A 26-year-old Nigerian man, Emeka Nelson, has built a generator that operates mainly on water with no formal education or engineering certification.
According to Nelson, the generator has a maximum capacity of 1000 Watts and a voltage ranging between 220 and 240.
The young innovator shared the good news during an interview with BBC Africa last year.
Nelson said the Generator has the potential to challenge conventional power-generating methods in Nigeria.
The inventor said that he worked on the project for 16 years adding that the generator has powered his 2-bedroom apartment in Awka, Anambra State.
Nelson said his invention is environmentally friendly and also addresses safety concerns associated with traditional gasoline generators.
In the interview, he said “This generator that uses water instead of petrolーthat fuel that sometimes is almost as expensive as goldーdo not entirely render petrol useless. But if you no longer have to worry about petrol, why not?”
