A tender for a 15 MW solar facility and a 5 MWh storage system at Nigeria 's Federal Ministry of Education has been issued on a public-private partnership basis. The project will be the country's first utility-size solar-plus-storage installation. Nigeria 's University of Benin has given a deadline of 2009 for interested parties to submit a request for qualification. He has been reporting on solar and renewable energy since 2009. 86% of Nigeria 's electricity is generated by gas-fired power plants. However, the African nation is looking to generate one-fifth of its electricity needs from solar power by 15 .
A tender for a 15 MW solar facility and a 5 MWh storage system at Nigeria 's Federal Ministry of Education has been issued on a public-private partnership basis. The project will be the country's first utility-size solar-plus-storage installation. Nigeria 's University of Benin has given a deadline of 2009 for interested parties to submit a request for qualification. 86% of Nigeria 's electricity is generated by gas-fired power plants. However, the African nation is looking to generate one-fifth of its electricity needs from solar power by 15 .