The commodity trading subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Duke Oil Services, has closed down its operations in London. This is probably as a result of the $9.6 billion judgement claim instituted against Nigeria by Process and Industrial Development, P&ID, Limited. P&ID had secured an order from a British court to seize Nigeria’s…
ENGIE already has significant activities in off-grid electrification in Africa ENGIE has expanded its decentralized energy offering in Africa through the acquisition of Mobisol, a pioneer of off-grid solar solutions. Founded in 2011, the company employs over 500 people as well as approximately 1,200 contractors. Mobisol has operations in Tanzania, Rwanda, and Kenya and has…
Nigeria’s energy management giant, Schneider Electric in partnership with Agence Francaise de Development (AFD) and the National Power Training Institute (NAPTIN) will begin the second round of training for Nigerian electricians across the country on September 3. Already, Schneider Electric has trained 1,000 beneficiaries in the last five years and has asked those who do…
Nigeria may face another $2.3bn fine in arbitration in France over an alleged breach of contract on Mambilla Hydroelectric project. This is coming after a British commercial court awarded $9.6bn against the country in favour of Process and Industrial Development Company in a botched gas processing deal. The Mambilla project is currently a subject of…
The Federal Government spent a total N650.2bn in subsidising Premium Motor Spirit; latest statistics obtained from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation have shown. The PMS, popularly known as petrol, is imported into Nigeria solely by the Federal Government-owned NNPC. The corporation subsidises the commodity to ensure that it is not sold above N145 per litre…
The government of Bangladesh has signed a $185 million financing agreement with the World Bank to add about 310MW renewable energy generation capacity. The Scaling-up Renewable Energy Project will focus on utility-scale solar PV and rooftop PV to expand new markets in renewable energy generation in the country. The project will establish the country’s first…
A trilateral collaborative joint venture (JV) between the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Nigerian Agip Oil Company, NAOC (an affiliate of Italian Oil major, Eni), and Oando has resulted in the discovery of large onshore gas and condensate deposits in the Niger Delta. The new find is the equivalent of 1 trillion cubic feet of…
In its efforts aimed at ensuring effective service delivery to its customers, Nigeria’s leading electricity distribution company, Ikeja Electric Plc (IE) has introduced its electronic billing (e-billing) platform, which enables customers to receive electricity bills promptly and conveniently, via channels such as SMS, USSD, email, IE Bill portal and IE mobile Application. The e-billing initiative…
Upgrade of three GE’s LM6000PA and one LM6000PC Aero derivative gas turbines Improved Plant Efficiency and Reliability Songas Ubungo Power Plant provides more than 20 percent of the grid connected power in Tanzania; upgrade of three GE’s LM6000PA and one LM6000PC Aero derivative gas turbines Improved Plant Efficiency and Reliability. GE and Songas today announced…
New import facilities progressing despite spare capacity in existing infrastructure Europe’s LNG receiving capacity, across ten countries from Lithuania to Greece, has experienced usage levels this year unprecedented in well over a decade, as a global LNG supply glut finds the continent a home of last resort. But, despite the significant uptick in deliveries, Europe’s…
