As the price of crude oil plummets globally, Nigeria is one of the countries hardest hit as most of its revenue and its economy is dependent on crude oil sale, As most of its patrons have either discovered crude oil in their countries or have become more dependent on renewable energy. Nigeria, a country blessed with abundant sunlight and wind has no excuse to make the most of those resources to generate enough power for domestic use and export the excess, It is in this light that PVC SOLAR INDUSTRIES, Solar IV manufacturers and total solar electricity power integrator decided to set up a 10 mega watt solar panel manufacturing plant in Nigeria, to not only make solar electricity more affordable but also create jobs for Nigerians.
Speaking at the official groundbreaking ceremony at the project site, a 100 acre property in warewa along Lagos Ibadan express way Ogun state, the site engineer, who is also senior project engineer, PSC SOLAR UK LTD, Mr Ntogo Bakor Alex Alee said the idea behind the project was the company's desire to further reduce the cost of distributed solar energy power by this local manufacturing initiative thereby making alternative electricity affordable in Nigeria and the west African sub continent.
The project, described as the first of its kind in Africa already has over 20 earth moving equipment and over 100 construction site engineers are on ground, underlining the local content commitment of the company in this endeavor. Also he stated that "over 3 billion naira worth of manufacturing equipment procured from RIMAS BV in Netherlands are on ground in nigeria, including sun simulators, stringers, larmators, automatic framers etc".
EXPECTED PRODUCTS
Solar panels to be produced in Nigeria include 12v/80 watts, 12v/160watts, 24v/200watts, 24v/250watts and all super efficiency Mano crystalline solar pv panels with efficiencies in excess of 35%, which is way above the industry average efficiency of 15% adding that africa now has a reliable manufacturer of superior quality inverters, solar pv panels, solar charge controllers - PWM, hybrid and MPPT versions from 12v-440v.Speaking on the company's plan for 2015/2016, the managing director and chief executive officer of PSC Solar uk ltd DR Patrick owelle said that the planned expansion of PSC solar uk ltd was underway with offices and ware houses in Abuja, Benin, and Kano and additional locations in port-Harcourt, Sokoto and Calabar are planned for late 2015. He indicated that plans are underway to develop a 100 unit total solar power luxury estate at the 100 acre project site which is slated for take off in June 2016.
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