Nigeria’s ambitious plans to expand its non-fuel minerals sector are becoming more deeply meshed with the country’s strategic industry development agenda, minister of state Abubakar Bawa Bwari has told Mining Journal, as the Muhammadu Buhari government tries to build real longterm prosperity and jobs for the massive youth element of a population that could be…
The world’s largest offshore windfarm was officially opened in the UK this week. The 659 MW Walney Extension covers 145km2 in the Irish Sea, around 19km from Cumbria coast in England. It is powered by 40 of MHI Vestas’ 8 MW turbines and 47 of Siemens Gamesa’s 7 MW turbines. It is 50 percent owned…
Nigeria will achieve its nuclear energy goal and further improve its electricity supply by 2025, Rosatom’s Chief Executive Officer, Central and Southern Africa, Dmitry Shornikov, has said. He said Nigeria has begun its energy diversification programme by generating electricity from off-grid and on-grid sources. Shornikov added that the country struck a deal with Rosatom to…
While prices of solar equipment are falling, the sector still remains a capital-intensive one. This is mostly so for mini-grid and large-scale projects. Access to financing is therefore very important for companies to meet the demand for clean energy and grow their business. This is even more crucial for companies who use flexible payment options…
Kainji Hydropower Generating Company (GenCo) now has 440 megawatts (MW) capacity since its privatisation in 2013 and will add 80MW by 2019, the concessionaire, Mainstream Energy Solutions Limited (MESL) for the plant and Jebba GenCo said. Officials of MESL disclosed this yesterday while briefing newsmen at the Kainji plant in Niger state. Operations Supervisor at…
Hope for biogas power generation is rising among farmers and innovators as it potentially solves the twin challenges of disposal of livestock waste and provision of energy to offset the rising cost of electricity in Nigeria. Biogas is a type of biofuel produced from the decomposition of organic waste. Animal manure, food scraps, wastewater and…
In what many have termed as an exciting advancement, Africa’s first waste-to-energy facility was recently launched in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The facility, called Reppie, is located next to the capital city’s main refuse dump known locally as Koshe, a slang word meaning “dirt” in Ethiopia’s main language, Amharic. The construction of Reppie began in 2014…
The nation’s power grid has suffered its ninth total system collapse this year amid a lack of spinning reserve that is meant to forestall such occurrences. This year, the national grid has so far recorded 10 collapses – nine total, while one was partial, the latest data obtained from the Ministry of Power, Works and…
The Eko Electricity Distribution Company says its ongoing power project expansion will boost power supply to residents of Oniru, Maroko and Lekki within a month. Godwin Idemudia, its General Manager (Communications), on Saturday said the company had commenced aggressive power projects within its network to improve supply to customers. Idemudia said that with the introduction…
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has granted 69 firms permits to fund purchase, installment and replacement of meters to meet the 11 electricity distribution companies (Discos) metering gap and obligations to their customers. The grants which were sequel to the commission’s approval of the Meter Asset Provider (MAP) Regulations 2018, were intended to facilitate…
