Energy in Nigeria

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Nigeria's primary energy consumption was about 108 Mtoe in 2011.[1] Most of the energy comes from traditional biomass and waste, which account for 83% of total primary production. The rest is from fossil fuels (16%) and hydropower (1%).[1]

Coal, petroleum reserves, natural gas, peat, hydroelectricity, solar and wind are major energy resources in Nigeria.[2] In 2018, the World Data Bank postulated that Nigeria produces the largest supply of oil in Africa, and a large supply of Nigeria's energy is supplied by fossil fuels and biomass.[3] Nigeria has oil reserves of about 35 billion barrels (5.6×109 m3) and gas reserves of about 5  trillion cubic meters, ranking 10th and 9th in the world, respectively. Global production in 2009 reached 29 billion barrels (4.6×109 m3) of oil and 3 trillion cubic meters of natural gas.[4] Nigeria is a member of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries.

Overview[]

Energy in Nigeria[5]
Population
(million) 		Primary energy
(TWh) 		Production
(TWh) 		Export
(TWh) 		Electricity
(TWh) 		CO2 emissions
(Mt)
2004 128.7 1,151 2,668 1,508 13.4 47.6
2007 148.0 1,241 2,695 1,445 20.3 51.4
2008 151.3 1,293 2,638 1,343 19.1 52.4
2009 154.7 1,259 2,660 1,419 18.6 41.2
2010 158.42 1,315 3,005 1,691 21.62 45.90
2012 162.47 1,376 2,988 1,607 24.45 52.85
2012R 168.83 1,555 3,160 1,625 26.22 64.56
2013 174.00 1,554 2,973 1,415 24.52 61.00
Mtoe = 11.63 TWh. Prim. energy includes energy losses
2012R = CO2 calculation criteria changed, numbers updated

Petroleum[]

Oil and gas in Nigeria

Nigeria was among the top ten oil producers in 2005.[6]

Oando (Owned by Adewale Tinubu) is one of the Nigeria's largest oil company, headquartered in Lagos. Oando is among Nigeria's largest non-government owned company in the energy industry. It is listed on the Nigerian and Johannesburg Stock Exchange.

Oil and gas contributors include Nigerian National Petroleum Company NNPC, Chevron Corporation, CNOOC, CNPC, Conoco, Eni, Exxon Mobil Corporation, GEPetrol, Petrobras, Shell, Statoil and Total[7]

Ogoniland[]

Forcados Offshore Nigeria, Shell Oil Field.

Ogoni people live historically in the Niger Delta in the southeastern region of Nigeria. Ogoniland oil facilities are operated mainly by the Shell Petroleum Development Corporation in the upstream and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company in the downstream since the 1950s. The Ogoni campaign against Shell Oil is led by the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP). MOSOP is campaigning for the expulsion of Shell from Ogoniland.[8]

According to a (UNEP) assessment in August 2011, oil contamination is widespread in Ogoniland and oil spills continue still even in the old oil field areas. The Ogoni people live with this pollution every day. As Ogoniland has high rainfall, delay in the cleaning of the oil spills leads to spread oil contamination in the farmlands. Oil contamination of land areas, sediments and swampland are extensive. The wetlands around Ogoniland are highly degraded and facing disintegration. Fishermen must move to less contaminated areas in search of fish. The current Ogoniland community has lived with chronic oil pollution throughout their lives. Of most immediate concern in December 2011, community members at Nisisioken Ogale are drinking water contaminated with benzene, a known carcinogen, at level over 900 times above the WHO guideline.[9][10]

Environmental damage[]

The Niger Delta is one of the most polluted regions in the world. More oil is spilled each year than in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. Nigerian government reports more than 7,000 spills between 1970 and 2000 and 2,000 major spillage sites.[11][12]

Pollution and environmental damage to the oil industry has a serious impact on people living in the Niger Delta. The environment laws are poorly enforced. Government agencies responsible for enforcement were ineffective and, in some cases, compromised by conflicts of interest. Communities in the Niger Delta frequently had no access to vital information about the impact of the oil industry on their lives. On 1 May 2010, crude oil from a leaking oil from an offshore platform of ExxonMobil's Qua Iboe oilfield reached the shores of the Ibeno community, Akwa Ibom state.[13]

Representatives of Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell are appearing in a Dutch civil court to face accusations of polluting Nigerian villages in 2012.[14] The UNEP report (2011) concludes that pollution of soil by petroleum hydrocarbons in Ogoniland is extensive inland areas, sediments and swampland.[15]

Oil spills[]

  • Shell Nigeria announced 40,000 barrels of the crude oil spill in Nigeria in December 2011. Bonga Field produces around 200,000 barrels a day. The spill was among the worst off the coast of Nigeria in 10 years.[16]
  • 280,000 barrels of oil were estimated spilled in 2008 in two leaks in the Bodo region in the Ogoni district in 2008. Bodo is at the epicenter of several pipelines that collect oil from nearly 100 wells. Nearly 80% of people in Bodo were fishermen dependent on clean water.[11]

Human rights[]

The Niger Delta area is oil-rich.

