Five years from the goals set in Vision 2030 of transforming into the Silicon Savanah, debates on how to power it should be approaching the resolution to invest in a diversified energy mix with a reliable consistent thermal source at the centre.
To its credit, the Least Cost of Power Development Plan (LCPDP) acknowledges the need to meet the capacity it projected will rise from 2,919 MW as projected back in 2021 to 8,870 MW by 2041 the role assigned to be played by renewables and the use of the Levelised Cost of Electricity (LCOE) are the giant roaches in the pudding therein.
