PROBLEM

The use of incandescent bulbs (energy wasteful, conventional light bulbs) in Nigeria’s lighting sector alone is responsible for about 35% of the country’s total power consumption, which compares to a global average of 13%. This offers potential energy savings of 50-70%, and these savings increase when combined with LED smart controls. Large scale adoption of LED lighting could bring the figure for Nigeria down to the global average, and significantly cutting its carbon emissions as well as the need to build more energy plants to meet the critical energy needs of the people.

SOLUTION

This Initiative represents one of the most actionable and readily available technologies to reduce intensive energy consumption and energy bills of the electricity users in the country, cut carbon emissions in cities in Nigeria, and help the country reach her carbon emission target.

The LED Lighting Initiative aims to work in partnership with the stakeholders in the efficient lighting and climate action to encourage LED lighting adoption for homes, offices and public lighting across the country, thereby helps achieve the reduction in energy consumption and considerable cutting of carbon emissions.

EXPECTED OUTCOMES OF THE PROJECT

Lifetime Energy Savings

One of the main advantages of LED lighting is the reduced power consumption. LED luminaires use just a fraction of the energy required to operate traditional lighting; as energy demands rise, the cost savings and carbon reduction from upgrading to LED lighting will continue to reduce operational costs.

Reduced Maintenance Costs

Maintenance cost savings is one of the major benefits realized when making the switch to LED lighting. Designed for extended life, LED luminaires will last much longer than conventional lighting, which equates to fewer replacements over time and less money spent on maintaining your lighting system.

Long-Term Financial Benefits

LED lamps offer some of the most energy-efficient and long-lasting lighting in the industry. This translates to financial savings through reduced operational costs and less money spent on maintenance due to extended product life. Depending on the application, the payback period for LED lighting typically ranges from one to three years.

Protect the environment

LED lighting is a great way to reduce your carbon footprint. Buildings are responsible for 38 percent of all carbon emissions around the world, and going efficient with your lighting can significantly decrease that number.

PROBLEM

Agriculture is the backbone of Nigeria’s economy, employing 70% of the population, especially in the rural areas, and is key to the country’s growth and poverty reduction. However, dependence on rains and lack of sustainable irrigation system are holding back productivity and profitability and hence affecting food security. Currently, farmers depend on expensive diesel and petrol water pumps for irrigation, often the fuel price are hiked in the local market and the farmers have to pay more than the government approved fuel price. More so is the high carbon emission currently being emitted by the fossil powered pumps.

SOLUTION

The main goal of the solar irrigation initiative is to work with partners and stakeholders in various farming initiatives in Nigeria, especially in rice production to promote the use of solar powered pumps in an irrigation scheme across the country, thereby reducing the current high cost of irrigation and guarantee all-year crop production and hence improve food security of the country.

The solution will provide reliable, cost-effective and environmentally sustainable energy for decentralized irrigation services, thereby leads to improved yields, reduces vulnerability to changing rainfall patterns as climate change effects bite harder.

EXPECTED OUTCOMES OF THE PROJECT

We expect the initiative to improve the quality of life of the farmers as they will have more spare time for other productive purposes, increase their crop yield as a result of adequate water access, enhanced crop resilience and food security, and increase their income based on the reduction in the cost of irrigation system, while the initiative would help government reduce fuel imports, reduced spending on fuel subsidies, increase agricultural economic output, and help meet the Nigeria’s obligation to emissions reduction. Furthermore, the initiative would help stimulate socio-economic development in the agriculture sector helping to fight against poverty, improved livelihoods of the farmers and increased social welfare.