Featured in Further upstream – 10-2024

Nigeria’s diesel dance

A new approach aims to reconnect commercial and industrial (C&I) energy users to the grid, supplying daytime power from solar and batteries through grid infrastructure funded by PV installers, with diesel as a backup when needed.

By

Max Hall

05 Nov 2024

Businesses such as Rider Steel, in Kumasi, Ghana, are turning to solar because of unreliable grid power and rocketing diesel prices. | Photo: Daystar Power

As renewables represent a larger share in a region’s energy mix, managing the grid can become a challenge. With the right approach, though, solar and batteries can actually serve to support resilient electricity networks. That is the premise of a project led by US-based think tank the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI).With utilities in many sub-Saharan …

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