Nigeria
Nigeria is one of the biggest and fastest growing telecom markets in Africa with a population of over 155 million, attracting huge amounts of foreign investment, and yet stands at very low levels of telecoms market penetration. The mobile sector, shared by four operators, has seen triple-digit growth rates every year since competition had been introduced[1].
The GSMA Green Power for Mobile programme was launched in September 2008 to advance the use of renewable energy sources by the mobile industry to power 118,000 new and existing off-grid base stations in developing countries by 2012(2). According to the on-line tracker, 10,233 renewable powered BTS have already been installed round the world, and an additional 10,066 are due to be installed.
Source: African Kaleidoscope(3)
Renewable Energy Resource
Merits and Demerits:
- Better Solar Resource in Nigeria
- Average renewable system combination: 12 kW PV and 3kW wind turbine
- Annual average generated capacity: 17,300 kWh/y with a demand of 11,461 kW/y
References used:
- Telecommunications, ICT and Internet Usage in Nigeria by Internet World Stats: Usage and Population Statistics http://www.internetworldstats.com/af/ng.htm
- GSM World, Green power for Mobile http://www.wirelessintelligence.com/green-power
- Map of Nigeria by African Kaleidoscope http://www.africankaleidoscope.com/the_host/_nigeria.htm
