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SMART Village Hybrid Electrification in Akwanga Nigeria
A SMART Monofloat Turbine was installed in a remote village near the town of Akwanga. This installation provides year-round energy for seven households close to the river Mada, even during the dry season.
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Project Status
Is the project actively being planned or is deployed in the water (active)? Or was the project canceled or completed (inactive)?
Active
Project Life Cycle
Project Progress through life cycle:
- Planned: Project has identified a deployment location and is preparing for deployment
- Operational: Project is deployed in the water and is active
- Completed: Project was previously deployed in the water
- Decommissioned: Installation has been fully removed in accordance with regulations
- Canceled: Project was canceled before being deployed in the water
Operational
Max Rated Power Capacity
The maximum amount of electricity that can be produced by project, based on available resources and device nameplate capacity.
.005 MW
Operational Start Year
April 2014
Project Start Year
2014
Energy Resource
- Riverine
Project Scale
Full-scale
Number of Devices
1
Grid Connectivity
Not Grid Connected
Waterbody
Mada River, Nigeria
Site Characteristics
Geographic characterization for the project location:
- Open Ocean: Main body of ocean, not enclosed or partially enclosed by land
- Coastal: Open water near the coast, spanning between land and shelf boundary
- Enclosed Bay: water that is partially surrounded by land, with a mouth open to larger water
- Constricted Channel: A channel where water flows quickly due to narrowing by the land
- River: Water flowing from land towards a larger body of water
River
Country
Nigeria
Last Modified
28 May 2025
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“SMART Village Hybrid Electrification in Akwanga Nigeria.” Marine Energy Projects Database: Projects, PRIMRE, United States Department of Energy, https://openei.org/wiki/PRIMRE/Databases/Projects_Database/Projects/SMART_Village_Hybrid_Electrification_in_Akwanga_Nigeria. Accessed <day> <monthRoman> <year>.
Marine Energy Projects Database: Projects. <year>. "SMART Village Hybrid Electrification in Akwanga Nigeria." Accessed <monthRoman> <day>, <year>. https://openei.org/wiki/PRIMRE/Databases/Projects_Database/Projects/SMART_Village_Hybrid_Electrification_in_Akwanga_Nigeria.
