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Longer-form analysis and perspective on the forces shaping Nigeria’s energy transition.

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Analysis · June 6, 2026

Financing the Transition: the capital entering Nigerian power

The money has arrived; bankable projects are the scarce ingredient. Inside the DFIs, green bonds and capital flowing into Nigerian power.

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Analysis · June 2, 2026

Diesel to Gas to Solar: the economics for Nigerian business

Most Nigerian businesses still self-generate the most expensive way possible. The path to cheaper, cleaner power follows a clear sequence.

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Analysis · May 23, 2026

Floating Solar in Nigeria: turning water into power

In land-scarce cities, water is the new frontier for clean power, and Nova’s Floating Solar Company is already building on it.

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Analysis · May 9, 2026

Bypassing the Grid: embedded generation and the Eligible Customer

A quiet regulatory shift now lets industry buy power directly. Why Nigeria’s most reliable businesses no longer wait for the grid.

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Analysis · April 25, 2026

The perennial Power Gap: Structural causes of Nigeria’s stranded 8000 MW shortfall

Nigeria’s problem is not how much it generates, but how little reaches the people waiting for it, and why distributed power is the answer.

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Analysis · December 9, 2025

The Bankability Problem

Why so many sound Nigerian energy projects struggle to attract finance, and what makes a project genuinely investable.

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Analysis · November 14, 2025

The Electricity Act 2023: a turning point

How the Electricity Act 2023 reshaped Nigeria’s power market and opened the door to embedded generation and state-level reform.

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Analysis · October 21, 2025

The $14 Billion Diesel Economy

The staggering annual cost of Nigeria’s reliance on diesel self-generation, and the case for a cleaner, cheaper alternative.

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