Why Nigeria Is Suddenly Betting on Solar 

Solar energy has wiped the tears of many Nigerians battling with incessant power shortage. I hope the govt would intervene by subsidizing the price of Solar panels and inverters, so that Nigeria can achieve it clean energy goals.

Puerto Rico is doing the same thing, the government is not helping a lot and people are getting their own solar equipment to their homes.

Coincidentally, Pakistan has almost same scenario as of Nigeria. Likr nigeria l, it has unreliable Power supply, long hours of power outages and load-shedding from corrupt Government owned utility companies. Similarly, recently the care taker Government of Pakistan has withdrawn from giving the subsidy on natural gas. Now it is hard to bear for me to pay the 173% increased bill of Gas and run my Gasoline generator on such a high cost. Nevertheless, i am going to buy solar panels next month🙂

Imagine the possibilities if the infrastructure over there was improved upon it’s absolutely mind blowing to me that it hasn’t already

Nigeria: oil country, Lagos 2000 sunshine hours. Germany, no oil, 1600 sunshine hours. There really shouldn't be power shortages in Nigeria. This problem should have been solved years ago.

Holy ****! people should be flocking to fill this market gap, a country with that much reliable sun, with that much need, with that much space for growth, It's really just missing financing solutions. This should be a solar rush for companies around the world.

We are a provider of quality Solar solutions in Nigeria. We have seen an uptick in demand.

I'm a Cameroonian but analysing the comment section. I can assume that only a hand full of Nigerians / Africans watched this video. If it was some sort of cemedy you'll see millions of us watching but since it's educational only few of us are here. Big shout-out to Bloomberg team for this documentary

Looking forward to the day I don't have to hear, smell or breathe another dirty little engine!

3:20 that wire crimping hurts my brain :D

Solar is the only way in Nigeria. Mostly in the village

Very well done report! Kudos to Ms. Ibukun and the team.

1:42 the noise pollution, the smell FML

Huge long term benefits compared to even western countries that are not even thinking of such transition

Solar panel will be very useful in a hot country like Nigeria you know. Its all sun during the day so imagine how much power it can get from that.

I remember going back home to Nigeria for the first time since I left. This was maybe back in 2010. I saw something that bothered me so much. It was a singular street light on a dark road and it was connected to 1 small yahama generator. That blew my mind. 1 generator powering just 1 street light while the others were dark. In a country that had so much sun, why aren't they using solar power? The biggest challenge I thought was making it cost effective for the poorest Nigerian and surviving the clash with the groups of people in control of NEPA.

Very cool! I assume that a small battery is included to provide power for lighting and appliances after sundown?

People can start small. You don't necessarily have to do your whole roof in solar if you can't afford to do so or are unable to do so. Think micro solar power. Get enough to supply your lights with a battery too and charge up a mobile phone. Then get a solar panel just for your fridge. If or when you add a lap top or tablet then add another panel. Later when times are better you can upgrade. Even if you can't mount the panels on an outside wall just placing it outside works or by a window getting the sun. Even people in North Korea living in apartments use them by their windows and balconies in a temperate climate where blackouts occur daily. My mother does have mains electricity in the Caribbean but even there occasional blackouts happen for a few hours. There's been too much demand on the power stations. She has a few solar panels so she can get by for months or years if need be if such an emergency occurs and there's a long blackout. Fortunately that has never happened. She did have issues connecting up her newly built house at first but she was fine because of her solar panels. They take ages connecting up newly built properties.

Fuel subsidies ended, price went way up…same thing will happen in North America, better get an electric car soon and solar panels. Perfect solution ❤

How much for that battery system that was shown?

Sun and wind are way to go for power across the globe,still it’s untapped

Why didn't the government move these energy subsidies towards the solar market?

Running on solar for 6 yrs. 4.5 kw solar, daily 21 kw:h use. Only weak point are the battery's. Forget A.G.M battery's.

"The fuel subsidy is gone" People clapped only to wake up next day and notice the price had quadrupled 🤣🤣🤣 Mugus

0:58 off road bicycles or 3 wheel bikes for hauling - shared use if you can.

nice video very informative

The narrator is very knowledgeable. Super impressed!

4:03 "21.5 Gigawatts????!!" **Doc Brown voice**

Vietnam has more micro generation than its grid can fully cope with ATM

There's a danger in moving straight to 'renewable' electric without developing domestic hydrocarbon chemical engineering: you'll never be able to produce your own infrastructure. This is the pit everyone needs to plan to safely cross over. If you're blessed with prodigious renewable energy and you can convert it into export products, you may be able to afford to import your infrastructure, and long-term its regular replacement. If you can't make the infrastructure and its regular replacements, and your exports aren't that great, you'll still be as dependent on 'global suppliers' as you are now. But yeah, having at least some home-gen capacity is a little bit of freedom for any home - everyone should do it.

Bruh I live in Aden it's the same thing and worst. and no one gave a F

Perhaps some communities will be able to sell back excess energy to an updated grid one day. That would be a transformational change to make solar cheaper for residents, and cheaper for the state than fully upgrading/expanding the grid.

Most honest foreign reporting I've watched about us here in Lagos-Nigeria. The only thing she got wrong most likely due to being bribed is the Solar Company we're mostly using here for off-grid isn't Nigerian but Chinese! I personally went to the Chinese Company - Fidelity to go off-grid & unlike the Nigerian Coy you're showing, they go out of stock quick! Everybody is buying from there & the Chinese who have better & cheaper products! Your Ibukun was lazy in her reportings Bloomberg.

Nothing romantic about generators 😢

How does a country that sells oip have energy shortage though? ... They are inly supposed to he selling the extra after they take what they need. Or is it an issue with transmission?

What about solar subsidies by the Nigerian government? or IMF/World Bank loans for green energy?

The Ministry for the Future happening in real-time.

7:26 "generators account for 15000 MW of power". 15GW from generators? Is that really right?. She said earlier (1:42) that the city only has 1GW total (from the grid). There is 15 times as much from generators? 16GW for 25 million people would be UK levels of electricity production, and I'd expect it to be less over there. Maybe that's 'peak generator' and they are not all used at once?

6:06 if you build earthship buildings - houses with agricultural space, you can have smaller solar panels. Energy requirements for a strawbale building are low and will keep you cool in African heat. Natural buildings are less cost intensive as climate change isn’t going to spare anyone and insurance isn’t going to get cheaper. All you can do is be well positioned for resilience.

Nice

The solutions are there. Its just that the political will isn't and usually because of corruptions.

Solar will fix the power issues

Up nepa

Ethiopia is ahead of Nigeria in solar power. Nigeria is a day late and money short.

If even Gazan use solar panels Nigerian using it doesn't seems too weird anymore

Generator republic 😂😂😂

Can the Nigerians come fix the Power Crises of South Africa?

Blackouts.

Biafra is here!

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Everytime I hear the authentic nigerian accent in foreign media i can't help but wonder where Hollywood got that trash wakanda accent from

Thanks for cheap solar panels from China.

You’re mad bro , we can’t even get fuel in Lagos in Nigeria and you’re saying we are betting on solar . Do you think the government are ready to give out any money to the Nigerian people ?

Greetings, is this designed by Nigerian women and men?

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The United States will have to create more solar energy. Force people to develop their own energy. Stop depending on others to produce energy.

because some scammers can make money of it.

Its a shame us energy goals are forced apon developeing nations, democrats hold back funding for contrys if they build coal or gas plants, we should previde blueprints and capture devices for clean natural gass,coal,and gass powerplant . Instead we hold funds hostage if contrys build their own infistructure.

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