3 March 2010
US to assist Nigeria generate 10,000MW by 2011
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Published in The Punch of Wednesday, 24 Feb 2010
The United States government has said it will assist Nigeria to generate 10,000 megawatts of electricity by 2011.
The US Ambassador to Nigeria, Ms Robin Sanders, said this in Abuja on Tuesday during the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the US government and the Independent Power Providers Association of Nigeria.
She said, “I am pleased that the US government is collaborating with the government of Nigeria and IPPAN to implement one of its top development priorities by increasing electricity generation to 10,000 megawatts by 2011.
“We are honoured to help Nigeria find a way to generate its electricity requirements through the private sector.‘‘
Sanders noted that the partnership would also help in reducing gas flaring, increase the use of renewable energy and improving clean energy practices.
The envoy, who also inaugurated the Nigeria Energy and Climate Change project, said that the project was part of the US government‘s efforts to promote the generation of clean power.
Sanders said that the NECC aimed at reducing gas flaring, generating clean power, while helping to mitigate the effects of climate change in the country.
She also said that the NECC would also promote commercially viable energy projects in Nigeria.
Earlier, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr. Odein Ajumogobia, had said that the current level of power generation in Nigeria was between 2,000 and 4,000 MW per day.
3 Comments so far...
doug Says:
12 April 2010 at 4:21 pm.
If they gas flared can be used for power generation that is great but there is NO man made global warming as Obama believes. He really is an evil man that wants world control.
Hemroid treatment Says:
26 April 2010 at 3:58 am.
Yes I agree that more power needs to be generated so industry can grow but climate change has been discredited from what little credit it had before and should not be used as an excuse to do anything. http://hubpages.com/hub/Hemorrhoid-Relief-and-Prolapsed-Hemorrhoids
KOMOLAFE AYODELE T. Says:
17 July 2010 at 1:50 pm.
I KNOW WE REALLY WANT TO WORK THINGS OUT, AND I UNDERSTAND THE SAYING ONE AT A TIME, BUT WE WE MUST LOOK AT OUR REFINERY ARE WE BUILDING ANOTHER WE WILL JUST HAVE TO WAITE TILL 2011, WHEN NEW PRESIDENT IS THERE, I THINK PRESIDENT GOODLUCK SHOULD START SOMETHING ON IT BEFORE THE 2011 ELECTION WILL TAKE PLACE, SO THAT IF GOD WILLING YOU GET TO THAT SIT AGAIN, YOU WILL CONTINUE WITH THE GOOD WORK.
