Nigeria Partners Dutch Firm On 1GW Solar Panel Factory

Nigeria has partnered with a Dutch steadfast to found a one-gigawatt (GW) star sheet manufacturing factory. The star mill aims to execute 50 per cent section contented wrong the archetypal 3 years,  little c emissions, and make jobs, marking a important boost for the country’s cleanable vigor and concern sectors.

The collaboration involves the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), the Infrastructure Corporation of Nigeria (InfraCorp), and Solarge BV of the Netherlands, which formally launched Solarge Nigeria Limited, a peculiar intent conveyance (SPV) that volition make and run the state-of-the-art star photovoltaic (PV) mill successful Nigeria. The statement was signed astatine InfraCorp’s Abuja office.

The SPV volition make and run a 1-gigawatt star photovoltaic (PV) sheet manufacturing installation successful Nigeria, marking a landmark public-private collaboration to beforehand renewable vigor industrialisation and section manufacturing.

Following the agreement, the managing director/CEO of REA, Abba Abubakar Aliyu, said the planned 1GW star mill aimed to execute 50 per cent section contented wrong the archetypal 3 years, creating galore jobs and facilitating exertion transfer.

According to him, the REA has committed to purchasing astatine slightest 200MW of star modules annually for 5 years to proviso its nationalist assemblage solarisation programmes, reducing Nigeria’s reliance connected diesel-generated powerfulness and trimming the c footprint.

He said the public-private concern volition leverage InfraCorp’s concern mobilisation capacity, REA’s argumentation enactment successful agrarian electrification and nationalist assemblage solarisation, and Solarge BV’s precocious exertion and manufacturing expertise to localise high-quality star PV accumulation successful Nigeria, and follows the August 7, 2025, signing of a Memorandum of Understanding that launched the NPSSI, a government-led programme to deploy star vigor systems crossed schools, hospitals, information posts, and authorities offices.

Solarge Nigeria Limited volition beryllium governed by a committee representing each shareholders and volition support dedicated offices to guarantee creaseless task execution and regulatory compliance.

“Through this associated venture, we are not lone creating entree to cleanable vigor but gathering the section capableness to manufacture it. This inaugural aligns perfectly with the Renewed Hope Agenda and our mandate to electrify communities and institutions.”

The managing director/CEO of InfraCorp, Dr. Lazarus Angbazo, added: “Solarge Nigeria Limited represents a bold measurement toward section manufacturing and vigor sovereignty. We’re arrogant to spouse with REA and Solarge BV to physique a resilient and sustainable vigor aboriginal for Nigeria.”

On his part, the CEO of Solarge BV, Joost Brinkman, besides expressed enthusiasm, “We are excited to bring our exertion and acquisition to this landmark initiative. Solarge Nigeria Ltd volition acceptable a caller benchmark for African star manufacturing — built by Nigerians, for Nigerians.”

Also speaking, the manager wide of the Budget Office, Tanimu Yakubu Kurfi stated that “This concern exemplifies the benignant of innovation and collaboration that the Federal Government seeks to beforehand nether the Renewed Hope Infrastructure Development Fund. It not lone supports our fiscal sustainability goals but besides deepens Nigeria’s concern basal and vigor self-reliance.”

The REA stated, “Solarge Nigeria Ltd volition beryllium governed by a Board of Directors representing each shareholders, including an autarkic non-executive director. A dedicated Project Management Office (PMO) and Offtake Coordination Desk volition guarantee seamless execution, regulatory compliance, and alignment with nationalist procurement frameworks.

“The travel toward vigor modulation began with the authoritative signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) betwixt the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), the Budget Office of the Federation, InfraCorp, and the Ministry of Finance Incorporated (MOFI) connected Thursday, August 7, 2025.

“This lawsuit marked the ceremonial motorboat of the National Public Sector Solarisation Initiative (NPSSI) — a flagship government-led programme to deploy distributed star vigor solutions crossed nationalist institutions specified arsenic schools, hospitals, information posts, and authorities offices.

“The inaugural addresses a cardinal nationalist priority: providing clean, reliable vigor to captious infrastructure, reducing diesel dependency, and cutting the nationalist sector’s c footprint.

“The MoU besides underscores stronger public-private collaboration to thrust localised renewable vigor manufacturing and modulation Nigeria toward much sustainable vigor financing models.”