Kebbi government has allocated 200 hectares of land to a private investor to set up a 5,600 megawatts solar power plant in the state. Alhaji Suleiman Muhammad-Argungu, former Chief of…
Lagos Partners World Bank on Solar Power
The Lagos State Government has unveiled its plan to collaborate with the World Bank on the implementation of pathways for a one-gigawatt solar Photovoltaics electricity system in the state. The…
Solar power, potent solution to Nigeria’s energy crisis
We are like tenant farmers chopping down the fence around our house for fuel when we should be using nature’s inexhaustible sources of energy – sun, wind and tide.… I’d…
Lightyear 0 solar-assisted car will go into production this year
Dutch company Lightyear has announced that this fall it will start making the world’s first production car fitted with solar panels. The Lightyear 0 will have curved solar panels in…
Enugu-based start-up signs N302.5 million investment deal for solar equipment manufacturing
Greenage Technologies Power Systems Limited has signed an investment deal worth $500,000 (N302,500,000) with a Shell-funded impact investment company, All On. The deal is to fund the construction and expansion…
Solar panels boom amid rising diesel cost, power crisis
The worsening power crisis has created a boom in the solar panel business, OpeOluwani Akintayo writes The Nigerian solar panel market is currently witnessing a boom owing to the power…
10 Nigerian banks using solar to reduce reliance on diesel generators
10 Nigerian banks using solar to reduce reliance on diesel generators In a bid to break even and promote clean energy, Nigeria’s commercial banks are embarking on solar-related projects to…
Firm Provides Solar Energy To Over 300,000 Homes
A solar energy firm, BeebeeJump Int’l LTD, has provided over 300,000 homes in Nigeria with solar energy. The Chief Sales Officer of BeebeeJump, Timmy Shi, disclosed this at the ongoing…
Sterling Bank unveils platform for solar energy consumers
Sterling Bank Plc has launched a new digital product known as the Imperium Platform to connect consumers and providers of renewable energy as a viable solution to Nigeria’s electricity crisis.…
FG to Develop Solar Energy as Backup for National Power Grid
The federal government has said that it is ramping up solar energy supply which could serve as backup during national grid collapses since the central electricity supply system has failed…