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64NewsWatch out! Climate change could lead to dramatic beer shortage
Trouble is brewing for the world’s beer drinkers, with climate change set to cause ‘dramatic’ price spikes and supply shortages, a new...
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77Events#NAEE2018 – Nigerian Alternative Energy Expo
The 8th edition of the Nigerian Alternative Energy Expo (NAEE), themed ‘Liberating Economic Drive with Clean Energy’, will take place at the Shehu...
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128NewsAbuja to host 2018 NAEE renewable energy parley
A statement from the Nigerian Alternative Energy Expo (NAEE) has disclosed that arrangements have now been concluded for Nigeria’s federal capital, Abuja...
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66RE internationalAussies dump IPCC’s climate change report, overlooks renewables
The Australian government has rejected the report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) which called on the world to amongst...
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130NewsWorld has until 2030 to halt climate change catastrophe – IPCC
Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees would require rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society, the Intergovernmental Panel on...
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113NewsNSE lists provisional guidelines for green bond issuance, to alienate defaulters
A provisional guidelines on how green bonds will be listed on the floors of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has been released by...
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63InterviewsTipping point for renewables is uncertain, but will be sooner – Amin
Jason Bordoff of the Columbia Energy Exchange, in a podcast conversation from the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University, talked...
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113NewsNigeria, others eligible to tap from IRENA’s $50m clean energy projects fund
Nigeria, and about 119 other developing countries will have a fresh opportunity to tap into a $50 million funding pool available to...
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72RE internationalGE no longer producing gas turbines – DG IRENA, Adnan
*says world subsidises fossil fuel consumption, production with $500bn *predicts very cheap or almost free electricity from renewables soon Adnan Amin, the...
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250NewsNigeria revives $2.5bn solar IPPs, gives promoters fresh six months PCOAs extension
It is possible the 14 solar independent power projects (IPPs) Nigeria signed Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) with investors in July 2016 may be constructed...
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86RE internationalSEC forces Musk to give up board chair of Tesla in 45 days, pay $20m fine
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has hammered out a deal which has seen electric car maker, Elon Musk, agree to give...
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164NewsW’Bank puts down $1bn to fund battery storage for renewable energy
The World Bank has disclosed it would commit $1 billion for a new global program to accelerate investments in battery storage for...
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204NewsNigeria’s power ministry building goes off grid in show of potency of solar power
Possibly to test the waters and lead by example, Nigeria’s ministry of power would soon disengage from sourcing electricity to power activities...
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352NewsHow REA plans to disburse World Bank’s $350m electricity fund
Nigeria’s Rural Electrification Agency (REA) has released more details on how it would spend about $350 million financial facility expected from the...
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128RE internationalCar maker, Mercedes-Benz enters competition for electric vehicle market shares
Mercedes-Benz has launched its first production of electric vehicle (EVs), indicating a potential rivalry for share of the electric market which Tesla...
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136NewsSoon, all NNPC petrol stations will run on solar – corporation’s chief
Nigeria’s state oil company – the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), has said all its retail outlets which include petrol stations will...
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357NewsNigeria’s rural communities ready to pay for electricity from mini grids – report
Villages in Nigeria that do not have electricity from the national grid but rely on alternative expensive power sources have been assessed...
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181NewsAfDB, others raise $58m to grow off grid electricity services
The African Development Bank (AfDB); Nordic Development Fund; Global Environment Facility; Calvert Impact Capital; and All On, have committed to provide capital...
