- A rooftop solar power plant is going into operation at the Snake Island Integrated Free Zone in Lagos, Nigeria.
- The installation will be initiated towards developing a 20 MWp installed solar capacity desired by the shipping company Nigerdock.
The transition to clean energy has begun at the Snake Island Integrated Free Zone. A rooftop solar photovoltaic plant has just been installed in the special economic zone created by the Nigerian maritime business Nigerdock. The recently opened facility is the result of a collaboration between Daystar Power, a solar energy company based in Lagos, and Nigerdock.
Nigerdock claims that the solar power facility’s main goal is to lessen the Snake Island Integrated Free Zone’s environmental impact. The CEO claims that after a few days of operation, the solar system can supply 40% of the company’s electricity requirements, cutting its annual carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 2,000 tonnes. The system is a component of Nigerdock’s proposal to outfit the Snake Island Integrated Free Zone with multiple solar power plants totaling 20 MWp installed capacity.
Nigerdock is one of the businesses putting its faith in solar energy to lessen its reliance on the Nigerian national grid. A few months ago, Seven-Up Bottling Company (SBC) and solar energy provider Daystar Power inked a contract for the installation of multiple solar systems with a total capacity of 10.5 MWp to power SBC’s plants in the cities of Abuja, Lagos (Ikeja), Ibadan, and Ilorin.