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64News1600 abandoned power projects keep Nigeria’s rural folks in darkness
*identified projects need $205m for completion Nigeria’s Rural Electrification Agency (REA) has detected 1600 electrification projects it said were abandoned by project...
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69EditorialNigeria, this is what cars will be like tomorrow
The world’s shift to electric cars is progressive and real, indicating that attention could soon swing from a gasoline to electricity based...
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177RE-talkPortable solar powered generators an alternative to fossil generators and roof mounted solar panels
Over the years, Nigeria has been faced with electricity generation and distribution challenges across the various states and local governments. In spite...
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55FeaturesFlood takes over from cities’ failure to turn waste to power
Recent floods razing down public structures across Nigeria’s major cities – Lagos, Port Harcourt, and Asaba, amongst others, are clear fallouts of...
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63RE internationalUS tenders formal intention to UN to leave Paris Agreement
The United States has officially sent a notice to the United Nations of its intention to quit the Paris climate change agreement...
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110NewsNigeria shops for N1.4trn to accomplish rural electrification target in 2040
*Gencos, Discos, others to fund plan, as government hold out for capital subsidy To meet its national target of providing electricity to...
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75EditorialClimate change: a striking nexus in Nigeria’s farmers, cattle herders’ fights
Lake Chad’s unbroken response to climate change would naturally continue to drive cattle herders down south, to create strife with locals. Government...
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133NewsExperts dig deep into green energy market challenges of Nigeria, three others
A team of Africa’s green energy experts would be hoping to within 18 months identify the key challenges that stand in the...
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139RE internationalCEO of Europe’s biggest oil firm, Shell, switches to electric car in September
Ben Van Beurden, CEO of Royal Dutch Shell Plc, will have his next car – a plug-in Mercedes-Benz S500e delivered to him...
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58RE internationalBritain upholds global momentum to proscribe use of petrol vehicles
*Five countries already concretized phase-out periods Global scramble to contain growing climate change issues with embargoes on use of petrol and diesel...
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65EventsIndustry Gears Up for 6th Edition of Power Nigeria
Power Nigeria exhibition and conference, which takes place from 5-7 September at a new purpose built exhibition venue in Lagos – Landmark...
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202NewsNew projects to add 819mw of clean electricity to Nigeria’s grid in 2 years
Nigeria should add into her national grid, up to 819 megawatts (mw) of clean electricity from a number of hydro and wind...
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183News90kW solar system gives steady power to 400 homes in northern Nigeria
400 families in Gnami and Pakau communities in Kaduna state have reportedly enjoyed non-stop clean electricity supplied to them by two solar...
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96NewsNigeria’s acting president, Osinbajo tells Africa: “Zero oil years now upon us”
Nigeria’s acting president, Yemi Osinbajo, has bluntly told oil producing African countries, including his country that the era of crude oil being...
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428NewsRenewables could end the reign of petrol stations soon, says Kachikwu
Nigeria’s oil minister, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, has said the incursion of renewable energy sources into the global energy mix could lead to...
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116RE internationalRE100 swells rank, admits Dutch biotech firm into 100% clean energy aficionadas group
Dutch Biotechnology Company, Corbion has become the 101st business to join RE100, a leadership campaign led by the Climate Group in partnership...
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213News14 solar IPPs get 6-month extension on PPAs execution with NBET
The execution window for the power purchase agreements (PPAs) of Nigeria’s 14 pioneer utility scale solar plants has been extended by six...
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190NewsEU assures W’African countries of €700m support for clean energy
Nigeria and its neighbours in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) would still enjoy a €700 million funding support set...
