EU, Germany to spend €33m on Nigeria’s power generation

The European Union and Germany have announced a fresh financial package worth 33 million Euros to support Nigeria’s power sector especially renewable energy.

Iner Hommers, Program Head of the Nigerian Energy Support Programme (NESP), managed by the German cooperation agency - the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ) disclosed this during presentation of a compendium on the agency’s achievements in the first phase of the NESP in Abuja.

Hommers stated that the European Union would provide 20 million in the programme, while the German government through its federal ministry of economic cooperation and development would give 13 million in support.

Through the support, she said up to 500 megawatts (MW) of solar photovoltaic (PV) electricity would be procured and generated to serve about 100,000 people.

She explained that new financial package would be used in the second phase of the NESP, which would last from December 2017 to November 2020, to support Nigeria’s provision of stable data for electrification planning, sustainable ongrid and off-grid electricity, as well as creating an enabling environment for renewable energy and energy efficiency investments.

Hommers stated that the first phase of the NESP was successful and contributed in providing electricity to about 10,000 people in Sokoto, Niger, Ogun, Cross River and Plateau.