Malawi/Nigeria: Nocart to deliver off-grid power plants

Finland’s Nocart has signed contracts worth €12.9m ($14.6m) to supply two off-grid power plants in Malawi and one in Nigeria. In Malawi, the company will provide a 2MW solar-diesel hybrid plant with 1MWh energy storage and a 4MW solar-diesel hybrid with 2MWh storage. The Nigerian plant will be a 1MW hybrid using solar power and sawdust. Nocart uses a software-controlled power management unit that manages generation from multiple sources and technologies to provide a stable power supply.