INFUSING DATA INTO THE NIGERIAN ENERGY (POWER) SCENE
The two main things that would continually increase in future are Energy demand and Data. So there has to be a way of managing this growing energy demand. The world's population is growing significantly daily, in Nigeria alone we are approaching 200 million people, and these 200 million people require energy to meet their daily needs. Also quintillion bytes of data are generated daily world wide. We can easily appreciate the power of data in the recent Facebook data scandal with Cambridge Analytica . Data is being infused in so many things, so why not infuse it into the Nigerian Energy (Power) scene. This brings about Energy Analytics. According to enertiv Energy Analytics describes the process of collecting electrical data and applying sophisticated analytical software and algorithms to deliver insights around consumption and time of use reductions. Energy Analytics is gaining traction and currently been used by many ener