12 September 2026
No stoppages: how we keep power steady on set
Ask any Nigerian crew what stops a shoot and the answer is power. Here is how the lot stays lit through outages, storms and night shoots.
Solar by day
A 1.2 MW solar field on the south side of the lot feeds batteries in a cooled plant room. On a clear day the whole lot runs on sun from 9am to 4pm.
Silent generators at night
Two 1.5 MVA generators in acoustic housings take over at dusk or in heavy cloud. They sit 200 metres from the nearest stage, so sync sound is never spoiled.
A changeover you cannot see
Switching between grid, batteries and generators takes less than 10 milliseconds on the stage supply. Lamps do not flicker and drives do not drop.
No fuel surcharges
Twelve hours of power are in every stage rate. After that we charge a flat hourly rate, so producers know the cost before they book.
I stopped asking about light. It is just there, every day, like water from a tap.
Emeka, gaffer, example quote
The numbers for 2025
Across 2,100 shoot days, 98 percent had no stoppage at all. The rest lost an average of 6 minutes, mostly to a storm that hit the post house transformer in June.
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See it for yourself
Book a recce or join a night lot tour to see the tank, the stages and the plant room.