EM-ONE Energy Solutions has signed a contract with Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing to design and install a 1.52 MW solar plant with a battery storage capacity of 2.26 MWh at the Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing.

The solar power plant will be mounted on carport & rooftop canopies and will generate 2.45 GWh of energy annually; reducing the Ministry’s energy dependence on non-renewable power source by 71% and reducing CO2 generation by 2,600 tonnes. The company says the solution it is providing is a fully integrated and scalable solution which can be increased in capacity as demand increases.

“EM-ONE will also complete an electrical retrofit on four office buildings within the Ministry of Power, Works and Housing headquarters for energy efficiency upgrades. The retrofit will replace old electrical appliances and connections with energy efficient ones – reducing the complex’s consumption by 40%,” the company said in a release.

It further said the system will use a combination of tier-1 technologies who have partnered with EM-ONE to work closely on this flagship projects’ delivery. The advanced microgrid and energy storage system (ESS) for this project is provided by US firm Tesla, while the energy efficiency components are provided by Schneider Electric.

“The project will be the first of Nigeria’s Federal Government office complexes to use renewable energy as their primary power source. Once completed, the system will save millions of naira every year on a cleaner and more reliable power supply. This forms part of the federal government’s commitment to renewable energy and mini grid policy,” Babatunde Raji Fashola, minister of Power, Works and Housing said.

Mir Islam, EM-ONE’s CEO said, “This is an exciting project for EM-ONE, we have a vision of making Nigeria an energy surplus country by developing self-sustaining energy producers that not only generate electricity for their own consumption but also export additional energy to the national grid. We are looking forward to working with the Federal Ministry and our valued technology partners on this pioneering project”

EM-ONE has been operating in Africa’s power sector for over 20 years and successfully delivered a portfolio of 20+ MW solar microgrid and containerized solutions across Nigeria that provide uninterrupted power to hospitals, universities, clinics and day schools to multiple state facilities.

Some of the company’s projects include the turnkey EPC of 3 proprietary standard solar micro grids at three General Hospitals across Borno State and design consultancy, project management, test and commissioning services for 213 off-grid solar systems with integrated backup battery banks and remote monitoring systems installed at 11 Primary Health Centres and 175 secondary schools across 10 Local Government Areas.

Isaac Anyaogu is an Assistant editor and head of the energy and environment desk. He is an award-winning journalist who has written hundreds of reports on Nigeria’s oil and gas industry, energy and environmental policies, regulation and climate change impacts in Africa. He was part of a journalist team that investigated lead acid pollution by an Indian recycler in Nigeria and won the international prize - Fetisov Journalism award in 2020. Mr Anyaogu joined BusinessDay in January 2016 as a multimedia content producer on the energy desk and rose to head the desk in October 2020 after several ground breaking stories and multiple award wining stories. His reporting covers start-ups, companies and markets, financing and regulatory policies in the power sector, oil and gas, renewable energy and environmental sectors He has covered the Niger Delta crises, and corruption in NIgeria’s petroleum product imports. He left the Audit and Consulting firm, OR&C Consultants in 2015 after three years to write for BusinessDay and his background working with financial statements, audit reports and tax consulting assignments significantly benefited his reporting. Mr Anyaogu studied mass communications and Media Studies and has attended several training programmes in Ghana, South Africa and the United States

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