Rockefeller, Bezos-Backed Group Eye Fix for Fickle Nigeria Power
- Group backed by foundations trials interconnected mini-grids
- Nigeria is plagued by inadequate and erratic power supply
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A global climate organization backed by the Rockefeller Foundation and the Bezos Earth Fund is piloting a solar mini-grid program in Nigeria that could provide the answer to the erratic power supplies that sap productivity in Africa’s most populous nation.
The Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet — formed in 2021 by the two groups along with the Ikea Foundation - helped build the first so-called interconnected mini-grid in December. Two more are under construction and there is funding for a fourth.