The announced cell factory adds to the company’s U.S. manufacturing plans, which includes modules, wafers and now, cells. Solar4America, a wholly owned subsidiary of SPI Energy Co., Ltd., plans to begin manufacturing N-type heterojunction (HJT) solar cells in the United States. This follows the company’s January announcement that it was increasing solar module production to […]

From Femi Folaranmi, Yenagoa Two All Progressive Congress (APC) groups in Bayelsa State have demanded the sack of the Interim Administrator, Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Maj-Gen Barry Ndiomu (retd), ahead of the November 11 state’s governorship election. The two groups, Bayelsa APC elders and Bayelsa APC Integrity Forum (BAIF) both accused the amnesty boss of […]

Tribune Online Edo ethnic groups bicker over Irrua Specialist Hospital’s CMD An uneasy calm is brewing at the Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital (ISTH), Edo State, as two sub-ethnic groups in the state bicker over the outcome of the interview recently conducted for the appointment of a Chief Medical Director (CMD) for the hospital. The bone […]

DSD Renewables and Black Bear Energy have broken ground on two solar canopy installations totaling 1.7 MW in southern California for The Muller Company, a real-estate investment, development and management firm. The canopies will be installed on top of parking garages and surface-level parking at the Orange Executive Tower in Orange and the Main Street… […]

Tribune Online Abbas hails PCC’s efforts in dispute resolution The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, has hailed the Public Complaints Commission (PCC) for addressing disputes in the polity, decrying that the performance of the Nigerian Ombudsman is under-reported. Abbas made this known when the Chief Commissioner of the Public Complaints Commission, […]

The grants will result in more energy-efficient buildings, a key element of a least-cost strategy for 100% renewables. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded $90 million in grants to advance adoption of the latest building energy efficiency codes in 26 states and the District of Columbia. A National Renewable Energy Laboratory study found […]

From Uche Usim, Abuja As the quest to achieve energy security hots up, the federal government plans to attract fresh $18 billion investments into the petroleum sector, with greater interest in gas and other cleaner energies. The Chief Upstream Investment Officer of the NNPC Upstream Investment Management Services (NUIMS), Mr Bala Wunti, made the disclosure […]

With Nigeria’s inflation rate currently pegged at 22.41 per cent, an economic expert with Agora Policy, Adebayo Ahmed, has listed the causative factors and advanced solutions to tame the monster. His views, captured in Agora’s latest PolicyMemo, fingered growing inflation as the main eroder of Nigerians’ purchasing power and the major culprit responsible for the […]