When the world is up with their gloves tapping alternative renewable energy sources, Nigeria does not seem to stay behind in the race – its tropical climate makes solar energy the most viable alternative energy source.
Bishop Kodji is the first village that got electrified under the Lagos State government’s pilot solar energy project. It is a small island in the Atlantic Ocean off Nigeria, living on fishing and canoe carvings.
Before the successful tapping of solar energy to produce electricity, the 5,000 population here had never known what electricity is! Harnessing renewable energy sources in such remote areas are much cheaper compared to what it takes to connect each village to the national grid. It costs about 150 million naira (around 1.2 million dollars), while solar energy project costs only about 10 million naira (around 83,000 dollars) per village!
Thus, this is the most economic and viable source of electricity, especially in developing and under-developed remote areas, where electricity has never entered.
Via: Iran Daily
