Stakeholders Harp On Clean Energy Transition At Nigeria Energy Conference

The upcoming 11th edition of the Nigeria Energy Exhibition and Conference would bring critical stakeholders in the power industry to have conversation on the country’s energy transition.

With the endorsement of the federal ministry of Power, the event will be held in Lagos, from October 15th to 17th, 2024, to address the critical challenges in West Africa’s energy sector.

Nigeria Energy Conference serves as West Africa’s premier platform, bringing together contractors, developers, investors, project owners, and utilities to collaborate and create reliable energy solutions that address the region’s growing energy demands.

Organised by Informa Markets, the event will bring together over 6,500 participants, including industry leaders, investors, policymakers, and innovators to discuss the region’s most critical energy challenges and opportunities.

With the theme ‘Breaking Barriers in the New Energy Era: Clean, Reliable, and Sustainable,’ the conference aims to promote West Africa’s clean energy transition while focusing on sustainable power generation, innovation, investment, and energy access.

Speaking at a press conference, Exhibition manager, Energy Portfolio – MEA, Informa Markets, Ade Yesufu stated that the theme of ‘Breaking Barriers in the New Energy Era’ aims to address the key obstacles hindering the clean energy transition in West Africa by focusing on two primary areas: policy and investment.

The event will highlight the need for supportive government policies that incentivize renewable energy development and conventional power systems and address the critical challenge of attracting sufficient investment to fund large-scale clean energy projects.

“The Nigeria Energy Leadership Summit is a platform for dialogue, knowledge sharing, and collaboration among key stakeholders.

“By fostering open discussions, we aim to create a conducive environment for policy development, investment attraction, and technology adoption in the renewable energy sector and address the critical challenges of limited infrastructure capacity and inefficient quality to position Nigeria and West Africa as leaders in the transition to clean and sustainable energy sources,” he concluded.

Supporting the exhibition are leading global players in the energy, power and infrastructure industry such as SkipperSeil Limited, a global leader in power and infrastructure, confirmed as the Main Sponsor, while Genesis Energy and Tetracore Energy as gold conference sponsors.

Divisional Head, Skipper ETS Electric LTD, Sunil Kumar said: “Our partnership with Informa Market to sponsor Nigeria Energy over the years and for the 11th edition highlights our over 20 years commitment to bringing the best minds in the energy industry together to ensure sustainable growth of the industry. For us, this event serves as a vital platform for fostering partnership’s and advancing solutions to Nigeria’s power sector challenges.”

Chief operating officer, Genesis Energy, Amina Lawal, said: “we are an energy infrastructure developer, a climate impact investor and an asset management group of companies that have been in operations for about two decades and are present in eight African countries.

“Our vision is lighting up Africa one community at a time, and over the course of the conference, we will be speaking more on our ability to identify, source, and originate clean energy businesses in Africa, attract financing, and manage executions of clean energy projects”

So far, Nigeria Energy 2024 show floor is 100 per cent sold out with several key exhibitors confirmed to participate in this year’s edition. The conference will also host a series of high-profile discussions led by industry thought leaders and will also cover five product sectors within the energy sector including: Renewable Energy Transmission & Distribution, Critical and Back-up Power Smart Solutions, Energy Consumption and Management