Achievements of the Society
Over the years, our members spread all over the Country have successfully designed and fabricated Solar Cookers, Solar Heaters Solar Stills, Solar Dryers, improved Wood-stoves, Biogas digesters, Passive Solar Houses, Solar refrigerators and Air-Conditioners , Traffic lights, Solar Pilot Water Supply systems and even attempt at the local production of silicon solar cells. Model Solar energy villages have been set up in some parts of the Country through the efforts of our members.

It is pertinent to mention that the Polytechnic Birnin Kebbi has set up three Solar Energy Villages at Tunga Buzu, Gotomo and U/Jario in Kebbi State. The Energy Commission of Nigeria through the National Centre for Energy Research Centre (NCERD), University of Nigeria,  Nsukka also set up another model Solar energy village at Iheakpu-Aka in Igbo–Eze LGA of Enugu State. Sokoto Energy research Centre (SERC), of the Usmanu Danfodio University, Sokoto has also powered some Villages with Solar energy, notably at Kwalkwalawa village in Sokoto. In all the places where the solar energy project is set up, the quality of life of the populace has been enhanced. 

Some of the facilities in the solar Villages have been installed for the water supply, television viewing and community health centres, mosque, the Quranic School, and a mass literacy campaign centre. In March 1987, the Society undertook a survey for the Kano State Government on the feasibility studies for rural energy systems for health, television viewing centres and water supply systems all employing solar technology. The present manner of harnessing our existing energy sources in Nigeria from all practical and economic considerations is rather un-coordinated.

Our Society, through some of our able members, strongly advocated for desirable comprehensive energy policy for Nigeria. The efforts of the members speeded up the gazetting of the final decree on the amended Energy Commission Laws of 1979 and 1983. the Energy Commission of Nigeria was thus established later with one of our members, Prof.I.H. Umar as the Director General of the Commission.

Solar Energy Society of Nigeria aroused the interest of the Government towards establishing two National Solar Energy Research Centres at University of Nigeria Nsukka and Usmanu Danfodio University Sokoto. During the Solar Energy conference at University of Lagos, 25-27 March 1981, the Vice president then, Dr. Alex Ekwueme, announced that N 3.3million was earmarked for setting up an institute for Solar Energy Training, Research and Development at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. This was later followed by the establishment of similar Institute at Usmanu Danfodio University Sokoto.

The society has organized several workshops and in April 2000, photovoltaic workshop was organized at Abuja. This workshop contributed to the initiation of a bill - “The solar Energy (Development and Utilization) fund Bill” in the House of Representatives. The Observations and Recommendations of the workshop were made available to the initiators of the bill, by the society, and the society has continued to make input to the National Assembly on the bill, as it goes through its various stages. Since 1997, the society started energy quiz competition among Secondary Schools during its yearly NASEF and prices are awarded to winners.