Renewable Energy

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has told Scandinavian investors that government is committed to expanding opportunities for investments in renewable energy, technology and other sectors of the Nigerian economy. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement in Abuja, said that the vice president was responding to questions from a cross section of Norwegian investors at a round-table ...

The Chief Executive Officer of Clean Technology Hub, Mrs Ifeoma Malo, has urged the Federal Government to harness renewable energy resources to address challenges in the power sector. Renewable energy: Solar panels Renewable energy is from a source that is not depleted when used and is naturally replenished on a human timescale such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, waves, and ...

As Nigeria celebrates 59th Independence anniversary, an indigenous company says it is intensifying efforts to begin assembling of solar cars by 2020. A solar car Mr Moses Onaja, Chief Executive Officer, Sun Energy Community Development Initiative (SECODI), made the disclosure on Tuesday, October 1, 2019 during an exhibition of solar products in Ibadan, Oyo State. The exhibition was aimed at ...

G5 Sahel Heads of State have expressed their support for “Desert to Power’’, an Africa Development Bank (AfDB) initiative designed to harness solar energy for socio-economic development of member countries. AFDB president, Akinwunmi Adesina They gave the support at the G5 Sahel Heads of State Summit in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. In 2014, Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger set up ...

Anticipating the need to quickly integrate the disenchanted Nigerian victims of xenophobic attacks from South Africa into the fabric of society and give them hope for a better future, the Council for Renewable Energy Nigeria (CREN) says it is offering free training to returnee Nigerians to learn all about renewable energy technologies. Just as ICEED trains these solar technicians, CREN ...

Lifebuilders, a non-governmental organisation based in Ibadan, Oyo State, has been awarded a Patent Certificate by the Federal Government for its invention of the moringa bio-gel. Applying the bio-fuel gel to a stove The invention entails the process and method of producing bio-gel from moringa as a bio-fuel and a renewable energy . According to the certificate, government said it ...

The Council for Renewable Energy Nigeria (CREN) has said that it will build the capacity of youths so that they can be effectively engaged in all spheres of life, including renewable energy. L-R: Sam Ifeanyi Nwosu, Secretary General; Engr Jennifer Emiola, Asst. Secretary; Engr Ganda Yusuf, Treasurer; Dr Imamuddeen Talba, Deputy President; Dr Sunny Akpoyibo, National President; Prof. Abubakar Sambo, ...

In a report that examines the ways in which renewable energy demand is expected to increase, Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) finds that “aggressive decarbonisation” will be required beyond 2030 to meet the temperature goals of the Paris Agreement on climate change. Wind energy: An offshore wind farm Focusing on electricity, BNEF’s 2019 New Energy Outlook (NEO) predicts a 62% ...

The recent decision by the European Union to phase out palm oil as a biofuel by 2030 has been described as unrealistic and “far too late”. Looking to an uncertain future: Orangutans are losing their habitats as forests are cleared for palm oil and soyabean plantations, and thus threatened by extinction. Photo credit: flickr/CIFOR Germany-based non-government organisation, Rainforest Rescue, wants ...

Beneficiaries of the stand-alone solar power in Upare and Igbobini communities in Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State are to pay N200 to N500 monthly billing per household. Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State The decision was reached on Monday, July 29, 2019 at stakeholders’ meetings held in each of the communities with officials of Office of Public Utilities ...