Category: Alternative & Renewable Energy
FG to partner China on renewable energy technology
“The proposed partnership between the Chinese and Nigerian universities is expected to build and upgrade centres of excellence in renewable energy technologies which include green energy – solar, wind, hydro, bio-energy, energy efficiency and management,” it said.
Schneider Electric and BP collaborate on low carbon energy solutions to help customers decarbonize
According to the EVP, Regions, Cities and Solutions, BP, William Lin; “Schneider Electric’s expertise is complementary to ours, opening up more opportunities for us to jointly help energy systems decarbonise. Combining BP’s energy supply capabilities with Schneider Electric’s microgrid and energy management technologies means that together we can offer clean, efficient and resilient solutions to better meet our customers’ needs.
First $10m aggregated renewable energy facility launched in Nigeria
The DART programme aims to accelerate the growth of the renewable energy sector in Nigeria and beyond by combining demand pooling and aggregated purchasing of solar equipment, access to affordable finance and coordinated logistics processes to unlock economies of scale for solar companies and achieve cost savings for end users.
Wärtsilä pioneering significant test programme for pure hydrogen engines to enable fully decarbonised energy systems
The technology group Wärtsilä has begun testing its thermal balancing engines using pure hydrogen and expects to have an engine and power plant concept capable of running on 100% hydrogen by 2025, enabling the transition to decarbonised energy systems around the world.
Onyx Solar, Sterling Bank to construct Africa’s largest PV integration project in Nigeria
According to the agreement, the Spanish company will install approximately 6,500sqm or a total of 3,250 crystalline silicon photovoltaic glass spandrels at the Nigerian Bank’s new headquarters building that is currently under construction in Lagos, the capital city of Nigeria.
RP Global and OOLU Solar partner to launch Westa.Solar, West African new commercial and industrial solar venture
RP Global and OOLU Solar partner to launch Westa.Solar, a new commercial & industrial solar venture in West Africa
Global leaders call for concrete commitments for clean, affordable energy for all by 2030
Recognizing the urgent need for action, leaders from the United Nations, the private sector, national and local governments, youth and other organizations issued a joint call today for countries, businesses, cities and civil society groups to put forward their “Energy Compacts” to show how they will achieve the goal of clean, affordable energy for all by 2030 (SDG7) and net-zero emissions by 2050.
‘Obstacles to renewables growth can be addressed’
The amount of electricity generated by wind and solar will have to rise dramatically by 2050 in order to reach the goals of the Paris Agreement, according to figures from consultancy Rystad Energy.
South Africa needs over 28 GW of flexibility to reach 100% renewables at lowest cost
The technology group Wärtsilä has highlighted a striking need to scale up flexibility in South Africa, in the form of energy storage and flexible gas technology, to enable a 100% renewable energy future.
Fighting climate change in the world’s poorest countries
In 2020, swarms of desert locusts descended on northern Kenya in the country’s worst locust infestation in 70 years. They ate crops and threatened the food security of 3 million people. Locusts brought similar devastation to some of the poorest countries in Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia, as governments and communities braced for the COVID-19 pandemic.