Renewable Energy Integration in Nigeria: Technologies, Challenges and Prospects

Abstract

The global drive to decarbonize the power supply chain witnessed an increased investment in Renewable Energy Technologies (RET). Nigeria has huge potentials of Renewable Energy Sources (RES) like Solar Photovoltaic (PV) and Wind Power (WP). However, power supply situation remains unreliable not only due to inadequacies and over reliance on conventional sources, but the problems associated with the structural and technological changes of RES integration. This paper provides a brief overview from existing reviews and surveys of the technologies, associated problems and mitigation approaches deployed to increase the penetration of RES integration into power system. Four categories of RES integration problems identified from the literature include, Power Quality, Power Flow, Stability and Power Balance. Existing mitigation technologies were then correlated with each category of the problem, thereby resulting in a Problem – Mitigation technology matrix. From the overview, some future prospects of RES and RET as its relate to decarbonizing the Nigerian power supply chain are outlined.