Some Nigerian mini-grids are bucking this trend, though, as their customers adopt income-generating productive uses of energy (PUEs) that raise electricity sales and boost household incomes.
Recognising that agriculture is a mainstay of Nigeria’s rural economies, the Energizing Agriculture Programme (EAP) saw potential in agricultural PUEs to uplift mini-grid utilization and farmer incomes.
The Harvesting Sunshine: How Productive Uses of Minigrid Electricity Make Rarmers Richer and Energy Cheaper report unpacks the EAP deployment experience in operating 269 mills,freezers, EVs and other equipment at mini-grids across Nigeria.
The report explains the lessons learned from testing business models that deliver these
machines through Nigerian equipment suppliers and service providers who act as the PUE companies.
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