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To get Nigeria out of the incessant national grid collapse and epileptic power supply, the Senate through its Committee on Power, Monday, brainstormed with a South Korean energy firm for lasting solutions.
The committee led by Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe (Abia South), told the BK Energy firm from South Korean, that what Nigeria and Nigerians want, is to get rid of the incessant grid collapse and epileptic power supply that had bedeviled the nation over the years due to moribund infrastructure.
Senator Abaribe told the energy investor that basic infrastructure of power is what the country needs, haven over the years been stuck with 4, 000megawatts of electricity generation due to lack of transmission infrastructure to wheel any generation above that to the distribution channels.
“Our major concern as a committee and by extension as a people, is how to break the bond and bridge the yawning gap of insufficient power generation in the country.
“We want you to be very practical in your submission for us to buy into whatever new technology or idea you have brought, which should serve as expected solutions for us.”
In response, the South Korean based BK Energy represented by Mr Haeagwoo Lee and Sangwoo Park, said mini – grid approach should be adopted by the Nigerian government to solve the incessant problem of national grid collapse.
Mr Lee said South Korean which has population of about 50 million people has 130, 000 megawatts of electricity generation that are not loaded on a single or national grid.
“There is need for decentralisation when it comes to wheeling or transmission of power generation to avoid waste or incessant collapse,” he said.
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