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Saudi Arabia Unveils Its Vision for a Zero-Carbon City
Saudi Arabia has unveiled plans to build a zero-carbon, hyper-connected city in a 170km straight line that will “reimagine and revitalise the future of urban living”.
The Line, located in the kingdom’s Neom development, will be a…
DisCos Lose 30% of Nine Months’ Revenue to Unpaid Bill
The Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors (ANED) said that electricity consumers in the country paid N362bn out of the N520bn billed them from January to September last year.
ANED, the umbrella body for the 10 private Discos…
FG Suspends Power Tariff Hike
...Says it subsidizes 55% of low users
The Federal Government on Thursday ordered the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission to suspend the implementation of the January 1, 2021 nationwide electricity tariff hike.
The…
Consumers to Get Refund for Meter Payment, NERC Assures
Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC has said that electricity customers who paid for meters under the Meter Asset Provider scheme will be refunded.
NERC through its Head of Public Affairs made this known on Wednesday in a…
Pan African Mine Set to Go Solar, Appoints EPC Contractor
Energy transition is indeed being witnessed in different sectors of the global economy. In South Africa, Gold producer Pan African Resources Plc (LON:PAF) has selected Juwi South Africa as the engineering, procurement and construction…
Oyigbo Youths Threaten to Stop Transcorp Takeover of Afam Power Plant
Youths in Oyigbo Local Government Area of Rivers state – hosts to the Afam Power Station, on Tuesday threatened to stop the takeover of the power plant by Transcorp Plc.
Orient Energy Review learnt that the youths under the aegis of…
Wärtsilä, Lihir Gold Sign 10-Year Service Agreement for 170MW Power Plant
The technology group, Wärtsilä has signed a 10-year tailored guaranteed asset performance agreement covering power plant maintenance and operations advisory services with a mine – Lihir Gold Ltd. The agreement is worth over EUR 150…
COVID-19 Recovery Offers Opportunities to Address Climate Crisis – IRENA
On 12 December 2015, virtually all countries adopted the Paris Agreement, pledging to keep the rise in global average temperatures this century to well below 2 degrees Celsius (°C) ideally to 1.5°C. However, projections by the Climate…
How Corruption Deprives Africa Uninterrupted Power Supply – CIPE
The Centre for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) has said that huge sums of money lost to corruption in Africa was enough to provide 24 hours uninterrupted power supply for three years.
The CIPE Executive Director, Andrew Wilson,…
Osun to Embark on Massive Rural Electrification, Says Oyetola
Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun State on Sunday said his administration will soon embark on massive rural electrification across the state to enable communities without electricity to be connected to the national grid.
Oyetola said…
AfDB Invests $5m in Clean Cooking Solution
The African Development Bank’s Board of Directors has approved a $5 million investment in the SPARK+ Africa Fund to deliver clean cooking solutions to over two million households across Africa.
The European Commission would contribute…
NERC Orders Discos to Disconnect Customers Rejecting Prepaid Meters
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has ordered power distribution companies (DisCos) to start disconnecting electricity consumers who reject meters.
The NERC made this known on Wednesday as it observed that some power…
FG Vows to Take Tough Measures Against DisCos, Agents Selling Prepaid Meters
The Federal Government reiterated its resolve to mete stiff measures to any of the power distribution companies (DisCos) or their agents selling prepaid meters to their customers against the directive that they should be distributed free.
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Fresh Review of Discos’ Capital Expenses, Tariff Imminent
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) may again review the capital expenditure of the 11 respective electricity distribution companies (Discos) in the country’s power sector. The exercise is expected to also impact on the…
25m Nigerians to Own 5m Solar Systems at N4,000 Monthly – Presidency
The Presidency said it would deliver five million solar systems to 25 million Nigerians previously not connected to the national grid through Solar Home Systems, under the Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP).
Laolu Akande, Senior Special…
Morocco Adopts New Law Allowing Private Generation Electricity
Authorities in Morocco have confirmed the drafting of the law governing self-generation of electricity by actors not involved in traditional electricity supply activities.
The law therefore will regulate electric self-production. Once…
Power Sector Challenge is Transmission, Not Gas Supply – Kyari
The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, has said that the major challenge now facing the power sector is that of transmission, insisting that gas supply to power generating…
FG Can No Longer Bear Electricity Tariff Shortfalls – Buhari
The President Muhammadu Buhari has said the tariff shortfalls in the power sector being borne by the Federal Government are no longer sustainable.
Buhari said this on Thursday at the inauguration of Eko Electricity Distribution…
FG Hands Over Afam Power Plant to Transcorp
The Federal Government has handed over the Afam Power Plant to Transcorp Power Consortium after it emerged the preferred bidder of the power asset, with a bid offer of N105 billion.
The Director-General, Bureau of Public Enterprises,…
Ghana’s President Commissions the Country’s First Micro-Hydro Power Station
Ghanaian President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has commissioned Ghana’s first micro power generating station, located at Tsatsadu, Alavanyo, in the Hohoe constituency of the Volta Region.
The 45kw Tsatsadu hydro power generating…