Kainji Hydropower Generation Company (GenCo), under Mainstream Energy Solutions Limited (MESL), has sustained 24 hour supply to seven eligible customers and 23 hours to another customer, dispatching 2,056 megawatts hour (MWH) of electricity last Wednesday. The operation data showed that during the period under review, the bilateral agreement between MESL’s Kainji GenCo and the eight…
Indications emerged yesterday that the sale of Nigeria crude oil in the international market is currently facing challenges which may lead to lingering glut due to surging production of United States shale crude, which experts say has similar geological properties. According to loading programmes compiled by Bloomberg, about 25 out of 60 Nigerian cargoes scheduled…
The Federal government at the weekend said it had completed energy audit of 37 federal universities, paving the way for the award of contracts for the commencement of independent power production. Speaking at a workshop tagged: ‘Strengthening National Health Research Capacity’ which was organised by the National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR) in Abuja, the…
Nigeria’s ambitious plans to expand its non-fuel minerals sector are becoming more deeply meshed with the country’s strategic industry development agenda, minister of state Abubakar Bawa Bwari has told Mining Journal, as the Muhammadu Buhari government tries to build real longterm prosperity and jobs for the massive youth element of a population that could be…
The world’s largest offshore windfarm was officially opened in the UK this week. The 659 MW Walney Extension covers 145km2 in the Irish Sea, around 19km from Cumbria coast in England. It is powered by 40 of MHI Vestas’ 8 MW turbines and 47 of Siemens Gamesa’s 7 MW turbines. It is 50 percent owned…
Nigeria will achieve its nuclear energy goal and further improve its electricity supply by 2025, Rosatom’s Chief Executive Officer, Central and Southern Africa, Dmitry Shornikov, has said. He said Nigeria has begun its energy diversification programme by generating electricity from off-grid and on-grid sources. Shornikov added that the country struck a deal with Rosatom to…
While prices of solar equipment are falling, the sector still remains a capital-intensive one. This is mostly so for mini-grid and large-scale projects. Access to financing is therefore very important for companies to meet the demand for clean energy and grow their business. This is even more crucial for companies who use flexible payment options…
Kainji Hydropower Generating Company (GenCo) now has 440 megawatts (MW) capacity since its privatisation in 2013 and will add 80MW by 2019, the concessionaire, Mainstream Energy Solutions Limited (MESL) for the plant and Jebba GenCo said. Officials of MESL disclosed this yesterday while briefing newsmen at the Kainji plant in Niger state. Operations Supervisor at…
Hope for biogas power generation is rising among farmers and innovators as it potentially solves the twin challenges of disposal of livestock waste and provision of energy to offset the rising cost of electricity in Nigeria. Biogas is a type of biofuel produced from the decomposition of organic waste. Animal manure, food scraps, wastewater and…
In what many have termed as an exciting advancement, Africa’s first waste-to-energy facility was recently launched in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The facility, called Reppie, is located next to the capital city’s main refuse dump known locally as Koshe, a slang word meaning “dirt” in Ethiopia’s main language, Amharic. The construction of Reppie began in 2014…
