FG commissions 1.6MW solar mini-grid at Lafia University, cuts electricity costs by N30m monthly

The Federal Government of Nigeria has commissioned a 1.6-megawatt solar hybrid mini-grid to serve the Federal University of Lafia, Nasarawa State, saving the institution N30 million monthly in electricity expenditure. The hybrid power plant comprises an approximately 1.6MWp photovoltaic (PV) solar park, configured with a Power Conditioning System, PCS, and an Energy Storage System, ESS, to support power reliability, peak shaving and the supply of critical loads beyond daylight hours. Speaking on Thursday at the commissioning of the project under the Rural Electrification Agency's, REA, Energising Education Programme, EEP, in Lafia, Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, thanked Presiden...