Accelerating SDG7 and a clean energy transition can counter bleak climate future predicted in IPCC report
Climate change mitigation and universal energy access are two global challenges that are inextricably linked.
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Kenya makes strides with renewable energy
While Kenya’s oil generation capabilities have been small to date, the country has made significant strides in terms of renewable energy – and further potential remains.
Lagos, electricity policy and sustainable power supply
If effectively formulated and implemented, the electricity policy would help accelerate the socio-economic development and growth of the state, since effective power delivery is central to the realization of the state government’s Greater Lagos vision.
Developing sustainable energy and empowering Africa
Reliable energy provides the power to fulfil our potential and empower society, from providing better healthcare and education, clean, prosperous job growth, to sustainable cooling and food security. Energy is the fundamental building block for societal and economic growth.
Understanding the NNPC investment in Dangote Refinery
The Dangote Refinery at Ibeju Lekki is an ambitious integrated energy project. It will produce 650, 000 barrels of crude petroleum daily that makes it the largest such refinery in the world. Dangote Refinery would produce enough for Nigeria and export. In other words, it will meet our need for 57 million litres of petrol daily, 27 million litres of diesel per day, 11 million litres of kerosene per day and nine million litres of aviation jet each day.
Leveraging the power of energy to light up Africa
With an electrification rate of 53% in 2019 against only 34% in 2000, West Africa has made significant progress, but challenges remain, and nearly half the population still lacks electricity.
OP-ED: Nigeria’s latest gas-related power shortages could have been avoided, here is why
On 28 May 2021, Nigeria’s national power generation dropped to 3,059 MW and for the subsequent seven days remained below 4,000 MW, six percent below average production. Low pressure on the Escravos-Lagos Pipeline System (ELPS) left several gas turbine power plants with insufficient gas supply, leading to plant shutdowns and widespread power blackouts.
OP-ED: Energy storage to enable the continued growth of renewables in Kenya
The growth of these renewable technologies is expected to deliver considerable benefits to the power sector in the form of lower greenhouse gas emissions, lower baseload utilization of thermal power plants, and reduced dependency on drought susceptible hydropower.
‘Mozambique holds the key to Southern Africa’s clean energy transition’
With its massive gas reserves and billions of dollars of investment flowing in to monetize them, Mozambique has a unique opportunity to deploy a flexible power strategy that will bring major benefits across both its domestic and regional electricity markets.
Without flexibility, Nigeria will face difficulties integrating large amounts of renewable energy into the grid
As the largest economy in Africa, with huge gas reserves and high solar energy potential, Nigeria has all the natural resources necessary to meet the growing demand for electricity. However, the inadequate energy infrastructure still leaves a significant part of the population without power or relying on oil-fired back-up generators.