ABUJA- THE Senate in a move to get Nigeria out of the problems of incessant national grid collapses and epileptic power supply, is partnering with a South Korean energy firm for solutions.

The move by the Senate is through the Committee on Power, led by Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, APGA, Abia South, after an interface with the South Korean government.

Abaribe, who told the firm, BK Energy yesterday in Abuja that what Nigeria and Nigerians wanted was to get rid of the incessant grid collapse and epileptic power supply that had bedevilled the nation over the years due to moribund infrastructure .

He said: Abaribe “Our major concern as a committee and, by extension as a people, is how to break the bond and bridge the yawning gap of insufficient power generation in the country .

“We want you to be very practical in your submission for us to buy into whatever new technology or idea you have brought, which should serve as expected solutions for us.’’ In its response, the South Korean based BK Energy, represented by Mr Haeagwoo Lee and Sangwoo Park, said mini-grid approach should be adopted by the Nigerian government to solve the incessant problem of national grid collapse .

According to Mr Lee, South Korea, which has a population of about 50 million people, has 130, 000megawatts of electricity generation not loaded on a single national grid.

“There is need for decentralization when it comes to wheeling or transmission of power generation to avoid waste or incessant collapse .

“Nigeria is even a very lucky country where coconut is largely produced agriculturally which can be converted to graphene for power generation as done in South Korea . Coconut trees can also be used to build a generating plant in any neighborhood,” he said .

Earlier in his remarks, the Chairman and Chief Executive officer of TUG Energy, Mr Uzo Udemba, who led the South Korean investors to the National Assembly, explained to the committee that the new paradigm shift in the energy sector was green hydrogen which Nigeria should position itself as the hub

Udemba, who noted that many countries of the world were moving away from the national grid model of power storage and distribution to avoid disappointment of grid collapse as often the case in Nigeria. “The BK Energy from South Korea is here to practically share with Nigeria and Nigerians new technology of power generation, transmission and distribution by setting up factories here to train Nigerians across the three components,’’ he said.