Nigeria wants to develop microgrids to accelerate the country's electrification

As Africa's leading oil producer, Nigeria is still handicapped by a low level of electrification. 85 million people have no access to electricity, and the quality of service is very poor in some regions, with less than seven hours of electricity a day. The use of diesel generators, very common in Nigeria, can in some cases compensate for network failures, but the cost of the electricity produced, the logistics involved and the pollution caused are now leading some of the population to buy solar panels. Local initiatives aim to connect these small solar installations and deploy batteries to improve security of supply. The proliferation of these initiatives could make it possible to avoid building a transmission network covering the entire country, which would be prohibitively expensive.