Assessing the Benefits and Challenges of Distributed Generation in Nigeria Power Distribution Network

The growing concern for the need to reduce the gap between power generated and power consumed in Nigeria is on the increase. Many measures and policy have been geared by Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission and Ministry of Power to revamp the generation aspect of the country power sector but the impact is yet to be felt as the amount of power still generated is far below par compared to other countries. Nigeria average power generation stands at an average of 5800 MW. With the call to see the need of exploring Distributed generation in augmenting the power generated, this paper reviews the benefits and challenges of integrating Distributed generation into the present power system distribution network may pose.