The Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) and other stakeholders have stressed the need for increased renewable energy in the nation’s power generation mix and also called for a consensus on the right energy mix for the country and the implementation of the renewable energy policy, The Punch reports.
Speaking at a stakeholders’ roundtable conference organised by the NESG on Wednesday in Lagos, the Chairman of the Board, NESG, Mr. Kyari Bukar, noted that gas-fired plants currently accounted for 64% of Nigeria’s electricity supply, adding that huge investments that were presently unavailable would be needed in gas infrastructure to meet current and future projected demands. He therefore said there was an urgent need to agree on and implement the appropriate total energy mix for the next few years.
Research Co-ordinator for Energy and Climate Policy, Oeko Institut, Dr. Felix Matthes, while sharing the German experience, said Germany had been able to significantly increase the use of renewable energy sources such as solar power from 10% in its energy mix to 30% between 2005 and 2015 through on-grid and off-grid generation.
The Minister of Environment, Amina Mohammed, who was represented by Dr. Peter Tarfa of the Climate Change Department, said part of the focus of the ministry was to tackle climate change, adding that while it was strongly in support of renewable energy in the form of solar or even gas, it still had a lot of reservations on the use of coal in the energy mix.
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