Dr Patrick Tolani, CEO , Community Energy Social Enterprise Ltd.(CESEL) has called for a summit to check and review the problems in the renewable energy sector to achieve set targets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said this on Wednesday at a two-day stakeholders engagement on Finance for rural electrification and the renewable energy sector in Abuja. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tolani, who is also a member of the Advisory board, Renewable Energy Association of Nigeria said the call is going to identify the existing underlying issues that have weighed on the sector. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to him , Nigeria is not delivering to target as over 1$bn have been awarded to the sector but not up up to 10% of that has been utilized due to faulty prepositions that are not working. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2018Let us get back to the drawing board and review the problems and also make amends,we wanted to deliver 10,000 mini-grids but at this point,we have delivered less than 300 mini-grids\u201d, he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said it was critical for stakeholders to sit together as a critical evaluation needs to be carried out in order to better evaluate and review policies in the sector. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPolicies are meant to be a continuous process , firstly you need to identify and set agendas, formulate, adopt executive policy, which will then be reviewed and evaluated\u201d, Tolani said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, Nigeria\u2019s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) show its global commitment towards embracing sustainable development measures that limit the rate of global warming . <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said \u201cWe have also upscaled from our 45% to 47% commitment ,so we need to come together and discuss on how the renewable energy sector can be significantly involved in this.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jochen Luckscheiter,Country Director, Heinrich Boll Stiftung in his address said If Nigeria was to realise its vision 30:30:30 and rural electrification targets as planned, we ought to be speaking of mini-grid deployment in their hundreds by now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Over the years, Nigeria has put in place the requisite policies, regulations, institutions and targets to increase rural electrification rates and the renewable energy capacity in the country.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This, he said included among others, the revitalisation of the Rural Electrification Agency and Fund through the Rural Electrification Strategy and Implementation Plan . <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also through the introduction of the National Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Policy with its accompanying vision of 30:30:30. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe REF has implemented two investment calls to boost rural electrification through, decentralised renewable energy and has successfully gone through its early stage development . <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThey have also scaled through important learning curves, a phase of rapid growth but scaling of projects has so far failed to materialise. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201d Of course things are always easier said than done,\u201d he said <\/p>\n\n\n
Dr Patrick Tolani, CEO , Community Energy Social Enterprise Ltd.(CESEL) has called for a summit to check and review the problems in the renewable energy sector to achieve set targets. He said this on Wednesday at a two-day stakeholders engagement on Finance for rural electrification and the renewable energy sector in Abuja. Tolani, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":42706,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[296],"tags":[86],"class_list":["post-42705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-social-economic","tag-energy","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"yoast_head":"\n