Small Processing Facility Solar Hybrid System — Nigeria

Project Overview

Solar hybrid supply for a small processing facility with daytime motors, lighting, and packaging loads. The configuration was selected to reduce generator run time during production hours while retaining generator support for high-starting-current equipment and extended low-solar periods.

Project Challenges

• Processing loads changed through the day and included equipment with different starting requirements.
• The buyer required a package that could work alongside an existing generator instead of replacing it outright.

Supply Scope

• Matched three-phase string inverters, LFP storage, and generator-ready controls to a load schedule supplied by the customer.
• Prepared a consolidated bill of materials covering modules, inverters, batteries, protection devices, cable, and mounting hardware.

Case Takeaways

• The configuration gives the operator a clear priority order: solar for daytime production, battery for continuity, and generator support when required.
• The modular battery design leaves room for a later storage expansion without changing the PV field.

• TOPCon solar modules
• Three-phase hybrid inverter system
• Rack-mount LiFePO4 battery bank
• Generator interface, DC protection, and mounting kit