Abia Benefits from $750m World Bank Renewable Energy Programme, Collaborates with ISA to Develop Mini-grids

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The Abia State Government has intensified its search for alternative sources of energy to enhance power supply in the state and minimise reliance of residents on the national grid for their electricity needs.


To this end, the State Commissioner for Information, Prince OkeyKanu, said the Abia government has elected to participate  in the Distributed Access to Renewable Energy Scale-Up (DARES) programme.


He said that the $750 million World Bank intervention and renewable energy development programme “will in no small way boost the electricity sector of the state”.

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