POWER SECTOR

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in collaboration with the Sudanese Standards and Metrology Organization (SSMO)/UNDP on Monday launched a ‘Solar Lab’ to provide testing and certification services for solar energy technology.…

Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), has said that of the 24 hours in a day, residents enjoy an average of only 6.8 hours electricity from national grid. Drawing from a survey published on Wednesday, the NBS said the report…

The House of Representatives on Wednesday bemoaned the power gridlock Nigeria is faced with, stating that the power generation companies (GenCos) and the distribution companies (DisCos), have failed Nigerians. The lawmakers made…

    …With technical support from W/Bank ($350m), AfDB ($200m) Nigerian government, through its implementing agency, Rural Electrification Agency (REA), has commissioned two solar hybrid mini grids in the villages of Akipelai and…

The World Bank has said that the unreliable power supply in Nigeria is been causing the country huge, annual economic losses, which it estimated at N10.1 trillion.  In a new report, the World Bank said Nigeria’s attempt to transform its…

Estimated 6,456,275 electricity users in Nigeria are believed to be unmetered, while between N289.86 billion and N534.93 billion is required to provide meters for the huge number of unmetered electricity users in the West African country. …

     …Investors claim they injected $4.4bn after unbundling Electricity distributors in Nigeria, DisCos, have jointly called on the federal government to restructure the loans advanced to them by banks for the acquisition of the…

Nigeria may adopt the policy of selling electricity straight to eligible customers without passing through the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc if a suggestion from the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) is favourably…

Nigeria’s state run Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has confirmed that the country’s electricity grid has collapsed 108 times since the power sector was privatized.  While the transmission company says the grid has a wheeling…

The Presidential Power Initiative (PPI), is believed to be facing fresh hurdle that may derail or delay the execution and delivery of additional power to consumers. It will be recalled that the federal government handed over the…

     …As National Assembly Leadership intervenesThe leadership of the National Assembly on has waded into the controversy on the planned hike in electricity tariffs from July 1st, 2020 by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission…

The Niger Delta Power Holding Company of Nigeria (NDPHC), has said that it is owed a whopping N190 billion for electricity generated. The managing director, Mr. Chiedu Ugbo, who spoke at a Senate investigative hearing last week, said…

Minister of Power, Mr Sale Mamman, has expressed concern that market inefficiency remains one of the major problems of the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI). Market inefficiency is a situation in which asset’s prices do not…

Electricity distribution companies (DisCos) have explained that the July increase in electricity tariffs was not a unilateral decision by the power firms but taken along with the regulator. The DisCos on Sunday said that the Nigerian…

Africa Oil & Power, the African Energy Chamber and the U.S.-Angola Chamber of Commerce  on Thursday united to hold a webinar themed, ‘Powering Forward: The Pathway to Grid Stability, Increased Capacity and a Diversified Angolan…

It is no longer disputable that the energy transition integrating renewable energies into the grid is a reality that is unfolding globally. This can be observed at different rates and scales according to the countries, but the constant…

Ikeja Electric Plc has warned customers not to pay any money to its staff for the purpose of procuring prepaid meter under the Meter Asset Provider (MAP) scheme. The electricity Distribution Company (DisCo) said customers should call…

The World Bank has approved a $750 million International Development Association credit for Nigeria’s Power Sector Recovery Operation. The Bank’s Country Director for Nigeria, Shubham Chaudhuri in a statement on Wednesday said that…

Zimbabwean solar power company Centragrid plans to increase generation capacity to 25 megawatts (MW) by October 2021, helping the country chip away at a huge electricity deficit that has hurt mines and kept households in the dark for…

Federal Government’s intervention has been sought by the electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) over the delay usually encountered in clearing imported meters at the ports as well as the heavy import duties paid for imported…