ENGIE Energy Access Nigeria has said it is completing a solar power mini grid project in Niger state that would connect about 700 households.

German university TH Köln is setting up a solar energy system at a school in the Dossa region of Niger as part of a pilot project in the country to demonstrate the concept of productive use of power.

This project, which will be implemented by Super solar energy, will provide electricity to at least 50 villages in Niger, a country where access to electricity is still only 12%.

The Rural Electrification Agency (REA) said it is commissioning a solar hybrid mini-grid power plant in Rokota Community of Niger State that will serve the homes of 3,000 people.

Thanks to the ONEE- ANPER partnership, mini grids powered by solar energy will be installed in some 30 villages in Niger.

Coal-fired power costs are currently forecast at approximately 4% of total life of mine operating costs.

Niger-based company Tech-Innov aims to end the need for manual irrigation and limit water loss in this arid African country blanketed by vast swathes of desert.

Africa GreenTec, alongside the German Investment and Development Company (DEG) and the International Climate Initiative, have installed a solar-plus-storage container in the Taboua region.

The project consists of four components: market development of stand-alone PV installations; rural electrification through service-based solar hybrid mini-grids; PV hybridization of isolated thermal mini-grids; and implementation support and technical assistance.

The devise aims to support supervision efforts to yield during slightest 15% farming entrance to appetite by off-grid and mini-grid solutions by 2020.