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‘Multi-billion-dollar SE4All initiative can halve global energy poverty’

Billions of dollars mobilised under the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All) initiative can halve energy poverty worldwide and more investment is being committed, but...

admin - May 20, 2015

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UNDP, others explore sustainable energy in post-oil Nigeria

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has stressed the need for stakeholders in Nigeria’s energy sector to prioritise sustainable energy in a policy document...

admin - April 23, 2015

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N9.2 billion cookstoves: Paradox of climate change mitigation

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) in 2014 approved the sum of N9.2 billion to procure some 750,000 clean cookstoves and 18,000 wonderbags, specifically to...

admin - April 21, 2015

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Off-grid scheme underlines role of mini-hydro in Nepal

As a follow up to the awareness campaign on rural energy for policymakers in Eastern Africa, held in Arusha, Tanzania in June last year,...

admin - April 16, 2015

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Sustainable energy: Ban Ki-moon seeks financial commitment

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday in New York called on business leaders to expand investment in low-carbon growth and opportunities to advance sustainable...

admin - April 16, 2015

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Divesting from fossil fuels: Way forward for Nigeria

Divesting from fossil fuels is the obvious direction the world is headed. Many powerful countries which dominate the world economy have been actively working...

admin - March 25, 2015

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Observers pick holes in N9.2 billion clean stoves scheme

Stakeholders have expressed concern over the absence of a proper framework for the procurement and distribution of the clean cookstoves and strategy for engaging...

admin - March 6, 2015

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Denmark gets low-priced offshore wind turbines scheme

With a price of 10.31 Eurocent per kWh, the new offshore wind farm, Horns Rev 3, will provide power much cheaper than other recently...

Michael Simire - March 1, 2015

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