Germany, EU plan 500MW renewable energy for Nigeria
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she added that it was also to support nigerias provision of stable data for electrification planning sustainable on-grid and off-grid electricity as well as creating an enabling environment for renewable energy and energy efficiency investments1 germany is collaborating with the european union to increase power generation in nigeria by 500 megawatts mw through renewable energy to serve 100000 people1 hommers said that 33 million euros had been earmarked to execute the project which is the second phase of nesp to enhance further developments in nigerias power sector especially renewable energy1 she said the eu would provide 20 million euros in the programme while the german government through its federal ministry of economic cooperation and development would give 13 million euros to support it1 the programme will ensure as part of its schedule that up to 500 mw of solar photovoltaic electricity would be procured and generated to serve about 100000 people1 it will also provide support to renewable energy operators to scale up their electricity provision she said1 iner hommers the programme head nigerian energy support programmme nesp said in abuja at a presentation of a compendium of the achievements of the deutsche gesellschaft fr internationale zusammenarbeit gmbh giz1 hommers explained that the new financial package would be used in the second phase of the nesp which would last from december 2017 to november 20201 she stated that the first phase of the nesp was successful and contributed in providing electricity to about 10000 people in sokoto niger ogun cross river and plateau1 the european union ambassador to nigeria and ecowas mr ketil karlsen stated at the event that studies had shown that nigeria could generate up to 53950mw of electricity from solar and hydro sources1 he said there was a need for to ensure that right investments were made in this regards1 karlsen explained that the success of the first phase of the nesp inspired the eu to continue with its support for the second phase1 he called for a replication of the same expertise that was used in implementing the first phase. nan1