New Solar Cell Production Plant to Boost Power Supply in Nigeria: There is optimism that the construction of the first Solar Cell Production Plant in Nigeria will drastically improve access to the power supply through clean energy.
It is also expected that the facility on completion would crash the price of solar cells hitherto imported. The new plant will produce approximately 25 GWh each year, making it possible to reduce CO2 emissions into the atmosphere by 11,000 tons and replace the use of 5.4 million cubic meters of gas with locally produced renewable energy.
New Solar Cell Production Plant to Boost Power Supply in Nigeria
The project is being built on 15.8 hectares of land in Karu Local Council, Nasarawa State, consisting of more than 30,000 modules. A solar cell, also known as a photovoltaic cell, is an electrical device that converts light energy into electrical energy through the photovoltaic effect and products of silicon.
A solar cell, also known as a photovoltaic cell, is an electrical device that converts light energy into electrical energy through the photovoltaic effect and products of silicon.
Silicon is obtained from silica, which is nothing other than common sand. With the establishment of the plant, the solar power supply is expected to be affordable because the most expensive components are the cells.
The plant, when fully operational, will be one of the largest Solar Cell Production plants in Africa. The Managing Director, of NASENI Solar Energy Ltd, Dr. Mahmud Jaffar said: “The prices of solar panels in Nigeria will crash once the NASENI plant comes on stream. Nigeria will go into 100 percent local content manufacturing of solar panels and other electronic materials.”
The Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive NASENI, Mohammed Sani Haruna, said that the plant came as a directive from President Muhammadu Buhari, who instructed NASENI to go into full production of solar panels locally.
