Nigeria is a well endowed country with abundant wind energy resources which can be used to generate electricity. However, despite the abundance of these energy resources, there is persistent electricity supply deficit, which may be attributed to under utilization of these potentials. 

Wind Energy Potentials for 14 Selected Nigeria States :- Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Plateau, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe &  Zamfara. 

The Wind speed in Nigeria ranges from 1.4 - 3.0m/s in the southern areas and 4.0 - 5.12m/s in the extreme north. Wind speeds are generally weak in the southern part of the country except for the coastal regions and offshore location. Initial study has shown that total exploitable wind energy reserve at 10m height may vary from 8MWh/yr in Yola to 51MWh/yr in the mountainous areas of Jos Plateau and it is as high as 97MWh/yr in Sokoto. Lahmeyer International’s report [1] gives potential estimates for ten (10) selected sites in the country to be between 3.6 m/s to 5.4 m/s. These results when compared with the figures obtained from calculated wind speed using Climatic Model Mainz (KLIMM) gives difference of -4.3% to 4.1% which is within the acceptable l.