PSC Solar sets up N3bn solar panel manufacturing plant

 
PSC Solar Industries, solar PV panel manufacturers and total solar electricity power integrator, has decided to set up a 10-mega watt solar panel manufacturing plant in Nigeria, to make solar electricity more affordable as well as create jobs for Nigerians, Vanguard reports.

Speaking at the official groundbreaking ceremony at the project site, a 100-acre property in Warewa, along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Ogun State, the Site Engineer who is also the Senior Project Engineer, PSC Solar UK Ltd, Mr. Ntogo Bakor Alex Alee said that the project which he described as first of its kind in Africa, already has over 20 earth-moving equipment and over 100 construction site engineers on ground, underlining the local content commitment of the company in this endeavour.

Also, he stated that over “N3 billion worth of solar panel PV manufacturing equipment procured from Rimas BV in the Netherlands, are on ground in Nigeria including sun simulators, stringers, larmators, automatic framers etc.”

“Twenty local engineers are already cleared and registered for advanced Solar, Electronics & Electrical Engineering training at the prestigious German Academy for Renewable Energy & Environmental Technology in Berlin, Germany for January to February 2015. The company is committed to training an additional 20 engineers yearly for the next five years at the German Academy,” said Alee.

“Solar panels to be produced in Nigeria include 12V/80Watts, 12V/160Watts, 24V/200Watts, 24V/250Watts, and all super efficiency mono crystalline solar PV panels with efficiencies in excess of over 35 per cent, way above industry average efficiency of 15 per cent,” stated Engr. Alee, adding that “Africa now has a reliable manufacturer of superior quality Inverters, Solar PV Panels, Solar Charge Controllers- PWM, Hybrid & MPPT Versions from 12V – 440V.”

Speaking on their plans for 2015-2016, the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of PSC Solar UK Ltd., Dr. Patrick Owelle said that the planned expansion of PSC Solar UK Limited is now underway with offices and warehouses in Abuja, Benin and Kano, and additional locations in Port Harcourt, Calabar and Sokoto are planned for late 2015.

He indicated that plans are underway to develop a 100-unit, total solar power luxury estate at the 100-acre project site which is slated for takeoff in June 2016.