a room of
12ftx12ft uniformly
• A 12V , 5Ah backup battery
which can last for 8hours
minimum
• A 10watts Solar Panel
• Solar panel has a lifespan of
over 20years
• The battery’s lifespan is 3years
• The LED lamp, more than
20years.

12. Odighi Solar Lighting Project
(Installation Activities)
• Installation activity was divided
into two phases and in each
phase, 20 Solar Home Systems
were installed for the first 20
beneficiaries.
• The trained youths were also
shared into two groups with
each group handling an
installation phase.
• The 40 beneficiaries were
trained on how to use the
home systems so as to enjoy its
services.

13. Odighi Solar Lighting Project
(Installation Activities Cont.)
• The Solar panels were all
oriented due south and tilted
at angle 15 degrees in order to
ensure maximum year round
energy production form the
panel.
• Some of the panels were
mounted on roof tops while for
houses with weak roofs, the
solar panels were mounted on
vertically erected solid wooden
poles.
• The Backup battery and the
LED lamps were mounted
inside the house in the
beneficiary best choice of
room and location.

14. Odighi Solar Lighting Project
(Project Results)
• 40 households in Odighi
Community now have access
to clean energy source for
lighting
• 50 youths of Odighi Community
in Edo State are now
empowered as Solar
Technicians.
• Over 2,000 persons in Odighi
Community and neighboring
communities are now aware of
the use of Renewable Energy
Technology in providing clean
energy source for lighting.

15. Odighi Solar Lighting Project
(Project Results Cont.)
• Boost in Economic Activities in
the Community due to
increase access to energy for
lighting.
• Increase in Household income
as a result of savings made on
money spent in the purchase
of kerosene for lighting
• School Children in the
community no more read with
dull light at night but with a
brighter light devoured of the
usual smoke and smell
• About 320 Persons in the
Community are no more
exposed to smokes from
Kerosene Lamp

16. Conclusion
• 1 Liter of Kerosene produces approximately 2.5Kg of Co 2 when burnt
in a kerosene lantern.
• Assuming a household use only 1liter of kerosene per week, then for
a year which is 52 weeks, it will emit =( 2.5kg x 52) which is equal to
130Kg of Co2 every year.
• For the 40 beneficiaries of this Project it will be;
40 x 130Kg = 5,200Kg =5.2tonnes of Co2
• This implies that the Project is abating annually at least 5.2tonnes of
Carbon(IV)Oxide by replacing a kerosene lantern with an In-Diya
Lamp in Odighi Community thereby contributing to the Global
Climate Change Mitigation efforts.

17. Conclusion cont.
• One liter of Kerosene in Odighi Community cost 180 Naira
• Assuming that a household in the community use a minimum of 1 liter
a week
• For a month, a household in the community will spend this on
kerosene;
4weeks X 180 naira = 720 naira
• For a year, they will be spending;
180 Naira X52 Weeks = 9,360 Naira
• For the 40 households, they will be spending this per year;
40 households X 9,360 naira = 374,400 Naira.
This implies that as small as the Project, it is saving 374,400 Naira
annually in the community from the use of Clean Energy source for
lighting.

18. Other RE-Projects/Initiatives
• A 360Watts Central Solar • CREDC has just received a
Charging Station completed in grant from the ECOWAS Centre
Uniarho Community of Edo for Renewable Energy and
state. Energy Efficiency(ECREEE) to
implement an off-grid 4KW
solar project in a community
also in Edo state.
• CREDC has also just this month,
signed an MOU with
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC to
distribute 3 million of their Solar
Home Systems to replace
3million Kerosene Lamps in the
Niger-Delta Region of Nigeria.

19. Thank You