POWER SECTOR

…Owed To Low Nuclear Power Generation French electricity grid stand a higher risk of strained power supplies come January 2023, than previously predicted due to lower nuclear power generation. The country’s power grid operator RTE…

Nigeria and Egypt are looking forward to more cooperation in the energy sector. Talks between both countries are said to be in advanced stage. Nigeria’s minister for environment, Mr. Muhammad Abdullah who dropped the hint on Tuesday,…

…says it could hamper renewable energy transition. The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has warned that the overuse of the green hydrogen could slow the energy transition. IRENA said that members of the Group of Seven…

The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The MoU provides a framework for IRENA and IPCC to enhance understanding of the…

A major highlight of the UN Climate Summit COP27 holding in Egypt is the country’s Suez Canal Economic Zone signing of $83billion worth of green energy deals and nine agreements at the UN climate summit Cop27. However, evidence shows…

…Since the IEA laid out its roadmap for net-zero 2050, oil consumption has only increased. The International Energy Agency has said in its latest World Energy Outlook that demand for fossil fuels would peak, speeding up the transition…

U.S. Customs and Border Protection operatives are reported to have has seized over 1,000 shipments of China-made solar power equipment following a new U.S. law targeting forced labor in a Chinese region.The products detained by the U.S.…

Rwanda's President Paul Kagame has launched "Ireme Invest," a $104 million green investment facility that will support the private sector in developing the climate-friendly economy in his country. Speaking on the sidelines of the 27th…

The chief executive officer of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, (TCN), Mr. Sule Ahmed Abdulaziz, has scored the management of the TCN high, stressing that the company is vigorously achieving its Five-Point Agenda for Year 2022. The…

A civil society organisation (CSO), Don’t Gas Africa, has called on Nigeria and other African countries to abandon investment in oil production and focus on renewable energy. Speaking yesterday in Sharm El-Sheikh at the sidelines of the…

Tanzania has introduced a fresh, sweeping climate package that would increase access and use of clean energy by between 80 and 90% during the next 10years. Announcing the innovation last Tuesday, President Samia Suluhu Hassan, said the…

Chairman, executive board of West African Power Pool , Mr. Dr. Sule Abdulaziz has expressed satisfaction with the 2023 work programme and budget for the year 2023. The executive board of WAPP, at the 55tth ordinary session held in…

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has said that investment in renewables must more than triple to $1.3trillion annually by 2030 if the world is to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. In its World Energy Outlook 2022 released…

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) announced yesterday that it had successfully installed and energized a new 150MVA 330/132/33kV Interbus transformer (IBTR) at Delta IV Transmission Substation, Ughelli, Delta state last Sunday, and…

...90million Nigerians not linked to the national grid World Bank has said that Nigeria has the highest energy deficit on the Africa continent, and that over 90 million people are not linked to the national grid. Speaking at a…

…targets approximately 500,000 inhabitants in 739 localities African Development Bank has approved $10.53 million in financial support to Côte d'Ivoire. It will enable the country to connect 739 rural localities to clean, affordable…

A new RMI and Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) report shows how electric utilities and distributed energy resource (DER) developers in Nigeria can collaborate to provide large commercial and industrial customers with reliable…

…As U.S. trails China in the sector International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO), have released a report stating that worldwide employment in renewable energy reached…

...Project will save the varsity 3000mt metric tonnes CO2 emissions. Africa’s acclaimed fastest-growing solar power company, Rensource, is installing a 5-megawatt solar facility at the Baze University, a private tertiary institution in…

The ECOWAS Regional Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERERA) and the Independent Regulatory Board (IRB), the regulatory arm of the Eastern African Power Pool (EAPP), have memorandum of understanding (MOU) to exchange managerial and…