Tuesday 20 September 2016

Electricity Stakeholders Set To Fashion Out Impactful Ideas To Improve Sector




Lubem Gena, Abuja

Major players in the power sector are to converge on Abuja this week to fashion out more strategies that will redeem the sector from the major challenges it is currently facing.

The gathering which is powered by Nigeria Electricity Hub, an initiative of Nextier Power will convene the  power sector dialogue to discuss pragmatic ideas for developing Nigeria’s electricity market especially on the renewable energy focus point.

According to a press statement signed by Taiwo Ibeyemi, the Analyst of the group which was made available to our correspondent,  "this September 2016 Nextier Power Dialogue will convene stakeholders in government, renewable energy companies, private sector investors, policy consulting firms, and individuals from related sectors to discuss ideas for implementing off-grid technologies in an emerging electricity market".

With the theme: Energy: Assessing the Impact of Mini and Micro Grids in Nigeria’s Electricity market, papers expected to be presented at the event cut accross value issues in mini and micro grids as a panacea to power challenges.

It is expected that a communiqué will be generated after the gathering in  which shared concerned by the participants  will be articulated and shared with the minister, and key sector leaders to help shape government’s policy response.

Nigeria Electricity Hub,  is an online portal that disseminates power sector news, power sector data, analysis, thoughts and opinions, power events, among others. The core objective of the portal is to enable more-informed transactional, operational and policymaking decisions in Nigeria’s power sector.

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