This year’s Africa Climate Week (ACW 2022) in Libreville, Gabon, wrapped up today, having helped build important regional momentum in the fight against climate change ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference COP27 in Egypt in November. The event brought…
Hydrogen as the Future of Clean Energy
Is Hydrogen The Next Big Thing? Time flies. It’s been six years since we reported on the introduction of Toyota’s hydrogen-powered passenger car, the Murai. A lot’s happened since 2015, and for most of us, we’d probably assume that the…
IRENA and Industry Leaders Launch the Alliance for Industry Decarbonization
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), co-founding partner Siemens Energy and 13 companies across all industry sectors have launched the global Alliance for Industry Decarbonization. The new Alliance aims to accelerate net-zero ambitions and the decarbonization of industrial value chains…
FG, ECOWAS move to achieve sustainable energy targets
The ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) and Nigeria’s Ministry of Power are set to host a forum aimed at achieving sustainable energy targets in the region. A statement by the Communication sector of ECREEE indicated that…
Dangote Refinery Gets 300,000 Barrels/Day from NNPC
The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited will have the first right of refusal to supply the Dangote refinery with about 300,000 barrels of crude oil per day for the next 20 years. The Group Chief Executive Officer, NNPC Ltd, Mele…
Akufo-Addo commissions first phase of 28MW Kaleo Solar Power Project
The President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has commissioned the Volta River Authority’s 13MW Solar Power Project. According to the President, the Project, which is the first phase of what will be a 28MW plant in Kaleo,…
After 34-Year Gap, the Philippines has a Nuclear Facility Again
After more than three decades, the Philippines is again operating a nuclear facility. In 2014, a proposal was accepted to utilize fuel elements of a shutdown research reactor for training and education, which the IAEA has been supporting through a…
African Development Fund project makes more than 30,000 electricity connections in Burkina Faso
The Burkina Faso Electrification Project for Semi-Urban Areas of Ouagadougou and Bobo-Dioulasso, supported by the African Development Fund, the concessional window of the African Development Bank (AfDB), has resulted in 32,449 new connections to the country’s electric power network …
Tariff Shortfalls: Osinbajo Inaugurates NELMCO Board
The Vice President Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has inaugurated newly constituted board of the Nigeria Electricity Liability Management Company (NELMCO) to enhance ongoing efforts to resolve liabilities relating to tariff shortfalls for power distribution companies (DisCos) across the country. According to…
More Nigerians embrace renewable energy in first Qtr of 2022- Experts
Experts in renewable energy on Wednesday said that more Nigerians embraced the use of renewable energy in the first half of 2022 due to poor electricity supply and increase in prices of petroleum products. In separate interviews with the News…
