The Managing Director, Anglophone West Africa of Schneider Electric, Mr Christophe Begat has raised an issue of urgent national importance, saying “About 90 per cent of Nigerians do not have access to safe, efficient electricity and this is a challenge to us to solve.”
Speaking at a recent Schneider Electric’s Innovation Day held at Lagos Continental Hotel for electricity stakeholders to review situation of things, he revealed that “Globally, an estimated 2.3 billion people do not have either or reliable access to electricity.”
The power expert disclosed that human activities such as using generators and others were the main cause of rise in temperature globally and called for a coordinated effort by governments and power firms and other stakeholders to stem the trend.
While revealing that about “60 per cent of energy globally is lost and this is good for us (Schneider) as a challenge,” he noted that “There is an urgent need to reduce carbon emission all over the world and attain zero emission by 2030.’’
According to him, Schnieder Electric was committed to providing safe and clean electricity from solar and wind to address the current faulty lines of energy transmission and attain full digital transmission of electricity to buildings.
Also commenting at the summit, the Cluster President for Anglophone Africa, Mr Albert Fuchet in a keynote address captioned: ‘Powering and Digitizing the Economy’, disclosed that Schneider Electric would deploy digital technologies to ensure efficiency and energy security and automation.
“Digital technologies provide possibilities for a wide range of benefits ranging from efficiency gains, customer intimacy, energy security and management, automation and remote operations, safer work environment, and a lot more, depending on the user’s preference.
“Ultimately, the organisation’s bottom line is impacted in a sustainable fashion.
“The broad application of Internet of Things (IoT) is still evolving. Exploring big data and cloud computing is ongoing. Also, virtually all equipment and operations can be made smart.
“In the oil and gas sector today, we see a fully automated offshore platform. What are the ancillary services to go with such innovations that Nigerians can offer? Fuchet queried.
