Nigeria to house West Africa’s largest solar PV plant

200MW/HR solar PV farm on 304ha in Delta State

WEST AFRI CA’S LARG EST SOLAR photovoltaic farm, the Ashama 200MW/HR Solar PV Farm by B&S Power Holding Pte, a Singapore based renewable energy corporation, and SUNNYFRED Global, a Nigerian investment entity, is about to be built in Nigeria.

The PV plant will be sited on about 304 hectares landmass in Ashama Village, in Aniocha South Local Government of Delta State, and arrangements in collaboration with other stakeholders and technical partners, to design, develop, finance and construct the project have been concluded, according to a statement from Greenplinth Africa, the consultants and strategic partners to the project promoters, and the solar photovoltaic project itself.

The project’s consultants have disclosed that a media briefing and project roadmap presentation themed, “Sustainable and Affordable Energy Access for Communities in Nigeria”, will take place on Thursday, 25th February 2021 by 11 a.m. at Sheraton Hotel, Lagos, where distinguished speakers, technical partners and strategic national and international stakeholders would join B&S Power Holding Pte and SUNNYFRED GLOBAL to present the ASHAMA 200MW/HR SOLAR PV Project to the general public as well as highlight the importance of the Ashama Solar Photovoltaic Project to the host community, state, the nation and the continent in general.

In Africa, Power is inaccessible, unaffordable, and unreliable with more than 25 African countries facing an energy crisis despite the continent being well endowed with energy resources, most of which are untapped and thereby leaving most of its people trapped in poverty; as students, for example, find it difficult to study after dark, clinics cannot refrigerate vaccines and businesses have shorter operating hours.

According to the World Bank, about 60 million Nigerians spend more than N1.6 trillion on fossil fuel generators annually, and this figure is aside from the over 80 million Nigerians who are without access to electricity, with several million more suffering from poor service despite efforts of the federal government to provide electricity in the country.

The federal government of Nigeria however expects renewable energy to fill a substantial portion of the electricity poverty gap in the country.