Grid Crux Energy Solutions, a Lagos-based clean energy developer and operator of critical power infrastructure, has signed a 10-year Energy-as-a-Service (EaaS) agreement with Dolphin Telecoms, a global communications carrier and landing party on the Africa Coast to Europe (ACE) submarine cable.

Under the agreement, Grid Crux will design, finance, install and operate a solar power system at Dolphin’s Lagos Cable Landing Station, the facility where international submarine capacity comes ashore and is handed over to Nigeria’s telecom operators, internet service providers, enterprises and government agencies.

The firm, in a statement, said the agreement, signed at a Power Agreement Ceremony themed ‘Powering Connectivity, Enabling Growth,’ represents first renewable Energy-as-a-Service deployment at an ACE cable landing station in Anglophone Africa, adding that it forms part of Dolphin Telecoms’ long-term strategy to diversify its energy mix and build greater sustainability and resilience into its infrastructure.

The solar system is projected to generate more than 144 MWh of clean energy every year and over 1,500 MWh across the term of the agreement.

Operating alongside the station’s existing power sources, it will reduce dependence on diesel generation, lower energy costs, cut carbon emissions and noise, and provide real-time remote monitoring for tighter operational control and proactive maintenance.

CEO of Grid Crux Energy Solutions, Mojola Ola, stressed that landing station is critical to Nigeria’s terrestrial telecommunications network and must be powered reliably while bringing down both the cost and the carbon behind every kilowatt-hour.

“We are focused on three things for Dolphin: reliability, cost reduction and ESG. We look forward to delivering the quality of service Grid Crux is known for and supporting Dolphin on this journey,” he said.

Managing Director, Dolphin Telecoms, Abdelrahman Bashar Khalifa, said this commitment represents an investment in future generations, noting that power remains essential in these times and people are using it more than ever.

Also, Project Lead, Strategy and Performance, Grid Crux, AtinukeAdeniran, said the project has been three years in development, describing it as a long-term commitment to integrating renewable energy into critical infrastructure.

The 17,000-kilometre ACE cable runs along Africa’s Atlantic coast from Europe to South Africa and serves around 17 African countries. Dolphin Telecoms has invested more than US$60 million in the system and holds full rights of landing in Dakar, Accra and Lagos, markets representing 80 per cent of West Africa’s population.