32 years old Augustine Otuokwa Ogar, a graduate of Electronic and Computer Technology, has constructed a 200 Mega Watts mini Hydroelectric power plant that generates electricity for the plant site and it's surrounding Mgbaeshuo village of Wula Community,Eastern Boki, Boki LGA, Cross River State.
The facebook user shared this on his timeline and he wrote; " Augustine Otuokwa Ogar, constructed this Hydroelectric Plant with locally selected handpicked materials and equipments and intelligently put them together.
He converts the kinetic energy of a flowing stream water into electric energy that is now used in homes and business areas of this village.
Generated on a small scale with 'run-off' installation of a naturally flowing stream water to turn and revolve its turbine.
The Water rushes past the turbine, hitting its blades and causing it to spin and rotate, converting the water's kinetic energy into mechanical energy, the water then finally flows out of the stream and continues its journey down stream.
"When the turbine spins so does the electromagnetic field convert this mechanical energy into electric energy" he said and continue, "the flow rate of the stream water is low, because its not a dam or water fall, this is a small stream with low flowing water, Yet I was able to convert it to bring Pressure and fall like a
Dam."
Augustine Otuokwa Ogar, needs encouragement, support, total empowerment from Government and spirited Nigerians.
If he can generate power from his locally constructed Hydroelectric power plant then, with Empowerment, he can construct a more Ingenious energy generating plant that can serve the entire Local Government and Senatorial Zone".
