@inproceedings{eprints16523,
            year = {2021},
       booktitle = {ICTWESDA},
           title = {Assessing the Technical Offshore Wind Energy Potential in
Lagos, Nigeria},
          author = {AMARACHI RITA ATTAH and J. Abubaka and J. A. Badejo},
        abstract = {Looking at the current state of things globally and the greenhouse effect
renewable energy sources are no longer a matter of choice. The population of Lagos
coupled with the perpetually erratic power supply makes renewable energy the new
and sure way to go especially as an alternative supply of electricity. The nation as a
whole has a peak generation of 5300MW on average which is only about 30\% of its
actual needs. The use of renewable energy in Nigeria is growing but so is the
population this study seeks to ascertain the possibility of using offshore wind energy
as an alternative power supply in Lagos Nigeria. The onshore wind energy resource
has been fairly explored but its counterpart offshore wind energy has not been
explored. This study focuses on the technical assessment of offshore wind resources
on the Gulf of Guinea around the Lagos Nigeria region. Having analysed wind data
from existing literature and analysed offshore wind farm construction the paper
presents a technical layout of the number of turbines per the specified area and the
potential output using Aerodyn SCD 8.0/168 as a case study. The results show that
the annual energy demand of about 96.36TWh in Lagos can be met with the annual
generation of about 191.2TWh for a wind farm at the shore and 200TWh for waters
with depth less than 50m.},
        keywords = {Offshore, Energy, Wind Energy, Lagos},
             url = {http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/16523/}
}