Fifteen solar mini-grids built and operated with Ignite Energy Access, powering over 30,000 people

Sub-Saharan Africa
Technology
Battery storage
Grid / mini-grid
Sector
Clean Power & Energy Transition
Operator Ignite Energy Access
States Kogi, Nasarawa, Niger
Sites 15
People powered 30,585
Generation 1.4 MW
Storage 1.7 MWh
Inverter capacity 840 kW
Fully operational since July 2025
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Small business-owner in Nigeria using a fridge powered by electricity from the CrossBoundary Access and Ignite Energy Access mini-grids

Traditional utilities are built to generate power centrally and move it over long distances

For remote rural communities, extending those wires often costs more than the connection can justify

A small business owner in Nigeria using a rice mill powered by electricity from the CrossBoundary Access and Ignite Energy Access site

Yet demand is already there.

Local economies are built around agriculture and agri-processing, including rice and maize milling, cassava, palm oil and shea butter, alongside welding, cold storage, carpentry and tailoring. Mini-grids bring reliable electricity directly to these communities, often for the first time.

Load centres with established commercial activity and no prior connection

Built under the Nigerian Electrification Project, administered by the Rural Electrification Agency

Funded by the World Bank

Solar generation with battery storage, sized to the load at each site

Where the sites are

Fifteen sites across 3 states
Electrifying Opportunity: Mini-Grids in Rural Nigeria

How this project is run

Ignite Energy Access develops, builds and operates

CrossBoundary Access funds construction and owns teh assets

Two standard agreements govern the partnership— one for development, the other for operations

Our Operating Services Agreement template is accessible on Open Source

What's next

  1. A daytime tariff across nine states, testing what lower prices do to demand – 2026
  2. Bring on the first productive-use customers with appliance financing – 2026
  3. A second, larger batch under commercial review – 2026 to 2027