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| President, Renewable Energy Association of Nigeria, Mr. Segun Adaju |
By Oluwagbenga
Bankole
In order for Nigerians to enjoy stable power supply,
Renewable Energy Association of Nigeria (REAN) has called for collaboration
between them and electricity distribution companies in Nigeria.
The President of REAN Mr. Segun Adaju disclosed this in an
exclusive interview with BRANDINFO.
Adaju said that the way out of the current unstable power
supply we are facing in the country is for REAN and DISCOs to collaborate.
“Most DISCOs in Nigeria see solar power companies as their
competitors. DISCOs think we want to take their business. We need to come
together and collaborate. There is a new mini-grid policy that is coming up now
that structure how REAN members can work with the DISCOs. The collaboration
between us and the DISCOs will be a welcome development to increase the energy
that is generated in Nigeria,” he said.
According to him, Renewable
Energy Association of Nigeria (REAN) was officially launched in November 26th
2016 with the support of several partners which include Nigeria Economic Summit
group, Power-for-all and several others.
He noted that the idea of forming the association is to get
all players in the industry to work together and have a body that they can use
to create advocacy, emphasizing that through the body they can engage with
government to tell them what they need and how the power sector in Nigeria can
move forward.
“Our mission is that we want to achieve vision 30,30,40. The
federal government vision is 30,30,30. We want renewable energy to provide the
40 percent of the 30000megawatt the federal government want to achieve by year
2030. We have solar power organizations that have join us across the country. We
want to be doing advocacy, find poll of finance that people can access and set
standard for our members,”
“For example as a member of REAN, there is a minimum
standard the association expects me to have. If I do an installation that is
below that standard I can get sanctioned. REAN is like Nigeria Bar Association
(NBA) or Institute of Chartered Accountant of Nigeria (ICAN). Part of our plans
is for solar power companies in Nigeria to have labels with codes which they
will put on every of their installation or work. This is in order to checkmate
ourselves in terms of quality services,”
“In the last eight month that we have started it has indeed
helped the industry. We are not competing with one another. The market is too
big for everyone. We have members in Kaduna, Abuja and other part of the country.
The association cut across five technologies. We have solar, wind, small hydro,
biomass and geothermal,” Adaju said.
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