Nigeria's First Solar-Powered Laboratory Commissioned

Nsukka — Nigeria's first solar energy laboratory capable of supplying uninterrupted power for 360 days for five years has been installed and commissioned at St. Cyprian's Special Science School, Onitsha, to power its two science laboratories.

The solar energy laboratory is a pilot project of lighting Nigeria by a team from The Netherlands, which is first of its kind among high schools in Nigeria, and tertiary institutions in sub-Saharan West Africa.

At the event, Vice- Chancellor, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Professor Bartho Okolo, represented by Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academics) Prof. Isaac Asazu, said the pilot project of the solar energy was one of the benefits of an agreement between University of Nigeria, Nsukka and Delft University of Technology in , The Netherlands.

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