Oil & Energy
FG Pledges Solar Power Hospitals, Varsities
The Energy Commission of Nigeria has reaffirmed the Federal Government’s commitment to tackling electricity challenges in public hospitals and universities through increased investment in renewable energy.
The Director-General, Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN), Dr. Mustapha Abdullahi, disclosed this during an event to mark his two years in office, in Abuja, last Thursday.
In a Statement, Abdullahi said the Renewed Hope Solarisation Project under President Bola Tinubu’s administration has accelerated the deployment of two-megawatt solar hybrid systems in public institutions across the country.
According to him, the first phase of the project has been successfully implemented at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital in Kano, General Hospital, Bangi, Niger State, the Enugu Research Centre, and the University of Abuja.
The ECN boss added that several communities in Benue, Kebbi, Kaduna, Ekiti, and Osun States have also benefited, while more institutions have been listed for the second phase.
He noted that the Commission has led key initiatives promoting renewable energy and sustainable power development, signing several memoranda of understanding for solar mini-grid deployment, which are at various stages of implementation.
“The newly gazetted National Energy Policy and National Energy Master Plan were launched by the Federal Government to enhance coordination of projects and catalyse investment in the renewable energy sub-sector,” Abdullahi stated.
He further revealed that the ECN has established a pilot Green Hydrogen Plant to drive the domestication and localisation of green energy technologies, a move, he said would strengthen Nigeria’s clean energy transition and institutional capacity for sustainable growth.