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Kainji Solar, Wind Generate 25KW To National Grid
The recently commis
sioned Hybrid Solar and Wind Demonstration Plant in Kainji, Niger State is said to have capacity to add 25 Killo Wats of electricity to the national grid.
The Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo disclosed this at a public function in Abuja, recently.
He explained that the solar/wind demonstration plant is not only going to generate electricity but would be a main training centre for solar and wind technology in Nigeria.
The Minister who was represented by the Permanent Secretary, Dr. Godknows Igali, stated that there were efforts to expand the energy mix due to gas pipeline vandalism affecting the capacity of thermal power plants.
“This project is to demonstrate that wind energy is possible and that combining wind and solar technology to generate energy is possible”, he said.
He further said “projects like this will give the vandals no opportunity because it is at the site and the energy is fed into the grid for consumption directly, so vandals cannot go and destroy it.”