The University of Benin has started the qualifiction stage of the tender for a project that will be developed as a public-private partnership. Developers for the 15 MW/5 MWh project have until Friday to submit requests for qualification. etereuti/Pixabay Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Education has issued a tender for construction of a 15 MW solar plant combined with a 5 MWh storage system at the University of Benin, in Benin city, Edo state. According to the tender document, published by 234business.com, the project will be based on a public-private partnership. Interested developers have until Friday to submit requests for qualification. The project would be Nigeria’s first utility-scale solar-plus-storage scheme. Large-scale solar projects are mostly being developed by independent power producers in Nigeria, usually through a ‘put-and-call’ option agreement with the Federal Ministry of Finance, after executing a PPA. Nigeria wants 20% of its electricity to come from solar by 2030. At present, gas-fired power plants dominate, with 86% of the nation’s generation capacity, and hydropower supplies the balance. Emiliano joined pv magazine in March 2017. He has been reporting on solar and renewable energy since 2009. More articles from Emiliano Bellini
A tender for a 15 MW solar facility and a 5 MWh storage system at Benin 's University of Benin 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 Federal Ministry of Education has given a deadline of 18 January for interested parties to submit a request for qualification . More than 80 % 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 2030 .