Nigeria: With New Regulation, Nerc Targets 2,000 MW From Renewable Energy

2 November 2015

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has approved the application of a new regulation to stimulate investments that would give Nigeria up to 2000 megawatts (MW) of electricity generated from renewable energy sources in the next five years from now.

The new law, 'feed-in tariff regulations for renewable energy sourced electricity in Nigeria' was reportedly approved at the last regulatory meeting of the commission. A statement from the commission's Head of Public Communication, Dr. Usman Arabi, on Sunday in Abuja, explained that NERC envisaged that the country would generate at least 1000MW of electricity from the various renewable energy sources that she's endowed with by 2018.

...

AllAfrica publishes around 400 reports a day from more than 100 news organizations and over 500 other institutions and individuals, representing a diversity of positions on every topic. We publish news and views ranging from vigorous opponents of governments to government publications and spokespersons. Publishers named above each report are responsible for their own content, which AllAfrica does not have the legal right to edit or correct.

Articles and commentaries that identify allAfrica.com as the publisher are produced or commissioned by AllAfrica. To address comments or complaints, please Contact us.