Nigeria commissions $16 M solar plant
Nigeria, Abuja: President Muhammadu Buhari has recently commissioned Nigeria’s largest grid-connected solar power plant.
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Nigeria, Abuja: President Muhammadu Buhari has recently commissioned Nigeria’s largest grid-connected solar power plant.
The 10 MW solar farm is located near the Challawa Industrial Estate, in Kano state. The $16 M plant was implemented by Haske Solar Company Limited, a special purpose vehicle (SPV) jointly owned by the federal government of Nigeria (80 %), the Kano state government (15 %), and the Kumbotso local government area (5 %).
The solar plant is comprised of over 21,000 solar PV panels, two 6 MVA transformers, 52 inverters, and a 12 km evacuation infrastructure. The power generated by the plant will serve the Challawa Industrial cluster, electrifying manufacturing and industrial activities under a distribution franchise model.
The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) – an investment institution that manages excess proceeds from the federation’s budgeted hydrocarbon revenues – was appointed as the project developer. NSIA awarded the EPC contract for the plant to a consortium that included a local company, Eauxwell Nigeria Limited, and their international partner Greencells Energy Middle East & Africa Ltd.
“The NSIA believes that Nigeria’s renewable energy goals are attainable with consistent investment and development of projects such as the Kano Solar project,” said Aminu Umar-Sadiq, MD & CEO of the NSIA.
Source: Energy & Utilities
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