Blackout: Why Nigerian Govt mini-grid deployment won’t fail – Aliyu

The Managing Director of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), Abba Aliyu, has explained the Nigerian government’s deployment of mini-grids arsenic backup to the existent blackout and driblet successful energy proviso Nigerians face.

He stated that the mini-grid deployment bypasses Nigeria’s nationalist grid flaws.

Aliyu made this mentation successful a caller interview.

According to him, the Nigerian authorities has begun deploying mini-grids straight wrong isolated communities to supply wholly autarkic electricity.

Aliyu noted that REA has internalized lessons from the nationalist grid failures to heighten its mini-grid argumentation implementation to the underserved communities.

He added that the bureau ensures that each mini-grid installation includes its ain dedicated organisation web and 100% metering.

“We’ve learned from the mistakes of the main grid, truthful each mini-grid we deploy includes a organisation network, 100% metering, and a SCADA strategy that allows show to beryllium monitored via a phone.

“In peri-urban communities with existing organisation networks but unreliable power, we bring successful our procreation plant. We enactment with DISCOs done service-level agreements, wherever we supply star powerfulness during the day, and the organisation companies are expect...