UNILAG tasked to develop floating solar farm to boost electricity supply – Daily Trust

The University of Lagos (UNILAG) has been urged to develop a floating solar farm on the University of Lagos (UNILAG) as an modern answer to the establishment’s electricity wants, given restricted land for typical solar installations.
The Chief Executive Officer of Degeconek Nigeria Limited, Abiodun Adesanya, proposed this improvement whereas delivering a keynote tackle on the way forward for power on the nineteenth UNILAG Annual Research Conference and Fair, themed: “Sustainable Frontiers: Integrating Systems for Food Security, Health, Housing and Humanity for Combating Global Challenges.”
He mentioned the college might discover its waterfront for floating solar panels, providing a possible various to ground-mounted solar farms in an atmosphere the place a lot of the obtainable land has already been developed.
According to him, Nigeria should develop sensible, domestically tailor-made power options to tackle persistent electricity challenges, whereas profiting from renewable power sources and obtainable pure sources.
“The idea of a solar farm, the more the number of solar panels, the more electricity you generate. So where would you install the solar panels? They’ve been installed on rooftops, but you can have a vast open space of land if you have land,” he mentioned.

Earlier, the establishment’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Folasade Ogunsola represented by the deputy vice-chancellor (Management Services) Prof. Muyiwa Falaiye mentioned this 12 months is apt and pivotal to socio-economic improvement, saying it captures complicated and interconnected challenges confronting societies and highlights the pressing want for extra interdisciplinary and sustainable approaches to addressing them.

“Universities play a pivotal role in generating knowledge, fostering innovation, and providing evidence-based solutions to contemporary global issues. Look around the world today, and you will see that the crises defining our era do not respect disciplinary boundaries. Climate volatility, geopolitical instability, public health vulnerabilities and economic displacement bleed into one another,” she mentioned.