Amid soaring energy costs, a high-powered Steering Committee on Alternative Energy Solutions by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund, has recommended the adoption of hybrid solar photovoltaic, PV, battery storage, grid integration, and gas-fed backup power systems as the most cost effective energy solution for Nigeria’s tertiary institutions.
The recommendation followed a nationwide energy audit and technical assessment conducted in collaboration with the Rural Electrification Agency, REA, covering universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education grappling with suffocating energy costs and unreliable supply.
While presenting the report on Monday before the TETFund Board of Trustees in Abuja, the Chairman of the Steering Committee on Alternative Energy Solutions Initiative, Hon. Sunday Adekoju, stressed that conventional grid power remains unreliable and cost-ineffective, while diesel generators are no longer sustainable for long-term use.