There is no end in sight for the country’s poor power supply with five generating plants remaining shut down as inadequate gas supply to the plants lingers. A report obtained from the Advisory Power Team in the Office of Vice-President showed that five gas-fired plants were not generating electricity on account of gas supply shortage,…
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has stepped up effort to boost electricity supply in the country with the commissioning of three new transformers in Lagos, Niger and Ekiti States. The projects initiated under its Transmission Rehabilitation and Expansion Programme (TREP) included a 100MVA in Ejigbo; a 60MVA in Bida and 60/66MVA, 132/33kV power transformers…
There will be power outage for two days in parts of Enugu metropolis on Aug. 31 and Sept. 1. The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) will be embarking on major repairs of its facilities at the New Haven Injection Sub-Station. Mr Emeka Ezeh, its Head of Communications, announced this on Friday in Enugu. According to…
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission said on Tuesday that a total of 109,048 complaints were lodged by electricity customers to the power distribution companies in the third quarter of 2017. Noting that the figure translated to an average of 1,185 complaints per day, NERC said 76 per cent of the complaints were resolved. “Specifically, billing…
Clean energy solutions provider, Fullriver Nigeria Limited, says it is committed to bringing innovation into Nigeria’s power ecosystem via a hybrid approach that is of global standard. The technological solution, which originates from Belgium, aggregates power supply from multiple sources like wind, solar, and grid into an inverter powered by a battery technology developed by…
Mr. Felix Ofolue, the Head, Corporate Communications Unit of Ikeja Electic (IE), on Wednesday said lack of funds was slowing down effective metering of customers on its network. Ofolue disclosed this on Friday in Lagos. Electricity consumers have continued to complain about the high estimated billings and lack of access to prepaid meters five years…
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has said that electricity distribution companies (Discos) would have to invest about $4 billion over the next three years to be able to match its ongoing expansion of the national grid to take up to 20,000 megawatts (MW) of electricity generated in the country, and also distribute same by…
The Permanent Secretary, Mines and Steel Development, Dr. Abdulkadir Mu’azu has called on all the Agencies under the Ministry to make use of the Integrated Automation and Interactive GIS Web Portal set up by the Ministry in other to showcase their operations and activities to the world. The Permanent Secretary made the call in his…
The establishment of a ‘Climate Change Vision’ involving all quarters, excellent climate change governance and behavioural change among all the people has become inevitable. A Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Environmental Studies and Sustainable Development, Lagos State University, Dr. Ahove Michael, made this assertion during a dialogue on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) organised…
31 July 2018: During the month of July, several adaptation programmes around the world achieved access to climate finance. The Adaptation Fund approved a pilot South-South cooperation readiness support package to foster cooperation on adaptation project development, accreditation and access to climate finance. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) finalized its long-term corporate strategy to 2030,…
