Over 100 advocacy groups push for solar above all government-owned canals
More than 125 groups are urging the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and the Interior Department to develop a new initiative to deploy solar power above the nearly 8,000 miles of canals owned and operated by the federal government. The letter to the Interior Department and Bureau of Reclamation said installing solar panels over open-air canals… […]
New York Green Bank provides $25 million credit debt facility for energy storage
The credit facility will help fund NineDot Energy’s pipeline of battery storage projects in New York State, and is the first pure play energy storage transaction completed by NY Green Bank. NineDot Energy, a New York developer of community-scale clean energy projects, close a new $25 million revolving credit debt facility provided by NY Green Bank […]
European warehouses store 40 GW of unsold solar panels
Rystad Energy says that about $7.8 billion of solar panels are now being stored in Europe, but European developers continued to buy solar modules from China throughout the first half of this year. from pv magazine Global Rystad Energy has revealed that European warehouses currently host around 40 GW of Chinese-made solar panels. The Norwegian consulting firm […]
Ignore Northern groups, Nnamdi Kanu’s continued detention’ll sink Nigeria – IPOB tells Tinubu
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has warned against the continued detention of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, stressing that such an action would sink Nigeria. IPOB’s spokesman, Emma Powerful, issued the warning in response to a call by the Coalition of Northern Group, CNG, urging President Bola Tinubu not to release Kanu. Powerful described the […]
Plateau crisis: IGP embarks on convoy patrol to Jos, engages warring groups
The Acting Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, has embarked on a critical duty tour by convoy patrol to assess and address the prevailing security challenges in some parts of Plateau State. As part of his tour, on Wednesday, July 19, 2023, the IGP made a stopover at the Akwanga Area Command and […]
Nasarawa: NSUK, Vice Chancellor Urges Lecturers to Pursue Research, Innovations for Sustainable Solutions
……University’s Faculty of Administration Inaugurates Innovative Professorial Building to Address Infrastructure Challenges From Abel Leonard, Lafia Professor Suleiman Bala Mohammed, the Vice Chancellor of Nasarawa State University, Keffi, has called on lecturers to embrace innovation and research to tackle immediate challenges, particularly in infrastructure. He made this call on Wednesday during the inauguration of […]
Fuel Hike: Marketers Urge Nigerians To Consider Alternative Energy Option
The Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria, MOMAN, Wednesday advised Nigerians to consider the use of alternative energy options in the face of the current hike in the price of fuel in Nigeria. Specifically, the marketers implored households to switch from fuel and diesel to gas or solar power for their homes if they can […]
Oil marketer reveals lasting solution to hike in fuel prices
Amid the frustrations associated with the recent hike in the pump price of fuel to N617 per litre, the Chief Executive Officer of Emadeb Energy Service Limited, Debo Olujimi, said local refining of the product remains the only lasting solution to the price surge. According to NAN, Olujimi disclosed this at the inaugural ceremony of […]
Oyo govt to empower youths through energy sector
The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Wednesday, said that his administration was taking strategic steps to empower its young population and leverage the energy sector for economic growth. He stated this during the Diran Fawibe Annual lecture series, organised by the International Energy Services Ltd, in collaboration with the Center for Petroleum Energy Economics […]
Nigeria’s energy challenges: Strategic stakeholders meet, make transformative recommendations for brighter future
From Oluseye Ojo, Ibadan In a bid to proffer lasting solutions to the specific energy challenges facing Nigeria, strategic stakeholders in the petroleum industry, governments, and academia, met in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Wednesday and made transformative recommendations to the Federal Government for Nigeria to rise above the menace. They met at […]