Schneider Electric, a French multinational corporation that specializes in energy management and automation solutions are encouraging the use of microgrids.
Microgrids are a key 21st-century solution for powering technologies through clean energy.
Schneider Microgrids Expert, Teina Teibowei, explained in an interview with journalists that existing microgrid technologies can reduce carbon emissions by 70 per cent and engineer healthier energy across the world.
According to her, Schneider aims to upscale the energy world, hence the campaign to stick to smaller grids which will reduce carbon emissions.
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Reducing Nigeria’s carbon emissions
Teibowei said, for instance, carbon emissions from the power sector in Nigeria can be reduced using technologies like microgrids from around 11.7 million metric tonnes.
“With the recent sustainability dilemma facing the world; rapid transformations in technology across all sectors, and the tripled advancement of cars, computers, phones, and daily technologies relied on, there is an ever-increasing demand for more energy than the 20th century technology for technological power advancement.
“Microgrids are self-contained electrical networks that draw from on-site energy sources and can operate independently of the grid.”
“They offer straightforward solutions for elevating energy resilience and clean energy.”
Thus, she says, they are a key 21st-century solution for powering 21st-century technologies.
Microgrid, a sustainable path to electrification
Babajide Ogunlesi, Regional Product Application Engineer, Schneider Electric, who also spoke at the event, explained that the use of microgrids in the resolution of the energy challenge in Nigeria is necessary to pave a sustainable path to electrification.
According to him, it will also provide innovative energy solutions to drive cost-efficiency for homes and organizations.
He also explained that there are different microgrid sizes, and starting with a right sized microgrid design will optimize cost efficiencies.
“It is essential to right-size at the design phase of the microgrid for it to deliver measurable energy-cost efficiency.
“Factors to consider are the specific load to power, the load requirements at any given time and the demand sources.
“Taking the time to design the solution properly avoids ending up with an under or over-sized microgrid.
“The goal is to tailor a solution that is just right for the user’s energy needs.”
Energy-as-a-service funding
Teibowei said that organisations wishing to adopt microgrids in Nigeria can use the Energy-as-a-service funding model for seamless project execution.
“The Energy-as-a-service model limits technical and operational risk, while delivering on reliability and cost-effectiveness.
“ Schneider Electric is strong with an extensive network of partners in West Africa to deliver on this solution.”
Innovation summit in Maryland
Schneider Electric Group Chairman and CEO Jean-Pascal Tricoire, and top pioneer companies in the microgrid space attended the recently concluded Innovation Summit in Maryland, United States.
They addressed how industry experts, through software and technologies, are making the digital, electric world a reality, and organisations across the world can accelerate digital transformation by choosing the right technologies to achieve a wide range of sustainability goals like microgrids.
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