Jahi Estate, Abuja
A ~100 kW solar hybrid mini grid now getting underway: 90 kW of solar panels, 96 kW of battery storage, and prepaid metering for 12 residents.
Project Overview & The Energy Challenge
Jahi Estate sits in Abuja's residential corridor. Pathmark Energy is just starting a compact hybrid plant here: about 100 kW in class, with 90 kW of solar and 96 kW of battery storage. Twelve residents will be metered as the system is commissioned. Like many FCT developments, the estate has lived with load shedding, voltage swings, and costly diesel.
Residents demanded 24/7 uninterrupted power for heavy appliances, home offices, and climate control systems without the noise, pollution, and escalating maintenance overhead of individual standby generators.
Key Operational Pain Points
Unreliable Grid Supply
Average availability under 6 hours per day with severe voltage drops.
Escalating Fuel Volatility
Diesel costs for individual backup units exceeded ₦4.5M monthly across the estate.
Acoustic & Carbon Pollution
Widespread noise pollution and high carbon emissions from decentralized gensets.
Infrastructure Architecture
Solar panel installation sized for the first twelve metered homes, with string inverters on dedicated plant structures.
Battery storage paired with the array so evening and short low-insolation periods can be covered without a household generator.
Each participating home will receive a smart prepaid meter as the plant is energised and the vending platform is switched on.
Pathmark's Hybrid Solution
Pathmark Energy is designing and building a centralized hybrid mini grid so Jahi Estate can move off a diesel-first baseline as the plant comes up.
Daylight solar will serve estate load and charge the 96 kW storage bank. After dusk or during short cloud cover, the batteries carry the metered homes. The build is in its first phase: civil works, array, containers, and metering are being mobilised now rather than presented as a finished operating record.
Operating Model & Prepaid Vending
Pathmark will own and operate Jahi Estate under an Energy as a Service model once the plant is energised. Developers and the twelve metered residents are not asked to fund the generation capex.
Smart IoT Metering
Twelve residents will receive digital smart meters linked to Pathmark’s prepaid platform as each home is connected.
Automated Vending
Once live, residents will purchase energy credits via USSD, mobile app, or bank transfer and receive recharge tokens.
24/7 Operations Desk
After commissioning, Pathmark engineers will monitor telemetry from the Abuja operations desk and dispatch maintenance.
Project Gallery
Current plant photography from Jahi: the array, containers, and control building as the first phase gets underway.
What This First Phase Will Deliver
Target plant figures for the Jahi build now in mobilisation, not post commissioning telemetry.
Panel array now being installed
Storage paired with the array
Residents to be connected
Compact estate hybrid mini grid
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