Authors: Akinboro F. G, Adejumobi L. A, Makinde. V

Transnational Journal of Science and Technology May edition vol. 2, No.4

Abstract

Solar energy, an energy obtained from the sun, is the world’s most abundant and cheapest source of energy available from Nature. It is free and automatically renewable everyday. In the world over, emphasis has shifted from the use of hydro and fossil-powered electricity generation to renewable energy such as solar source. In Nigeria, less than 40% of the country is connected to the national electric grid and less than 60% of the energy demand by this group is generated and distributed.  Emphasis in this work is the use of solar system in Nigeria as an alternative renewable energy source and problems encountered in the field spanning decades. This paper presents review on the technical information on the solar energy stand alone and hybrid installations, taking into consideration the various practically encountered problems during installation and operation, and the preferred solutions with more attention being paid to domestic and industrial installations.

Keywords: Solar energy, Nature, Automatically Renewable, Electric, grid, Technical information, Hybrid.