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 Manager

Smart HydroPower

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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:<ul> <li>Planned: Project has identified a deployment location and is preparing for deployment</li> <li>Operational: Project is deployed in the water and is active</li> <li>Completed: Project was previously deployed in the water</li> <li>Decommissioned: Installation has been fully removed in accordance with regulations</li> <li>Canceled: Project was canceled before being deployed in the water</li></ul>

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:<ul> <li>Open Ocean: Main body of ocean, not enclosed or partially enclosed by land</li> <li>Coastal: Open water near the coast, spanning between land and shelf boundary</li> <li>Enclosed Bay: water that is partially surrounded by land, with a mouth open to larger water</li> <li>Constricted Channel: A channel where water flows quickly due to narrowing by the land</li> <li>River: Water flowing from land towards a larger body of water</li></ul>

River

Country

Nigeria

Last Modified

28 May 2025

This Project has the following MRE Devices

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SMART Village Hybrid Electrification in Akwanga Nigeria

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