The Ministry of Power has begun the Nigeria Sustainable Energy for All Platform 3.0 to help enhance access to electricity supply in the country.
Speaking at an event in Abuja, minister of power, Abubakar Aliyu, revealed that apart from the major causes of overloading, affecting Nigeria’s power sector, acts of vandalism are also one of the things affecting the grid and have led to the intermittent power outage in the country
The European Union and German government have supported the Ministry of power to collect data for energy market intelligence
The collection of data will help in policy formulation targets and improve the electricity rate in the country
The off-grid settlement survey and energy supply assessment which kick starts is to collect information about energy access in health facilities, businesses, productive users, and public institutions, as well as a light assessment of the energy supply in selected communities
The first version of the platform, started in November of 2020 received significant traffic and responses
The feedback from these early versions led to the upgrade of the platform with extended data sets for three specific market segments, Minigrids, power sector, and solar home systems.