A US-based renewable energy power firm, Motir DuSable Power Investment Limited, is to build a 300Mw solar plant in Enugu State. The first phase of the project, estimated at about $200million will inject 100Mw of power into the national grid, which will subsequently be increased to 200Mw in the second phase, ThisDay reports.
The drivers of the project which is a joint venture between two US-based power firms (Motir DuSable and Martifer Solar) have already signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Federal Government of Nigeria to site the project in Enugu State with the goal of making the state the hub for renewable energy generation in sub-Saharan Africa and have also gone through all the processes and procedure in terms of the power purchasing for the project.
The chairman of the firm, Mr. Emmanuel Irono, on Tuesday, made a presentation of the company’s planned take-off of the project during a performance review retreat of the Enugu State Executive Council holding at Nike Lake hotel, with Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi in attendance. He said: “Our intention is to be able to bring more jobs, more opportunities, more innovations to Enugu State and to Nigeria. We believe that this will be a fantastic project for job creation and a mission critical for the Federal Government of Nigeria and Enugu State”.
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