Tag:Renewable energy

Renewable Energy

Renewables on the rise, says study

In the last couple of years, almost 22% of global electricity was produced from renewable sources, a study has revealed. It adds that renewables...

Michael Simire - January 2, 2015

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Study: West Africa leads in renewable energy, energy efficiency

The ECOWAS Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Status Report, produced collaboratively by REN21 and ECREEE with lead authorship from the Worldwatch Institute, provides a regional perspective on the renewable energy and...

Michael Simire - November 13, 2014

Renewable Energy

Lagos, Abuja roadshows open fresh vista for clean energy financing

Two Roadshows were held recently in Abuja and Lagos (on the 9th September and 11th September respectively), courtesy of the West Africa Forum for...

Michael Simire - September 21, 2014

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Partnership enhances climate adaptation with eco-stoves in Delta communities

A host of rural community dwellers in Delta State is benefitting from an initiative designed to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emission, save time and...

Michael Simire - September 14, 2014

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Tony Elumelu: Heirs Holdings will generate a quarter of Nigeria’s power needs

Global business leader and chairman of Heirs Holdings, Tony Elumelu, has said that the group “has the ambition to generate at least a quarter...

Michael Simire - September 14, 2014

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Nasarawa villages get access to sustainable energy

Three rural communities in North Central Nigeria are beneficiaries to a scheme designed to give countryside folks access to sustainable energy and boost their...

Michael Simire - August 17, 2014

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Operation Light Up Rural Nigeria on shaky start?

On January 2014, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan inaugurated operation “Light-Up Rural Nigeria” with a pledge to ensure constant power supply to Nigerians in rural...

Michael Simire - July 13, 2014

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Solar power for rural areas: The Jigawa experience

There is a revolution going on in Jigawa State. In what appears like the original blueprint for the Federal Government’s recently launched operation “Light-Up...

Michael Simire - June 9, 2014

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