POWER SECTOR

The Senate committee on Public Accounts said it is set to probe the alleged mismanagement of N50 billion realised from the sale of Egbin, Omotosho and Olorunsogo power plants in 2013 by the Nigeria Bulk Electricity Trading Plc (NBET). …

The International Renewable Energy Agency’s (IRENA) 11th Assembly started today (Monday) and takes place virtually setting the course for a critical year of global commitments to low-carbon development. With the postponed COP26 set to…

Over 500 urban areas around the world are expected to adopt Digital Twin technology by 2025, a research has revealed. The increased demand for Digital Twin Technology is said to be driven by the COVID-19 outbreak which has led to the…

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…

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…

...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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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. …

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…

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…

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…

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…