Full Title: Partnerships for Power: Unlocking Scale for Interconnected Minigrids in Nigeria
Author(s): Folawiyo Aminu, Alberto Rodríguez Gómez, Ridwan Zubair
Publisher(s): Rocky Mountain Institute
Publication Date: May 15, 2025
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Description (excerpt):
In Nigeria, 150 million people — 75 percent of the population — face unreliable or no access to electricity, with the national grid meeting only 20 percent of demand. Households and businesses spend $12 billion annually on costly fossil fuel generators, while manufacturers allocate up to 40 percent of operating costs to energy. Interconnected minigrids (IMGs) offer a transformative solution by combining distributed energy resources (DERs), like solar PV and batteries, with existing grid infrastructure to deliver reliable, affordable power to underserved communities.