Shops and small businesses
- Keep drinks cold, lights on and customers served.
- Pay in cash or by transfer. No bank card is needed.
- An installer checks your site and appliances before anything is connected.
Waitlist open · Lagos, Niger and Abuja
Reliable power from the solar system next door
SolarPeer helps shops, student residences and homes buy measured prepaid solar energy from a verified nearby provider.
- No generator noise
- No fuel queues
- No solar panels of your own
What we have validated so far
As of 11 September 2026. Field and pilot-preparation results, not customer outcomes.
5 field deployments completed in Minna, Niger State
₦250/kWh accepted in documented pilot conversations
Cash or transfer supported in the pilot operating design
Why it matters
When the power goes, work, study and home life stop
Often a neighbour already has solar panels and more energy than they use. What has been missing is a safe, fair way to share it: a meter for each buyer, a clear price, a receipt, and a limit that protects everyone’s supply.
Shops lose stock and sales
Cold drinks stop selling, frozen food spoils and customers go elsewhere when the power goes off.
Students lose study time
In hostels and student lodges, evenings without light or charging mean lost study hours.
Homes pay for fuel
Fans and lights stop, generators are expensive to run, and a complete solar system is out of reach for many households.
How it works
Energy by cable. Payment by hand or transfer.
A solar owner’s system is assessed
An installer measures how much spare energy an existing or newly installed solar system can safely share.
Meters are fitted
A SolarPeer hub meter goes in at the solar owner’s site, and each buyer gets their own meter.
Prepaid energy with a safe limit
The solar owner allocates the kWh each buyer has paid for, within a power limit approved for their appliances.
Usage is measured
The meter adds the energy bought and keeps the buyer within their limit. Both sides get a receipt for each sale.
Energy travels by cable from the solar owner, through the hub meter, to your shop's meter.
Payment goes to the solar owner, in cash or by transfer. The solar owner pays SolarPeer a commission on each sale.
Who it is for
Find your way in
Everyone joins one waitlist. The communities in Lagos, Niger and Abuja with the most sign-ups get the first deployments.
Campus and student residences
- Light and phone charging for hostels and student lodges.
- Sign up together so your residence counts as one community.
- Each buyer has their own meter and power limit.
Homes and residential streets
- Power for fans, lights and small appliances.
- Neighbours on the same street can sign up together.
- Supply depends on a nearby solar owner’s measured spare energy.
I own a solar system
- An installer assesses your site before anything is shared.
- Your own needs come first: a reserve protects your supply.
- Each buyer is metered and kept within a power limit approved for their appliances.
- You earn from energy that is delivered and prepaid. Buyers pay ₦250 per kWh, and you prepay SolarPeer a commission of ₦25 per kWh sold, leaving ₦225 per kWh before your own costs. These are pilot assumptions.
Spare capacity you estimate yourself is measured before any sharing starts.
Join as a solar ownerInstallers and cluster partners
Help bring SolarPeer to your community
Installers
Assess compatible sites, install and commission meters, and support verified clusters.
Join as an installerCluster partners
Community leaders, campus associations and estate managers who can bring neighbours together.
Partner with usWe are collecting partnership interest. This is not a signed partnership.
Pilot pricing
What you would pay, and what it means
Buy energy in advance, the way you buy airtime, and only as much as you need.
The pilot is planned around ₦250 per kWh. This is an assumption, not a final price, and may change before the pilot starts. Final terms are shared before anything is activated.
- kWh
- The amount of energy you buy. At the pilot price, ₦1,000 buys 4 kWh.
- Power limit
- 500 W, 1,000 W or 1,500 W, set for the appliances you run at the same time. It does not depend on how much energy you buy.
- Meters and hubs
- Meter and hub terms are shared after a site assessment and in signed terms. Nothing is paid to join the waitlist.
₦1,000 buys 4 kWh
₦500 = 2 kWh · ₦1,000 = 4 kWh · ₦2,000 = 8 kWh
At the pilot price assumption of ₦250 per kWh. Not a final price.
From the field
What exists now
Real SolarPeer field work in Minna, Niger State, on 30 April 2026.
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Carrying a solar panel during field work in Minna, 30 April 2026. 
Fixing a solar panel to a roof in Minna, 30 April 2026. 
Connecting the roof panel to a power unit in Minna, 30 April 2026. 
A light connected during the same visit in Minna, 30 April 2026.
Photos show field activity, not performance or customer results. About SolarPeer 360
Questions
Common questions
Where is SolarPeer starting?
In Lagos, Niger and Abuja. Everyone joins one waitlist, and the communities with the most sign-ups get the first deployments. We cannot promise a date for any community.
Can students and households join?
Yes. Shops, campus and student residences, and homes can all join the waitlist. If you are in another state, you join the expansion waitlist for when SolarPeer reaches you.
Do I need to know a solar owner near me?
No. If you know one, tell us on the form: it helps the team form a cluster in your community.
Do I need a smartphone or the app to join?
No. The waitlist only needs your name, mobile number, state and community. The SolarPeer Android app is for pilot participants and is not available to download yet.
Can I pay in cash?
Yes. In the pilot you pay the solar owner in cash or by transfer, and the sale is recorded so you both get a receipt.
Is there a deposit or installation fee?
Nothing is paid to join the waitlist. Meter and hub terms are explained after a site assessment and in signed terms, before anything is installed.
Will I have power all day and night?
That is not guaranteed. Supply depends on how much spare energy the solar owner’s system has, which an installer measures first.
What is the difference between kWh and watts?
Kilowatt-hours (kWh) are the amount of energy you buy, like fuel in a tank. Watts are your power limit: how many appliances can run at the same time.
More answers and ways to reach us are on the Help page.
Bring SolarPeer to your street
The communities with the most sign-ups get the first deployments. Tell us who you are and where you are, and join the waitlist. Prefer to talk first? Call, WhatsApp or email us.
Join the pilot waitlist