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Sokoto Energy Research Centre — Energy Commission of Nigeria

Sokoto Energy Research Centre — Energy Commission of Nigeria

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SERC Activities in Pictures

Renewable energy systems designed, fabricated, tested and installed by the Sokoto Energy Research Centre — from solar cookers and dryers to village mini-grids.

Circular top box solar cooker with multiple adjustable reflecting boosters.

The circular top box solar cooker being demonstrated to visitors at the Centre.

Thermoelectric (Peltier effect) powered air-blower charcoal stoves in use.

Demonstration of the thermoelectric air-blower charcoal stove.

Hybrid (active and passive) large-scale solar dryer - a patented SERC design. — Hybrid (active and passive) large-scale solar dryer — a patented SERC design.

Combined-mode direct and indirect solar dryers for domestic applications.

Flat-plate collector and storage tank for natural convection water heating.

Natural convection (thermosyphon) solar thermal water heating system.

Evacuated tube forced-convection solar water heating systems.

The SERC Solar Compact Generator powering a standing fan and lighting.

Solar PV mini-grid installed in a village community in Sokoto State.

Trainees assembling solar compact generators during a SERC training programme.

Biomass systems developed at SERC: biogas plants, saw-dust, coal and improved wood stoves.

Biogas digesters and gas holders at the Centre's demonstration area. — Biogas digesters and gas holders at the Centre’s demonstration area.

Dome-type biogas pilot plant constructed at Danjawa village.

Wind turbine blades being shaped from raw timber in the Centre's workshop. — Wind turbine blades being shaped from raw timber in the Centre’s workshop.

SERC staff erecting a locally fabricated wind turbine tower.

Pumped-storage micro hydropower demonstration system with overhead tank.

Solar-powered evaporative cooler (desert cooler) developed at the Centre.

Cabling work beneath the array during the Garu village installation.

Installation of solar street lighting in the Garu village community.

Completed solar module array for the 10 kW Garu village mini-grid.

Overview of biomass, solar thermal, solar PV, wind and meteorology systems developed by SERC.

Solar thermal systems developed by the Centre, from water heaters to distillers.

Sokoto Energy Research Centre - Energy Commission of Nigeria, Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto. — Sokoto Energy Research Centre — Energy Commission of Nigeria, Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto.