POWER

Seven Nigerian clean energy start-up ventures will each receive a $10,000 grant award at the end of the 2021 Enterprise Development Programme (EDP), having emerged as winners with the most innovative concepts, courtesy of Clean Technology Hub and All On Hub. A statement by All On Communications Officer, Wisdom Chapp-Jumbo, said the winners are Brigter, Kodar Embedded Technologies, Osomobegbe Global ...

Ikeja Electric Plc has advised customers yet to get prepaid meters under the National Mass Metering Programme (NMMP) to be patient, as the next phase of the programme would soon begin. Mrs Folake Soetan, Chief Executive Officer, Ikeja Electric Plc, gave the advice at a customer’s forum organised by the DisCo and the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) on Tuesday ...

Femi Gbajabiamila, Speaker of the House of Representatives, has expressed displeasure over the inability of the power sector to function optimally. Gbajabiamila made the observation when he declared open a public hearing on the Electric Power Sector Reform Act (Amendment) Bill organised by the House Committee on Power in Abuja on Tuesday. The bill was for an Act to establish ...

The Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) Limited has awarded the contract for immediate installation and energizing of the Owerri NIPP 2 x 150MVA & 2 x 60MVA 330/132/33kV Owerri Transmission Substation. The contract was awarded to Messrs. Ak-AY Elektrik. The transformers had been installed more than 10 years ago without them either being energised or even without adequate preservation. ...

President Mohammadu Bihari has sent the entire management staff of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) packing as reported by the ministry of state for power, the president has also directed the establishment of a new board that will oversee the affairs of the company. The president has ordered the payment of the benefits of Nigerian Union of Electricity Employees ...

Nigeria capital city Abuja and its adjourning states of Kogi, Nasarawa and Niger were thrown into darkness as Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) shut down operations due to loans and other financial related issues. It was gathered that the crisis started about five years ago with leadership of AEDC union. They had internal issue which the Central Bank of Nigeria ...

Latest data obtained from the Nigeria power grid shows that electricity generation on the national grid plunged by 849.2 megawatts, as power producers blamed this on the poor utilisation of energy by the system. A study of the country’s grid performance as posted on Sunday showed that a peak power generation of 4,898MW was recorded on November 26, 2021, but ...

…Invests over N200m on safety equipment in last one year……. Ikeja Electric Plc (IE), Nigeria’s largest electricity Distribution Company has cautioned members of the public to desist from erecting structures under power lines or carrying out activities and trading near electrical installation, which in effect exposes them to risk of electrocution.The DisCo noted that proximity to installations such as transformer, ...

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) said it has commenced the rehabilitation and replacement of old circuit breakers in the nation’s transmission network. Mrs Ndidi Mbah, TCN’s General Manager, Public Affairs, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. According to her, the project is geared towards further improving bulk power transmission to distribution load centres nationwide. “The rehabilitation ...

Shell-funded impact investment company, All On is pleased to announce a $1m investment in Salpha Energy Nigeria to scale the company’s solar home systems distribution business, focused on bottom-of-the-pyramid customers in rural and peri-urban areas across Nigeria including the Niger Delta. The investment will be used to increase Salpha’s inventory and product range, expand sales channels and customer service infrastructure, ...