The federal government and Sun Africa LLC, a US firm that specialises in supplying off-grid solutions in Africa, have signed a deal on 5000MW of solar power generation for Nigerian communities.
The Nigerian government said the deal was signed on Wednesday at the US-Africa Business Forum in Washington.
The project, meant to serve at least 360 rural communities, will be constructed in different phases across the six geopolitical zones.
“FG and Sun Africa LLC signed a development and Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) implementation framework agreement for the construction of 5,000 MW of solar generation & 2,500 MWh of battery energy storage power plants for up to $10bn investment from the US government,” the federal government said in a statement.
“The project will be constructed in different phases across the six geopolitical zones and will provide…