VAYA Energy Solutions

22/12/2025

3-Years of Reliable Clean Energy: Belel 100 kWp Solar Mini-Grid

The 100 kWp solar mini-grid serving Belel Community in Maiha Local Government Area, Adamawa State, commissioned in December 2022, has demonstrated consistent and robust performance.

As of December 2025, the system has delivered a cumulative total of 335.9 MWh of solar energy, with 306.8 MWh distributed to end-users via the dedicated network. Notably, the mini-grid maintains an average system availability above 90%, reflecting its operational reliability and effective maintenance practices.

Belel is a community of approximately 10,000 residents and serves as a key location for cross-border trade between Nigeria and the Republic of Cameroon. With its status as an official border crossing, Belel facilitates significant import and export activities as well as immigration flows.

The mini-grid features full automation through smart energy meters and advanced IoT technology, enabling comprehensive monitoring and control of grid operations. Additionally, customer meters receive tokens automatically, eliminating the need for manual intervention.

This initiative represents a successful achievement under the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), Renewable Energy Fund (REF) Call 2 Public-Private Partnership (PPP) programme and has made substantial contributions to enhanced energy access and local development.

13/02/2025

Our 100kWp Solar Mini-grid located in Belel Adamawa State which was commissioned in December 2022, has produced a Solar Yield of 243.3MWh as at 13th February 2025 with a Distribution Grid Consumption of 226.9MWh. System availability has been in excess of 90%.

This projects was part of the REF Call 2 Public Private Partnership (PPP) of the Rural Electrification Agency of Nigeria - REA

Our 100kWp Solar Mini-grid located in Belel, Adamawa State which was commissioned in December 2022, has produced 19MWh of electricity as at 31st January 2023.

04/07/2023

Introducing the Phocos Any-Grid Solar Hybrid Inverter Charger. 8kW rated AC output power with 2 x MPPTs and a total Array size of 10,000Wp.

Up to 9 units can be connected in parallel or 3-phase with an efficiency of >97%.

14/02/2023

Our 100kWp Solar Mini-grid located in Belel, Adamawa State which was commissioned in December 2022, has produced 19MWh of electricity as at 31st January 2023.

09/02/2023

Solar energy has come a long way in a decade.

In the coming years, technology improvements will ensure that solar becomes even cheaper. It could well be that by 2030, solar will have become the most important source of energy for electricity production in a large part of the world. This will also have a positive impact on the environment and climate change.

12/01/2023

VAYA Energy recently completed a 100kWp Solar Mini-grid in the Belel Community located in Maiha Local Government of Adamawa State, Nigeria.

A community with a population of about 10,000 people, there are a lot of cross border trading activities between people living in Belel and Cameroon. Being an official border crossing a large number of imports and exports happen through this town as well as immigration crossings.

Belel has been without grid power and the only source of electricity has been the use of personal generators largely for businesses. VAYA Energy has been able to connect 400 households and a sizable number of businesses to the solar mini-grid. This has been a historic event in the lives and activities for the community as they now have electricity 24/7.

The Belel project is a Public Private Partnership (PPP) with the Federal Government of Nigeria through the Rural Electrification Fund (REF) of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA). The mini-grid was developed and is owned and operated by VAYA Energy and is powered by NXT Grid platform.

The mini-grid is fully automated with state-of the-art IoT technology making is easy to monitor and control all aspects of the grid as well as automatically sending token to customer meters without the need for any manual input.

08/10/2021

VAYA Energy is currently constructing a commercial 100kWp Solar hybrid mini grid in Belel Community, Adamawa State, Nigeria. The project is a public-private partnership initiative with the Rural Electrification Fund (REF) of the Rural Electrification Agency of Nigeria as the public partner.

VAYA Energy will be responsible for the design, construction, operation and maintenance of the isolated mini-grid in Belel, which would also feature battery energy storage for night time power supply. When completed, the project will be operated on a commercial public-private partnership arrangement.

The 100 kWp project will provide electricity to households and commercial businesses in Belel, all of which are currently completely off-grid.

20/09/2021

Powering our rural communities one at a time..(Peer to Peer Energy Trading) www.vaya-energy.com 🇳🇬

System was designed using SMA and Victron Inverters with BYD Lithium-ion Batteries.



SMA International BYD Victron Energy B.V.

13/07/2021

Replacing lead-acid batteries with lithium-ion ones allows us to use better technology, extend battery life and expand our solar energy installations.

03/08/2020

In 2016 we financed, designed and built a system for the rural healthcare centre in Dakwa, Abjua. So glad to see our first ever-project covered by the Alliance for Rural Electrification:👉🏾 https://bit.ly/2XnWNik 🙂