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The Ogun State authorities has disclosed that it is partnering with 2 Renewable Energy Service Companies (RESCOs) to make astir 1,100 Megawatts of star energy to fortify the state’s concern base.
The authorities government, successful a connection issued yesterday successful Abeokuta, the authorities capital, by the Special Adviser to the Ogun State Governor connected Media & Strategy, Kayode Akinmade, said the RESCOs volition found 2 antithetic star sheet manufacturing plants with capacities of 600 and 500 MW, respectively, with the imaginable to grow to 1GW.
Akinmade’s connection revealed that Ogun State sealed the concern nether the watchful supervision of Vice President Senator Kashim Shettima during the two-day Nigeria Renewable Energy Innovation Forum (NREIF) 2025, which ended connected Wednesday successful Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
According to Akinmade, the forum was convened nether the Federal Ministry of Power and co-organised with the United Nations Development Programme(UNDP), the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), and the Alliance for Rural Electrification (ARE), with Vice-President Kashim Shettima arsenic Chairman for the twelvemonth 2025.
According to the statement, the forum, with the taxable “Implementing the Nigeria archetypal policy: Facilitating Local Content Development and Manufacturing successful the Renewable Energy Ecosystem NREIF2025,” is Nigeria’s premier level to signifier the aboriginal of renewable vigor manufacturing by bringing unneurotic planetary leaders, investors, and argumentation makers, among others.
“These partnerships volition yet spotlight Ogun authorities arsenic a person successful innovation, concern readiness and inclusive growth, portion affirming our state’s committedness to economical diversification and biology sustainability.
“This is successful tandem with our imaginativeness to pull investments that thrust a robust economical base, make jobs, and guarantee that our State remains a exemplary of innovation and sustainability.
“By expanding section capableness for cleanable vigor production, we are reducing dependence connected imports and laying a instauration for inclusive concern growth”,
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