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      A STUDY AND ANALYSIS OF ENERGY GENERATION AND CONSUMPTION IN DANGOTE CEMENT PLANT, IBESE, OGUN STATE, NIGERIA

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      Cletus U. Okoye 1 , Bitrus I. 2 , Alao M. J. 3 , Najeem O. Adelakun 1 , Abdulhamid I. G. 2
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      National grid, self-generation, consumers, Dangote Cement, Independent power producer.

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          Abstract

          Energy  supply  for  economic  activities  has  been  a  major  problem  in  Nigeria  such  that  it  does  appear  that  solution to  stable,  reliable  power  supply  is  not  yet  in  sight.  Consequently,  consumers  (industrial,  residential  and commercial)  have  all  resorted  to  self-generation  to  complement  whatever  supply  (if  any)  that  comes  from  the  very unreliable  national  grid.  For  instance,  the  available  power  supply  to  the  entire  nation  fluctuates  between  3000MW and  3500MW.  A study of  monthly  energy  generation  in  Dangote  Cement  Plant  for  a  typical year  was  carried  out. This  was  compared  with  the  equivalent  monthly  generation  from  the  entire  Nigeria’s  grid  system.  The  results show  that  in  2013,  at  the  early  stage  of  commencement  of  production  of  operation  in  the  plant),  the  total  energy generated  by  the  Dangote  Power  Plant  was  406762.33  MWH  while  the  total  energy  consumed  by  the  company was  401903.72  MWh.  Dangote’s  total  energy  generation  in  2013  represents  1.4%  of  Nigeria’s  total  generation from  grid  in  the  same  year.  The  total  distribution  loss  was  4858.61  MWH  (which  is  1.2%  of  the  total  energy generated  by  the  company).Comparatively,  the  total  generation  from  national  grid  in  2013  was  29628699.  This study  further  shows  that  Dangote  Cement,  Ibese  produces  enough  energy  for  its  use  and  could  even  sell  any  excess if encouraged. 

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          Zenodo
          2018
          30 November 2018
          Affiliations
          [1 ] The Federal Polytechnic Ilaro, Ogun State
          [2 ] The Federal Polytechnic Ilaro Ogun State
          [3 ] The Federal Polytechnic Ilaro
          Article
          10.5281/zenodo.3930524
          d0a051e4-37bf-4b30-a76f-ba4ecd144a5f

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          National grid, self-generation, consumers, Dangote Cement, Independent power producer.

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