With ₦500,000 today, buy the inverter and the battery first, then add the panel. An itemised starter solar plan for Nigerian homes, with prices read off our live shop and the arithmetic behind every number.
You do not have to choose between 3.5 kVA and 5 kVA. Size the inverter from your heaviest motor start and the battery from your daily kilowatt-hours. Every naira below was read off our live product pages on 5 October 2026.
How many batteries for 24-hour power in Nigeria: calculate night load, depth of discharge, and lithium vs lead-acid counts.
Quick answer: a whole-home evening solar system for a home in Ilorin costs about ₦1,318,000 in hardware. A true 5 kVA inverter, meaning one that can genuinely push 5 kW at once, is a bigger purchase: ₦2,588,000 with its battery already inside it, rising to about ₦4.8 million if you add a 10 kWh bank …
Running a 1.5HP AC on solar in Nigeria: power needs, panels, inverter and battery size, plus cost estimate.
Solar refrigeration sizing explained: compressor start surge, duty cycle, ambient heat gain and the gap between a household freezer and a cold room.
Solar water heater sizing explained: element watts for a given tank volume, heat-up time, cold-water mixing, standby heat loss and element life in Nigeria.
Battery bank sizing explained: amp-hours against watt-hours, inverter output current, autonomy, depth of discharge and temperature derating for Nigeria.
How to size solar for business in Nigeria: building a shop load list, single phase against three phase, keeping a till alive, and honest reliability needs.
How to size solar system for a 3-bedroom flat in Nigeria: build the load list, apply a duty cycle, then set the inverter, array and battery bank.
Sukam 12.8V Lithium Battery
Original price was: ₦ 270,000.₦ 265,000Current price is: ₦ 265,000.
Cworth 12V Lithium Battery
Original price was: ₦ 270,000.₦ 260,000Current price is: ₦ 260,000.
Felicity 15KWH Lithium Battery
₦ 4,700,000