By Agency Reporter, Published: Friday, 19 Mar 2010
Nigeria has the potentials to produce cheaper electricity from coal to solve its perennial power problem, a team of experts from the United States, Gardar Dahl, Jr. and Jim Dodd, from the Behre Dolbear, has said.
Speaking with our correspondent in Abuja, the Behre Dolbear experts who had a meeting with Zuma Steel West Africa Limited said apart from hydro sources, coal offered Nigeria the cheapest means of generating electricity.
Dodd said it was important for the nation to solve its power problem in order to move other sectors of the economy forward, adding that coal provides not only a cheaper means of generation, when compared to other sources, but also ensures a clean source of electricity.
He added that the abundance of coal deposits in the country makes the use of the mineral, in electricity generation very compelling. According to him, Nigeria can produce a good proportion of its electricity needs from coal which has been established to exist in large quantities in the country.
Dodd said, “Apart from hydro, coal is the cheapest means of producing electricity. The potential of producing electricity from coal in Nigeria is very high. This could help the country to solve its power crises and at the same time ensure the stability of other sectors.”
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