Nigeria is seeing more off grid solar projects. One project recently announced is being developed by a partnership made up of Pan Africa Solar and BBOXX. The project will see an 80-MW utility scale PV power plant constructed in the town of Kankia in the Katsina State.
The project focuses on a stable state in the north of the country, wheredue to lack of available hydro resources and gas supply, renewables are the only long-term sustainable option. The project will integrate panels mounted on tilting structures that track the path of the sun throughout the day, constructed on 210 hectares of land.
Another project brings Pan Africa Solar and BBOXX together again, this time in the Kano State in Northern Nigeria. The second project is supplying distributed energy services.
BBOXX’s VP of Business Development, Anshul Patel shared his comments on the partnership and its plans:
“Pan Africa Solar is a dedicated team with a core understanding of the Nigerian market; a very exciting BBOXX partner in a much underserved market. Nigeria has 60 million people who lack access to electricity. To date, 2000 people have been impacted by our work in Kano, and the business is currently in the process of scaling its operations. The partnership between BBOXX and PAS is instrumental in leveraging expertise in the off-grid business combined with local market knowledge to successfully scale operations with a goal of electrifying 1 million people by 2020.”