Because of Nigeria's role as a regional power, leading oil exporter, and major contributor of troops to United Nations peacekeeping missions, foreign governments—including the United States and the United Kingdom—have been reluctant to publicly criticize Nigeria's human rights record. In 2010 the UK increased funding to £140  million in aid to Nigeria, including security sector aid, without demanding accountability for Nigerian officials and members of the security forces implicated in corrupt practices and serious human rights abuses.[17]

Coal[]

A Coal

Coal is a fossil fuel and the remnant affected by prehistoric vegetation originally accumulated in swamps and peat bogs.[18] The production of coal started in Nigeria in 1902. Coal was the major source of energy for the country until 1960.[19]

Nigeria has a coal reserve of 379,194,640 tons. She is ranked 44th in position of the world's total reserve of 1,139,471 million tons (MMst); with proven reserves equivalent to 1,961.4 times its annual consumption. This implies Nigeria has about 1,961 years of Coal left at current consumption levels and excluding unproven reserves.[20]

Gas[]

Lagos, Nigeria
Niger Delta River

Gas in Nigeria is supplied to a variety of industrial users in and around Lagos. The gas originates in the Niger Delta area. It passes to Lagos via the Escravos Pipeline . A number of major industrial users utilize this gas in captive power plants such as Guinness's Ogba and Benin breweries.[21] It has become a cleaner and cheaper source of energy in the manufacturing sector particularly in southern Nigeria (Lagos, Rivers, Edo, cross river).

Hydropower[]

Niger River
River Benue
Lake Chad

The country, Nigeria, is rich in natural resources including large rivers and natural falls. Niger River, River Benue and Lake Chad Basin inclusive are the country's are the major water resources providing Hydropower to the country. Nigeria's hydropower total installed capacity is 12,522 Megawatts (this excludes off-grid generation which is 2,062 Megawatts). Total exploitable potential of hydropower is estimated at over 14,120 MW, which amounts to more than 50,800 GWh of electricity annually. Nearly 85 per cent of hydropower is yet to be developed, and this provides solutions in addressing existing power shortages.[22]

Lake Jebba

The Jebba hydropower plant has an installed capacity of 578.4MW which is located on the Niger river; also has six turbines with a capacity of 96.4MW respectively.[23]

Uranium mining[]

A square Uranium ore

Uranium exploration, in Nigeria, started in 1973 and has been recorded in six States, which include: Cross River, Adamawa, Taraba, Plateau, Bauchi and Kano till date. Presently, findings have shown that the deposit size and potential of Uranium in Nigeria are still not sufficient to encourage resource drilling and feasibility studies.[24]

Nuclear[]

Since 2004 Nigeria has a Chinese-origin research reactor at Ahmadu Bello University, and has sought the support of the International Atomic Energy Agency to develop plans for up to 4,000 MWe of nuclear capacity by 2027 according to the National Program for the Deployment of Nuclear Power for Generation of Electricity.[25] Nigeria hoped to begin construction in 2011 and start nuclear power production in 2017–2020. On 27 July 2007 Nigeria's President Umaru Yar'Adua has urged the country to embrace nuclear power in order to meet its growing energy needs.[26] Construction has not begun but plans have not been canceled by 2016.

In April 2015, Nigeria began talks with Russia's state-owned Rosatom to collaborate on the design, construction and operation of four nuclear power plants by 2035, the first of which will be in operation by 2025.[27] In June 2015, Nigeria selected two sites for the planned construction of the nuclear plants. Neither the Nigerian government nor Rosatom would disclose the specific locations of the sites, but it is believed that the nuclear plants will be sited in Akwa Ibom State, in South-South Nigeria, and Kogi State, in the central northern part of the country.[28] Both sites are planned to house two plants each.

In 2017 agreements were signed for the construction of the Itu nuclear power plant.[29] In 2021, an OPEN100 reactor design was also proposed by Transcorp Energy as a way to improve access to electricity.[30]

Renewable energy[]

A Picture of Biomass

Renewable energy penetration in Nigeria is still in its nascent stage, the only source of renewable energy in the country is hydropower and biomass; wind and solar energy have only been deployed in a minuscule amount. With energy policies and initiatives developing, wind and solar energy generation projects are gradually being planned throughout the country. Developments in solar and wind power are gradually increasing with the discovering of their high potentials and benefits for Nigeria's environment and society.

