Solar/Wind Electricity Projects

The Caribbean African Association of Barbados (CAAB) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization registered in Barbados. Our objective is to develop human capacity in Africa and the Caribbean through education, business/ technology and culture.

We are currently initiating African rural community projects in the generation and utilization of renewable energy through solar and wind technologies.  The main aim of this project is to provide electricity to four rural communities in Nigeria which have no access to the national grid. These projects will tremendously empower the locals by providing light for their homes and electricity for their small businesses.

Four local communities have been identified one form each of the following states:  Cross Rive,r  Akwa Ibom , Taraba and Bayelsa. We intend to build solar/wind farms systems that can generate 2,288 MWh of electricity per year for each community.

Each project will cost about $5m and will provide electricity to more than 10,000 people per community.  By our calculations we will require  about 16,000 meter sqaure of land space  which the various state governments are able to provide for the projects.

We are soliciting for funding.

Thanks.

Dr. Edward Okey

Chair: Education/Technology Committee, CAAB