Category : Local & International News | Author: Anonymous Published on 2023-03-27 19:08:56
New solar cell production plant to boost power supply in Nigeria
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.
The Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, officially performed the foundation laying
ceremony of the first Solar Cell Production Plant in Nigeria. The
project is being built on a 15.8 hectres 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.
Silicon is obtained from silica, which is nothing other than common sand. With
the establishment of the plant, 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, 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 per cent 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 panel locally.