Power problems: Could solar solve Nigeria’s electricity woes? Hungry for energy, millions of Nigerians put up with noisy, smoky petrol-fuelled generators to power their lives. Could solar technology help? An estimated 22 million small-unit generators are in use by Nigerians, and they plug a vital gap in a country that ranks 171 out of 190 …
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Good morning the subject today is Net Zero Homes / Zero Energy Homes. What is a net zero home / zero energy home? The answer depends on who is answering. The United States office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy defines it as “a zero energy building produces enough renewable energy to meet its own annual …
Before I give you my opinion, I will lift something out of an article I read. The following export product groups categorize the highest dollar value in Chinese global shipments during 2020. Also shown is the percentage share each export category represents in terms of overall exports from China. Electrical machinery, equipment: US$710.1 billion (27.4% …
One shocking statistic about going solar is this; in 2018, the United States had 64.2 GW of installed solar, enough to power 12.3 million American homes. Amazing right? Yeah I know. That is because the sun produces enough energy every second to cover the needs of the earth for 500,000 years. The sun is that …
Conservation of energy is an essential and ideal thing to do if you want to get the best out of your utility bills most especially if you use a prepaid meter. To conserve energy, you need to cut down the amount of energy consumed in your home. While this may sound like hard stuff to …
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Solar batteries are one of the major components of your solar power system. The battery functions as the storage tank for the electrical current trapped by the solar panels. One advantage is having a battery is that it holds the electrical current and makes it ready for use whenever you need it. That is, with …
How Does Solar Energy work? You probably must have seen those huge panels on the roof of many houses and have asked yourself “oh man how does this thing work?”. Well, I will walk you through the process of this solar energy works. Firstly, you should know that solar energy is the most abundant type …
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Solar energy is the most abundant type of energy in the world. It is the energy gotten from the sun. The sun helps us in different ways. For example, it dries our clothes, dries grains, keeps the temperature of the Earth balanced, and many other benefits. As a beginner, this article will walk …
Having solar panels at home and getting the most out of the free energy provided by the sun each day is a wonderful decision to make. Solar energy is renewable energy derived from the sun. Unlike other non-renewable ways of producing electricity such as oil, coal, gas, etc, the sun replenishes the energy released by …
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Andrew Allee, James Sherwood, Falaq Tidjani and Ayodeji Ojo Electrifying Nigerian Agriculture with Clean Minigrids to Improve Livelihoods A new Power Africa study finds immediate opportunity to initiate and scale the productive use of energy from Nigerian minigrids by electrifying three prevalent agricultural processing activities: rice milling, grain flour milling, and cassava grating. For the hundreds of …
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