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The HPP, which is based in the Jama’are River Basin, has an 8 MW vertical generator and a 2 MW horizontal generator. After the pre-commission testing is completed, the HPP will undergo certification by the Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency. Electricity generated at the new HPP will be supplied first to the waterworks in Tamburawa and further to the transformer substation, which provides street lighting in the capital of Kano State.
Hydro power plants rank second among the most widespread energy sources. According to the Ember research centre, the installed power capacity of Nigeria’s HPPs in late 2021 totaled 2.11 gigawatts (GW), while gas-fired power plants totaled 10.97 GW in capacity, with another 0.05 GW represented by diesel power plants and solar panels. Despite the relatively high GDP per capita ($2,097 against $568 in the neighbouring Republic of the Niger), Nigeria is yet to achieve full electrification. The World Bank estimates that, as of 2020, only 55% of the population had access to the power grid, while in rural areas that number was as low as 25% (no recent data are available).
Small-scale HPPs make up a fast-growing segment of Russia’s renewable energy industry. As of today, RusHydro is operating 35 HPPs with a capacity of less than 50 MW. Most of them are located in North Caucasus, including the Zaragizhskaya HPP (30.6 MW) and the Big Zelenchuk HPP (1.26 MW), which entered operation in 2016 and 2017 respectively, as well as the Barsuchkovskaya HPP (5.25 MW), the Ust-Dzhegutinskaya HPP (5.6 MW) and the Verkhnebalkarskaya HPP (10 MW), which were completed in 2020. At the same time, the company is in different stages of implementing the projects for another seven HPPs in Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia, Chechnya and Dagestan.
