PV for Nigeria

The government of Jigawa and the US non-profit organization Solar Electric Light Fund (SELF) plan to spend 400 million NGN ($2.9 million) for providing PV systems to 30 or more Nigerian villages, according to a Nov. 5 article in the Nigerian newspaper Daily Trust. 

In early December, SELF managing director Robert Freling confirmed the target of electrifying 30 villages, but said the »details still have to be worked out«. He added that another solar electrification project in Jigawa, originally aimed at electrifying 300 homes in three remote villages, is almost completed (see PI 12/2002, p. 7). Dedication of the project is slated for Jan. 2004. The PV systems were installed in the villages Ahoto, Wawan Rafi, and Baturiya at a total prize of 28 million NGN ($200,000), the newspaper says. 

Iris Krampitz 
© PHOTON International, January 2004