News Engineering, Mahashakti Indicate Interest In Niger 100mw Solar Energy Project
The News Engineering, in partnership with Mahashakti, has indicated interest in the Niger State Solar Energy Development Project.
The Managing Director of the News Engineering, Lady Josephine Nwaeze, stated this when she led a delegation from the company and its partner on a visit to the Farmer Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago at the state liaison office in Abuja.
She said their visit was to showcase the company’s capacity to handle the 100-megawatt solar energy project which will be funded by the Islamic Development Bank (IDB).
The Managing Director said the News Engineering noted that the state government is doing well in security partnerships for the development of the state, and the company desires to be part of the success story.
In his presentation on why the company is the best for the solar project, the business development manager of the company, Eng. Henry Akoji, explained that News Engineering company’s technical partner Mahashakti has decades of experience.
He said the News Engineering company has done over 1,000 electrical installation projects in Nigeria, ranging from transmission and distribution lines, statewide rural electrification and over a million dollars’ worth of procurement.
Eng. Akoji said the company has over 100 projects in solar mini grids and has distributed about 5,000 solar home systems already.
He said the services of the company are electricity generation, design and construction of substations, construction and upgrade of transmission lines, renewable energy solutions, project management and company consultancy, rural electrification, training and capacity building, among others.
Also speaking, a director at Mahashakti Energy, Ashok Kansal, said the company is an expert in the reduction of losses.
“In India, we have reduced more than 30 to 40% losses. We are working in three fields together. We are in solar, we are in evacuation, and we are in the distribution network and reduction of losses, which is the crux, so that the distribution network should be sustainable to take the energy for 24 hours”, he said.
In his response,the Executive governor of Niger state,Farmer Mohammed Umaru Bago commended the News Engineering company and Mahashakti Energy for their presentations.
He said the state government will critically look at some of the projects executed by the company before taking a decision.
