Solar unlocks small business boom in Nigeria’s first oil village

Solar unlocks small business boom in Nigeria’s first oil village

The rusted derrick near the edge of town has not pumped oil in decades. But in the village where Shell geologists struck Nigeria’s first commercial crude in 1956, a quieter energy revolution is reshaping daily life and, with it, the local economy. A solar-and-battery microgrid installed in 2020 by Atlanta-based Renewvia Energy Corporation now serves […] read more Solar unlocks small business boom in Nigeria’s first oil village

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