FG Commissions Nigeria's First Solar/Wind Power Plant In Niger State

The minister of power, Prof Chinedu Nebo, at the
weekend, commissioned a 25 kilowatt (kw) Hybrid
solar PV/wind demonstration power plant located
at the National Power Training institute of Nigeria
(NAPTIN), Regional Training Centre, Kainji, New
Bussa, Niger State.
The project is an achievement of Nigeria-Germany
Energy partnership under the Nigeria Energy
Support Programme (NESP), an initiative signed
between President Goodluck Jonathan and German
chancellor, Angela Merkel.
Commissioning the project, the minister, who was
represented by the permanent secretary in the
ministry, Godknows Igali, said the project was the
first of its kind in the West African sub-region as the
plant combines more than one source of renewable
energy and is able to operate off-grid as well as on-
grid.
The plant, according to the minister consists of a
10kw solar PV and three wind turbines of 5kw each,
making 25kw power plant. The minister, in a
statement, yesterday, by the ministry's deputy
director, press, Ibrahim Haruna, said the plant, in
addition to generating clean energy, is a
demonstration and training facility for students
being trained by the NAPTIN. According to Nebo,
the project is helping to provide an urgent solution
to power supply shortages associated with pipeline
vandalism as gas is not required for the smooth
operation of the renewable energy plant.
Nebo commended the German government for
their role in the NESP, a programme implemented
by the German Agency for International Co-
operation (GIZ), in partnership with the Ministry of
Power and other public institutions.