Pathways for Africa’s Energy Future,’ a report from the technology group Wärtsilä, provides power system modelling of three African countries, Nigeria, South Africa and Mozambique. It finds that they can leapfrog some developed nations by not embedding inflexible fossil fuel-based systems.
Managing the waste of more than 200 million people is no joke, Nigeria produces an impressive 42 million tons of waste each year and that has had an impact on human health and the environment. Nigerian journalists Oke Peter and Damilola Shittu unravel how the defective waste disposal system and water pollution endanger Nigerian lives.
The technology group Wärtsilä has signed a long-term Optimised Maintenance agreement covering power plants in three locations owned by Paras Energy, a 100 percent privately-owned Nigerian energy provider. The aim of the agreement is to ensure the plants’ continued high levels of availability, reliability and efficiency, while providing important cost predictability for future budgeting purposes. The agreement was signed with Wärtsilä in the first quarter of 2021.
From the health of people to the health of the planet, flaring is not the right answer to the problem. It is a waste of a valuable resource that does little to boost economies or change the power situation for millions of people.
Africa, which has a population of 1.3 billion people, has an electricity-access rate of just over 40%, the lowest in the world, according to the African Development Bank. South Africa, the continent’s most-industrialized economy, has battled power shortages since 2008 after the government failed to invest in new plants in time to replace aging equipment and infrastructure.
By Oke Peter Honourable Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, has commemorated with Nigerians on the Nation’s democracy day celebrations, describing it as a moment of deep national pride and introspection. In a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Media and Public Affairs, Julius Bokoru, on Friday, Sylva believes, as we all…
To resolve the power deficit situation in Africa and reach the United Nations’ (UN) target of Universal Access by 2030, the continent will need to add around 250GW capacity, which will require about 7GW yearly from now to 2030. This, the Executive Chairman, Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Professor James Momoh said would require…
