Technical Feasibility and Econometrics of a Small Hydro Power Plant for a Farm Settlement in Nigeria

Felix A. Ishola, Ademola Dare, Joseph Azeta, Timilehin Sanni, Stephen A. Akinlabi

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Abstract

The farm settlement comprises of large hectares of crop plantation and a community of less than a hundred number of people living in low-cost buildings. The farm settlement project is a pilot public-private project majorly to facilitate crop production and encourage urban-rural settlement for the purpose of boosting crop exportation capacity of the country. There had been a difficulty in electrifying the farm settlement using the existing national grid. The nearest power station is about 1000 km from the farmland and the energy capacity available from the power booster station has already been chocked up by some closer and bigger communities. This study explored a sustainable energy source for a regular and dependable power supply for the farm settlement. The authors investigated the feasibility of having an electric power generation from a local river close to the farm settlement. Also, the econometrics for the Small Hydro Power Scheme was carried out to determine the viability of the proposed project.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Electronics Engineering - Proceedings of the ICCEE 2019
EditorsZahriladha Zakaria, Rabiah Ahmad
PublisherSpringer
Pages291-302
Number of pages12
ISBN (Print)9789811512889
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020
Externally publishedYes
EventInternational Conference on Computer Science, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, ICCEE 2019 - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Duration: 29 Apr 201930 Apr 2019

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Electrical Engineering
Volume619
ISSN (Print)1876-1100
ISSN (Electronic)1876-1119

Conference

ConferenceInternational Conference on Computer Science, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, ICCEE 2019
Country/TerritoryMalaysia
CityKuala Lumpur
Period29/04/1930/04/19

Keywords

  • Econometrics
  • Feasibility
  • Hydro Power Plant
  • Settlement

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

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