Nigeria breaks ground on solar module assembling plant

Nigeria is building a solar module assembling plant in the town of Akpugo, located in the southeastern state of Enugu.

Nigeria is building a solar module assembling plant in the town of Akpugo, located in the southeastern state of Enugu.

A groundbreaking ceremony took place on July 27, attended by Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Uche Geoffrey Nnaji. Nnaji wrote on social media the plant will reduce dependency on imported energy solutions and create numerous job opportunities for the local community.

“Similar projects would be replicated at other Centres of the Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN) nationwide namely; Benin, Ilorin, Lagos, Bauchi and Sokoto to cut across the six Geopolitical Zones,” the minister added, without providing more details about the manufacturing facility.

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Source: PV Magazine

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