Renewable Energy: Adamawa & Kaduna Solar Mini-Grids To Electrify 33,000 Homes

 Renewable Energy: Adamawa & Kaduna Solar Mini-Grids To Electrify 33,000 Homes

Nigeria’s Adamawa and Kaduna states have issued Certificates of Occupancy (C of Os) for mini-grid projects being developed by the Rural Electrification Agency (REA).

Adamawa issued C of Os for 3 major interconnected mini-grid sites:

* Kofare in Yola South LGA wirh 19,220 projected connections & 8.0 megawatt peak (MWp) solar capacity.

* Mbamba in Yola South LGA with 2,282 projected connections & 0.8 MWp capacity.

* Saminaka in Fufore LGA with 4,660 projected connections & 2.5 MWp capacity.

Kaduna issued C of Os for:

* Trapco site in Chikun LGA with 3,100 projected connections & 2.0 MWp capacity.

* Makarfi 1 site in Makarfi LGA with 4,000 projected connections & 4.0 MWp capacity.

BACKSTORY

Nationally, the Rural Electrification Agency’s Nigeria Electrification Project (NEP) is being rolled out in phases.

The first phase prioritizes more than 163 sites across multiple states that include Abia, Anambra, Bauchi, Cross River, Kano, Kebbi, Niger, Ondo, Ogun, and Plateau.

Collectively, the program will deploy about 213.436 MWp of solar PV capacity in the participating communities.