FG set to commence commercial production of transformers and solar panels

hehehehe......The Federal Government is set to commence the local manufacture of power transformers and solar panels in commercial quantity across the country.
This was announced in Abuja by the Executive Vice Chairman of National Agency For Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Mohammed Haruna on Friday

Haruna disclosed that the effort of government, in partnership with the Peoples’ Republic of China, was based on a 2013 agreement the government signed with the Asian country.

According to him, NASENI had commenced production of transformers, but added that it was not producing in commercial quantities yet.
Haruna noted that his agency currently produces solar panels and modules in Karshi, Abuja, but explained that the operation was limited in scope for now, adding that the partnership with China was expected to increase its production capacity.

He pointed out that the long term plan was to scale up production of solar panels in order to drive down the prices and also to manufacture enough quantities for export to other African countries.
He said, “It is compulsory to use raw materials that are locally available in Nigeria to produce the cells in order to increase local contents. Doing this will drastically bring down the cost of solar installations in Nigeria and it will support also the sub-region.
”The other component is high voltage testing laboratory. This is a key project in the area of power. There can be no successful power company in Nigeria without production of this component locally.

“Within the mandate of NASENI to intervene in the area of power, we visited China for this project which is getting support from the government of China,” he said.