A project led by AEDC & Beacon Power Services
Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) is one of the 11 power distribution companies in Nigeria that was successfully privatized and handed over to new investors on 1 November 2013. The company is organized into 9 Regions and 39 Area Offices across the aforementioned 4 states.
Beacon Power Services is a provider of data and grid management solutions for Africa’s power sector with the mission to significantly enhance energy access for Africa’s cities by improving the quality and duration of electricity supplied with smart grids across the continent and using data to reduce the considerable inefficiencies in the electricity distribution systems.
“We are keen to improve our distribution through the reduction of power failures, which will bring higher customer satisfaction and reduce our technical and commercial losses” says Babajide Ibironke, Chief Financial Officer for Abuja Electricity Distribution Company.
Context
With the largest population of any other country in Africa and a low access rate of 45%, Nigeria is struggling with power issues. The power ecosystem comprises a multitude of private companies that generate, transmit and distribute electricity generating a complex supply chain and tight margins for the market players.
Objective
Additional network analytics will provide better visibility of energy supply and distribution to the approximately 2 million commercial and residential consumers in the region.
Activity
The grid network management solution designed by Beacon Power Services proposes a digital mapping of the network and the use of IoT meters and an Artificial Intelligence cloud-based platform.
“The technology will help optimize data collection, indicate network losses in real time and facilitate predictive network outages for AEDC” says Bim Adisa, CEO Beacon Power Services.
