【非洲科技·尼日利亚】Nigeria can build solar power plants, but funding remains elusive

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Nigeria has demonstrated that distributed renewable energy can successfully expand electricity access beyond the national grid. Through the Nigeria Electrification Project (NEP), private developers built 180 solar hybrid mini-grids across 23 states, connecting over 146,000 households and deploying 19.2MW of renewable capacity. However, the fundamental challenge is no longer technical viability—it is securing sustainable, scalable financing.

Despite these advancements, as of 2024, only 62.5% of Nigeria’s population had access to electricity. This leaves over 80 million people unserved, highlighting the immense gap that distributed mini-grids must fill.

Beyond those completely without grid connection, millions more suffer from unreliable power, incurring massive self-generation costs. The National Bureau of Statistics’ (NBS) 2024 Residential Energy Demand-Side Survey found that surveyed households spent ₦327.05 billion ($246.3 million) on petrol and diesel generators, compared to ₦175.05 billion ($131.8 million) on grid electricity—underscoring a vast, misallocated pool of spending that could instead support renewable energy infrastructure.

This economic reality makes closing the financing gap critical: unlocking commercial capital for distributed energy could reduce reliance on expensive fuel with cleaner, more predictable power.

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来源：TechCabal Africa (https://techcabal.com/)
原文链接：https://techcabal.com/2026/09/28/nigerias-minigrid-problem/
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