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Affordable Renewable Energy: Breaking the Wall of Solar Wind Hybrid

Nurudeen Issa

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Nurudeen Issa and his team are developing an innovative solar-wind hybrid for households and businesses that will offer renewable energy in an affordable way.

Nurudeen Issa

Bayero University Kano

Nurudeen Issa is a young energy leader and climate activist with dynamic experience in energy innovation and climate-related activities. He is the Founder of Sirius-X Energy, a clean energy startup located in the northwest region of Nigeria with the vision to improve access to clean energy technologies in Sub-saharan Africa. Nurudeen Issa is a final year student of Mechanical Engineering at Bayero University Kano. He is passionate about the pathways for Sub-Saharan African countries to a just and equitable energy transition for a sustainable future. His passion for positive impact has him engaged in extra-curricular activities on campus. He is the president of The Energy club at Bayero University, Kano, and the Secretary-General of the National Universities Engineering Students’ Association (NUESA) wing of the Nigeria Society of Engineers (NSE). Nurudeen is a fellow of Student Energy and a fellow of Africa Fellowship for Young Energy Leaders.