POWER

…….by Ben Ndubuwa……The Minister of Power, Mr Abubakar Aliyu, yesterday launched the improved version 3.0 of the Nigeria SE4ALL platform that serves as a hub for data-driven electrification planning and insights. The first version of the platform was launched in October 2020 The Minister said that this is to engender access to digital, ground-truth data and would increase the electrification ...

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) yesterday approved projects to boost power supply across the country, comprising a dollar component of $22. 6 million and a naira component worth N5.1 billion. Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu, disclosed this when he briefed State House correspondents after the FEC meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Aliyu ...

………by Chiamaka Ndubuwa…….The Chief Executive Officer of Salpha Energy, Sandra Chukwudozie said that the biggest growth so far for her company has been the reaching out to people who are in the rural areas powering them and their businesses with Solar energy. Speaking at the just concluded “African Women for the Energy Transition” which took place in Sheraton, Lagos and ...

The launch of gree’n’lectric, a wholly digital publication dedicated to promoting environmental sustainability in the power sector will bolster Sahara Power Group’s resolve to seeking environmentally relevant options and solutions in its operations, Ejiro Gray, Director, Governance and Sustainability, Sahara Group has said. Speaking at the launch of the publication at Egbin Power Plant, Gray said Sahara Power, a Sahara ...

An indigenous oil firm, First Exploration and Petroleum Development Company Limited (First E & P), on Thursday donated a solar powered water project to Koluama 1 community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa. The Project is expected to provide the people and their environ with portable water to reduce cases of water borne diseases. The oil firm executed ...

The Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu has stated that Power supply will soon be restored to Maiduguri,Borno State. He made this known during a courtesy visit by the Vice Chancellor, Borno State University, Umar Sandabe who led his Management team to the Minister’s Office on Thursday 23rd June, 2022 at Power House, Abuja. Chronicling the operations of the Nigeria Electricity ...

The total funding requirement for the first phase of the Presidential Power Initiative is €2.3bn (N991.99bn at the official exchange rate of N431.3/€), figures obtained from the Federal Government showed. PPI is an initiative of the Federal Government conceived during a meeting between Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari and German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, on August 31, 2018. It was conceived as ...

The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), has advised electricity consumers on estimated billing to track their bills to avoid discrepancies by electricity distribution companies. The Commission in its official Twitter handle on Sunday advised electricity consumers to always check their monthly bills for tariff band (expected hours of daily power supply). The Commission on a document titled ‘A ...

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), has said that it has signed a commercial agreement with the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Generating Companies ((GENCOs) and the Distribution Companies (DISCOs) to rave-up electric power supply to 5000 MW starting from July 1st next month. According to NERC, Nigerians will start witnessing improved power supply from July 1, 2022, following renewed ...

The National Grid has begun a gradual recovery process after it collapsed for the fifth time this year resulting in nationwide power outage. No reason has been given by the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, for the collapse which was reported to have occurred at 6.49pm on Sunday. Checks on the grid data released by the National System Operator showed ...