The Federal Government said it has concluded arrangements to embark on design and construction of captive hybrid power plants across a total of 15 universities and two Teaching Hospitals in the country.
The Managing Director of Rural Electrification Agency, REA, Ahmad Salihijo Ahmad, who disclosed this while speaking at the commissioning of the solar hybrid power project at the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Benue State, said the programme will be executed under the under the Nigeria Electrification Project, NEP.
Ahmad revealed that the REA has secured funding from the World Bank and African Development Bank, AfDB, towards the implementation of projects tagged Phase 2 and Phase 3 of the Energizing Education Programme respectively.
He said, the Energizing Education Programme Solar Hybrid Power Project commissioned at the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Benue State, has a total installed capacity of 8.25MW.
According to him, “It is worthy to note that the Energizing Education Programme (EEP) is an initiative of the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) implemented by the Rural Electrification Agency, REA.
“The EEP was designed to develop off-grid hybrid captive power solutions for the generation and provision of clean and sustainable supply to 37 federal universities and 7 university teaching hospitals across the country.
The programme was also targeted at rehabilitating existing electricity distribution infrastructure, providing designated street lighting for illumination and safety across campuses, as well as provision of a world class renewable Workshop Training Center for each of the beneficiary institutions.
Source: vanguard
