- British American Tobacco plans renewable energy investment in Nigeria.
- It intends to deploy a 1MW solar plant to complement the power supply at its factory.
British American Tobacco (BAT), has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting Nigeria’s climate action strategy by developing eco-friendly energy solutions for its industrial operations. This was made known in a statement by the multinational organisation on the 2022 World Environmental Day.
The company highlighted some of its achievements and plans in waste and water management, reduction in Co2 emissions and transition to renewable energy sources in its operations. It announced that it has begun implementing a 1MW solar PV renewable energy solution (without backup battery storage) to complement the existing gas engine-powered supply at its Ibadan factory.
According to the statement, the project, which will consist of installing 1,900 solar panels, will generate cumulative energy of 1,400,000 KWh annually. Representing about six per cent of the factory’s annual power requirement, which would be injected directly into the company’s energy mix.
To achieve this, the company is making a significant investment of about £1m over the next two years on the project, which will reduce its carbon emissions (by the equivalent of 992 tons annually).