The U.S. announced efforts to help Nigeria curb methane emissions from its oil and gas sector while increasing access to clean energy.
American officials pledged a variety of technical support to meet those objectives over two days of meetings in Washington with Nigerian representatives.
It includes the launch of a State Department-led clean energy buyers club to promote investment in Nigerian clean power projects and a program on nuclear energy technologies. The U.S. Agency for International Development pledged up to $85 million in assistance over the next five years to improve electricity access across the country of 218 million people.
The inaugural talks are one of roughly 20 “strategic energy dialogues” overseen by the State Department’s Bureau of Energy Resources in an attempt to strengthen bilateral relations with major energy producers, according to administration officials.
