OLDESTWARRIBOY:


Really Oya take this one tey step down

Naijaepic:
In answering your questions, ask yourself this simple question.

What will be the value of Kanji hydro plant to Nigeria, if and only if, all the countries that river Niger pass through decided to build dam on its course to generate electricity.

Nigeria is the last country on which river Niger pass through before it offload into India ocean .

Opperwezen:

You well?

noble71:

"Some part of electricity generated are sold to neighbouring countries"
Why sell the electricity? when your citizens don't have steady light.



Meanwhile Sell your Ethereum to us.

hakeem4:
only 8 out of the 12 are functional.

Maybe we should just tryout nuclear energy as another option for generating electricity

SenecaTheYonger:


Actually only 2 are fully functional right now.

Kobicove:
This dam was build during Nigeria's hey days before our politicians went haywire and started stealing everything in sight!

Reference:


Oga. All massive transnational rivers have the challenge of ownership or resource control. And it is only by treaties the resources of the river can be managed without crises.

When a dam is built it has significant effects downstream. Remember we are downstream of about half a dozen countries (if I'm not mistaken) that own the Niger.

One, it reduces the volume of water available for, for instance power generation.

Two it reduces the quality of water available with regards to aquaculture (fishes cannot swin through dams) and farming (as the rich nutrients of natural river flows can be hijacked by irrigation or held back by the dam.

If every nation along the path of the Niger from the Futa Jallon to the border of Nigeria towed our path and built significant dams you can imagine the terrible effect it will have on not only the energy sector but on agriculture, fishery and the environment.

That is what we are paying for by giving them electricity. The treaty compensates them or officially bribes them so as not to build their own Kainji dams.

The same problem Egypt had with the Sudan decades ago concerning the River Nile and is having right now with regards to Ethiopia. Ethiopia is determined to build their own dam and Egypt is beligerent. They know if the dam is built their agricultural industry will almost certainly collapse.

The Benue has no such problems as the source of water comes from the Camerounian highlands, almost impossible to dam such that once in a while they even dump excess water on us causing major flooding in Benue and Cross-River states every other year.

solonnachi:


Gowon's regime was exceptional. That time Nigeria was so rich that we didn't know what to spend money on. After his regime, the rest is history.

puyol005:
Seem like military regime really favoured Nigeria. From Kanji, Third mainland Bridges, lagos airport, national stadium and so on. Democracy is a scam joor.

Pimpmaride:
Nice

I don't understand how water is use to generate electricity

I can't seem to understand at all

Can someone please explain, how can a body of water generate electricity

Pimpmaride:
Nice

I don't understand how water is use to generate electricity


I can't seem to understand at all

Can someone please explain, how can a body of water generate electricity

CARLOSZ:


The Dadin Kowa Dam in Gombe state have been completed since 1984, all civilian governments since Obasanjo, GEJ and now Buhari have allocated billions of naira to install turbines but nothing has been done.

Its hard to believe that a dam completed in 1984 haven't generated at least a megawatt of power in 2020

CARLOSZ:


The Dadin Kowa Dam in Gombe state have been completed since 1984, all civilian governments since Obasanjo, GEJ and now Buhari have allocated billions of naira to install turbines but nothing has been done.

Its hard to believe that a dam completed in 1984 haven't generated at least a megawatt of power in 2020

Reference:


Oga. All massive transnational rivers have the challenge of ownership or resource control. And it is only by treaties the resources of the river can be managed without crises.

When a dam is built it has significant effects downstream. Remember we are downstream of about half a dozen countries (if I'm not mistaken) that own the Niger.

One, it reduces the volume of water available for, for instance power generation.

Two it reduces the quality of water available with regards to aquaculture (fishes cannot swin through dams) and farming (as the rich nutrients of natural river flows can be hijacked by irrigation or held back by the dam.

If every nation along the path of the Niger from the Futa Jallon to the border of Nigeria towed our path and built significant dams you can imagine the terrible effect it will have on not only the energy sector but on agriculture, fishery and the environment.

That is what we are paying for by giving them electricity. The treaty compensates them or officially bribes them so as not to build their own Kainji dams.

The same problem Egypt had with the Sudan decades ago concerning the River Nile and is having right now with regards to Ethiopia. Ethiopia is determined to build their own dam and Egypt is beligerent. They know if the dam is built their agricultural industry will almost certainly collapse.

The Benue has no such problems as the source of water comes from the Camerounian highlands, almost impossible to dam such that once in a while they even dump excess water on us causing major flooding in Benue and Cross-River states every other year.

fergie001:

I thought they commissioned it Dec 2019.

Had an Engineer-friend who wanted me to work there sometime last year, but for distance......so nothing is really happening there?

E be things.

puyol005:
Seem like military regime really favoured Nigeria. From Kanji, Third mainland Bridges, lagos airport, national stadium and so on. Democracy is a scam joor.

majamajic:
Let's try solar storage
It's more efficient and better
This is old system !

CARLOSZ:


Nothing is happening there.

CARLOSZ:


The Dadin Kowa Dam in Gombe state have been completed since 1984, all civilian governments since Obasanjo, GEJ and now Buhari have allocated billions of naira to install turbines but nothing has been done.

Its hard to believe that a dam completed in 1984 haven't generated at least a megawatt of power in 2020

Reference:


I am not sure of the design but if doesn't have a silt flush it could mean the efficiency of the dam maybe compromised.

But it could also be that the turbines are whacked which is not an easy thing to replace at all and I mean not easy at all.