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POLICY outreach, advocacy, and communication March 5, THISDAY reported.
activities. The development comes as the
RES4Africa Foundation market in Africa, accounting for half of Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), for
“South Africa is the largest electricity
the fourth consecutive time in two weeks, said
and SAPVIA signed a sub-Sahara installed capacity. It goes without it had posted another record peak wheeling
saying that this country has the potential
performance on March 5.
MoU to strengthen their to be one of the guiding lights of the entire the company, Mrs. Ndidi Mbah, said the
General Manager, Public Affairs of
continent’s just energy transition” says
collaboration for Africa’s Roberto Vigotti, RES4Africa’s Secretary latest maximum daily energy peak of
119,471.15MWh was higher than the previous
General. “Counting on a partner like SAPVIA
energy transition in our network is not only a demonstration of value of 118,133.85 MWh recorded a day
earlier by 1,337.3 MWh.
the value of our work in South Africa and in
Rome/Johannesburg, 10th March 2021 the whole continent, but it is also a valuable The new record also exceeds the ones,
– Renewable Energy Solutions for Africa contribution to our mission: only by pursuing achieved on February 25, February 26,
Foundation (RES4Africa) and South Africa joint efforts we can effectively contribute to February 28 and March 1.
Photovoltaic Industry Association (SAPVIA) Africa’s green transition.” However, the power sector has continued
signed a Memorandum of Understanding to “SAPVIA’s long term goal is to vigorously its sub-optimal performance, sustaining its
deepen their cooperation in the promotion mobilise support for the sustainable growth of losses in the electricity value chain, according
and implementation of sustainable energy solar PV in South Africa and this partnership to the latest figures from the Advisory Power
solutions as key catalysts to empower and will be a key catalyst to ensure we deliver on Team (APT), which is resident in the office
transform Africa. The agreement AIMS at our vision,” says Niveshen Govender, SAPVIA of the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo
strengthening the parties’ engagement in COO. “Working together with RES4Africa we (SAN).
information sharing, consultations, network will be able to better equip our members to The trend showed that the loss was a
building and implementation of common capitalise on the opportunities of a just energy continuation of similar ones recorded in
initiatives and projects for the continent’s transition through the commissioning and December 2020, which hit N26.7 billion, a
energy transition. sharing of research, market reports and best difference of about N300 million put side by
RES4Africa and SAPVIA share the same practice and help us as we work to ensure that side with the N26.4 billion loss recorded in
vision about the pivotal role that renewable renewables are included and at the forefront of January.
energy sources play in Africa’s development: South Africa’s energy policy.” Like in previous months, some of the
for this reason, they will cooperate through RES4Africa Foundation power generating plants across the country,
joint initiatives and activities on renewable such as the Alaoji NIPP, Ihovbor NIPP, ASCO,
energy, in particular solar photovoltaic Egbin station 6 and AES, did not produce
and climate change, to support sustainable RES4AFRICA FOUNDATION any power, while Egbin station 2 to 5, the
development for resilient economies in Africa. largest power generation plant in the country,
Within the framework of this collaboration, PERFORMANCE performed the most, followed by Jebba, Kainji,
the parties will support each other in the Azura-Edo, Geregu, Okpai and Odukpani in
organisation and promotion of training and Nigerian supply industry that order.
capacity building programmes and in the Nigeria has a rough estimate of installed
generation of knowledge products and data posts mounting losses power generation capacity of 12,522 MW,
by pursuing joint thematic publications and with a mix of thermal which requires gas to
technical studies with a specific focus on The Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry function put at about 10,142 MW, while hydro
South Africa, where SAPVIA is based. The (NESI) lost N26.603 billion to constraints, or the quantum requiring water is 2,380 MW.
two organisations will also involve each other including limited gas supply, poor According to the United States Agency for
as strategic partners in the implementation infrastructure as well as challenges with the International Development (USAID), only 45
of existing and future initiatives, as well as national grid system between February 5 and per cent of the entire population currently has
access to electricity supply, shared between
the rural population with 36 per cent and
urban residents with a 55 per cent access rate,
leaving a huge chunk of 20 million households
without power.

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