Thousands of businesses and health and education facilities in Nigeria will soon have access to reliable, sustainable energy.
ESIAfrica reports that 19 clean energy developers have received grants through the UN-affiliated Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) organisation to instal high capacity solar and battery storage systems across Nigeria, which will be operational by the end of the year.
The grants are facilitated by SEforALL’s multi-donor-funded Universal Energy Facility as part of the facility’s Stand-Alone Solar for Productive Use (SSPU) programme.
Following the official launch of the programme in February 2023 with 10 developers, more than 1 600 systems have been installed, serving in excess of 1 200 businesses and institutions.
The programme has also installed 200 standalone solar power systems at the Iponri market in Lagos, where 3 000 small businesses ply their trade, allowing them to start doing away with their noisy diesel-powered generators.
Now thousands of other small businesses and institutions are set to benefit from clean reliable energy through the programme, according to SEfor ALL.
“By signing these grant agreements, the UEF is truly making a difference by empowering clean energy developers to bring their innovative solutions to life,” Joseph Nganga, interim CEO of Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP), said at the signing of the 19 new developer agreements. GEAPP is a partner organisation to SEforALL
The UEF is also implementing the solar power initiative in several other African countries, such as Benin, the DRC, Madagascar and Sierra Leone.
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