Nigeria, others need power integration —Black & Veatch

Nigeria, others need power integration –Black & Veatch 20 Aug 2015 3:26 AM  Sub-Saharan African nations need to integrate their power-distribution systems to help meet the region’s increasing energy needs, the Chief Financial Officer, Black & Veatch Corporation, Karen Daniel, has said. “The integration of the delivery of power is a big deal,” Daniel said in an interview in Johannesburg, South Africa, where the United States developer of energy and water infrastructure announced this week it opened a local unit. “People are going to really figure it out in a way that it will be more regional as opposed to country-specific.” Black & Veatch, based in Overland Park, Kansas, is seeking to expand its business in sub-Saharan Africa, where countries are “way behind” on developing power systems, Bloomberg quoted Daniel as saying. While power-generation capacity in sub-Saharan Africa is expected to quadruple to 385,000 megawatts by 2040, about 530 million people will probably remain without electricity, the International Energy Agency said in a report in October. Copyright PUNCH. All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH. Contact: editor@punchng.com