Nigeria may suffer a deterioration of its position in international affairs if the global transition to renewable energy is completed and international demand for its petroleum resources ceases. It is ranked 149 out of 156 countries in the index of Geopolitical Gains and Losses after energy transition (GeGaLo).[31]

Current and future projects in renewable energy[]

Nigeria is only able to supply power to half of its population of 198 million.[32] Currently, Nigeria generates a small amount of energy from renewable sources such as hydropower, solar, wind and biomass.[33] In 2005, the Energy Commission of Nigeria developed the Renewable Energy Master Plan (REMP), which suggests ideas for renewable energy policies, as well as possible technologies that can be used to fulfill their goals.[33] They are targeting to expand their energy access to 90 percent of the population by 2030 and 30 percent of their total generation to be from renewable sources.[32]

Due to its geographic location near the equator, Nigeria has the potential to generate most of its energy through solar.[34] Most of the big cities in Nigeria (Lagos, Abuja, Benin City, Port Harcourt, Kaduna and Kano) now power their street lighting with solar energy through state beautification projects.[35][36] Low Energy Designs, a firm from the United Kingdom, was contracted to build solar powered street lights across Nigeria.[37] This twelve-month project is expected to cover about 300 km and cost about 7 million U.S. dollars.[37] In addition, the World Bank has lent Nigeria about 350 million to build a solar power grid by 2023 that will help generate power for hospitals, rural areas, schools and households.[32]

In February 2018, Nigeria completed the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership project, which supplies about 261,938 citizens with clean renewable energy.[38] This project was in partnership with USAID, private donors, government agencies, financial institutions and non-governmental organizations.[38] The goal of the project was to build connections to 2.5 MW of power through off and on grid sources, which will reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 4.5 million metric tons.[38]

The Nigerian Energy Support Programme was developed in conjunction with the German development agency Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and International Finance Corporation. This involves training programs for Renewable energy systems and energy efficiency. Training is carried out by Nigeria's premier power systems trainer National Power Training Institute of Nigeria and other power trainers including the various energy research centers run by the Energy Commission of Nigeria.[39]

Nigeria has secured financial support from Chinese lenders to start construction on their hydroelectric plant in Mambilla.[40] The idea to create this project was originally proposed in 1972 and is finally ready to be put into action over 45 years later.[41] Chinese lenders are providing 85% of the total 5.8 billion dollar project and Nigerian government will provide the rest of the funding.[42] The 3,050 megawatt power plant is expect to take five years to build.[42] The project will create four dams that measure about 50 meters in width and 150 meters in height.

Rural electrification project[]

Nigeria Electrification Project (NEP) is a Federal Government initiative that is private sector driven and seeks to provide electricity access to households, micro, small and medium enterprises in off-grid communities across the country through renewable power sources. NEP is being implemented by the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) in collaboration with the World Bank, AfDB, and other partners. The milestone reached by the initiative came through with the immense contribution of solar companies in Nigeria.[43] The companies were awarded projects and it was carried out.

Solar energy[]

Solar thermal energy has been utilized for decades in processes for cooking, food preservation, and agriculture. In 2016, President Buhari inaugurated the country's first solar power plant in Ibadan.[44] As of December 2017, Nigeria's federal government has invested $20 million on solar projects throughout the country.[45]

Nigeria's climate, resources, and economic and societal conditions make solar energy a suitable alternative energy source. The Northern part of Nigeria has the highest potential for solar. The North has an average solar insolation of 2200 kWh/m^2,[46] while the southern part has 1800 kWh/m^2.[46] In addition to adequate power outputs, solar energy would aid the country in reducing carbon emissions from fossil-fueled energy generation. Furthermore, solar power would provide a reliable and stable source of energy in both urban and other locations and could alleviate the resources-conflict associated with oil.[47] In December 2020, the Federal Government of Nigeria partnered with an indigenous solar company, Arnergy, which at that time has brought in foreign investments worth over $9 million to boost solar electrification in Nigeria.[48]

Wind power[]

Wind turbine generation is another developing energy source in Nigeria. Wind speeds in Nigeria typically range from 2–9.5 m/s.[49] With such low wind speeds, investments and interest in wind energy have not been as high as solar power. However, wind power could be advantageous to rural and agricultural areas.[50] Wind power would also be beneficial in the Southeast with wind power potentials higher than 4 m/s, and in the North where wind speeds reach up to 6 m/s at a 10 hub height.[46] Initiatives such as Nigeria's National Renewable Energy Plan are beginning to set forth goals in wind turbine implementation.[51] However, with insufficient data and its status as a relatively new technology, development overall has been slow and challenging.[52]

Challenges[]

Despite a huge effort by public and private agencies to promote the adoption of alternative energy sources in Nigeria, renewable energy is still marred with several challenges hindering the complete integration, especially in the rural areas of Nigeria with an abundance of solar but little or no access to the grid.[53] The major challenge seems to be capital intensive [54] The average rural dweller in Nigeria engaged in subsistence farming can not afford the cost of acquiring the components needed to generate electricity that can power as little as a 500W system. This is largely due to the high cost of deep cycle batteries, which is necessary for an off-grid solution.

Another challenge is the lack of adequate skilled labor in a population of about 200 million. Installing a renewable energy system is technical and requires the expertise of a trained technician. Some renewable energy companies in Nigeria have identified this problem and established renewable energy training academies across Nigeria.[55]

See also[]

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