In this paper, the Ewu Market (EM) located in Esan Central Local Government Area (LGA), Edo State, is considered as the case study. The need for decentralising the grid has become imperative following the UN policy on SDGs, especially goal 7, which is to guarantee “ clean and affordable energy for all by the year 2050“. In a view to solving the problem of energy poverty, Nigerians have sought self-help through the use of diesel generators irrespective of the cost of fueling, maintenance, environmental effects and health implications (Ise-Olorunkanmi, 2014 Hassan and Hamam, 2017 Airoboman, 2016). However, the Nation continues to endure energy poverty and energy injustice instead of enjoying energy democracy.
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It is worthy to note that if the primary source of energy in Nigeria is adequately utilised to its full potential, then it could outweigh the demand for the product (Ekeh, 2003). It has also been revealed that 90% of the people in Nigeria lack affordable and clean energy supply (Energy Access Outlook, 2017). According to (Engerati, 2016), 80% of persons living in rural areas in Africa are without electricity while (Mendoza, 2016) affirmed that 645million people in sub-Saharan Africa exist without access to clean and affordable energy. Since innovation and investments are interwoven to ensure reliable and affordable power supply, the gradual integration and penetration of renewables (solar, wind, and otherwise) into the sector cannot be over-emphasised.Īs of late, 85% of the people in the world, the majority of which are women and children living in remote communities, cannot boast of clean and affordable energy (Pauser et al., 2015 Belemsobgo, 2020). In achieving this milestone, investment in the electricity sector remains sacrosanct and more importantly, deploying stand-alone grid systems into the market.
It is expected that electricity would be the major source of energy at that time. INTRODUCTIONĪs the world envisages the road map to the energy transition, more productive use of energy is anticipated in the nearest future. The beauty of this scheme is that it supports the UN Sustainable Development Goal Seven SDG 7 tagged “ Clean and Affordable Energy for All by 2050“. The benefit of this paper is that the implemented device will be eco-friendly and can serve as a lighting medium especially at night for studying particularly for children thereby avoiding all forms of impaired development that may have emanated as a result of the use of a kerosene lamp. The implication of this result is that the grid can be relieved by the equivalent of such an amount of energy and sent to other areas with an epileptic power supply. The results from this study showed that total energy of 2,620.80kWh can be generated using the scheme.
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This paper utilises the HOMMER software to determine the solar irradiance and temperature of the Ewu Market Edo State which was used as a case study. By developing a solar-mechanical energy-generating wheelbarrow system for these traders, the wasted energy generated each day can thus be converted to useful energy through the appropriate sizing of the solar PV system on the wheelbarrow which can thus be used to convert solar irradiation to electrical energy. The traders in these communities are known to cover several kilometres from their homes, pushing their wheelbarrows under extreme weather conditions to the market and then moving from one place to another within the market to sell their goods.
In this paper, the need for converting wasted energy to useful energy through the pushing of wheelbarrows by traders in Edo Central district, Edo State, is proposed. Since wheelbarrow usage is a lifestyle for the rural communities, particularly for carrying their goods to the market and to the farm alike, therefore, the development of a solar energy-generating wheelbarrow system is proposed to curb energy poverty experienced within said communities. Communities, therefore, embraced the use of kerosene lamps and all forms of the non-biodegradable source of energy for their domestic use. One of the reasons for the shortage of power supply in rural areas in Nigeria may be connected to its economic implication (it is not profitable to the appropriate authorities because the willingness to pay (WTP) is low).
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