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EKEDC lashes back at equipment vandals, court jails culprits
Sopuruchi Onwuka Two men, Hassan Saidu and Abdullami Aliu, have reportedly bagged jail terms for vandalizing a transformer belonging to Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) around Ayinde Street in the Olodi Apapa area of Lagos. A statement from the company…
Geometric to fire up 188 MW in February
Sopuruchi Onwuka Nigeria’s first private integrated power firm, Geometric Power Limited, is to fully activate full value power generation and distribution operations next month when it is expected to start receiving lean gas supplies from the Nigerian Exploration and Production…
Dere Otubu tasks Nigeria-India Business Council on power sector investments
Sopuruchi Onwuka The Chairman, Board of Directors of Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC), Dr. Dere Otubu has called for enhanced collaboration between Nigeria and India in driving advancements in the energy sector. Dr. Otubu who addressed delegated at a meeting…
Ebereonwu canvasses industry-academia collaboration to close skill gaps
Sopuruchi Onwuka Emerging Nigerian petroleum industry policy analyst, Dr Charles Ebereonwu, has called for effective collaboration between the nation’s industrial sector and the academia in order to deepen innovations that propel economic development of the country. Dr Ebereonwu, who currently…
Axxela joins United Nations Global Compact
Sopuruchi Onwuka Pioneer private sector developer of natural gas distribution pipelines in Nigeria, Axxela Limited (Axxela), declares that it has joined thousands of global corporate operators in promoting sustainability under the United Nations (UN) Global Compact initiative. Axxela is a…
NCDMB builds green energy tech hub in Ibadan
Sopuruchi Onwuka Over 500 youths recently trained by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) will form part of the initial local technical hub for green energy in Ibadan, Oyo State. A green energy hub being worked out by…
Rystad projects 13 GW from African geothermal projects
Sopuruchi Onwuka, with agency reports With significant $35 billion investment outlook by 2050, Africa’s geothermal power projects could deliver some 13 gigawatts of electricity, making the continent the third largest geothermal power generator by 2030. According to Rystad Energy, geothermal…
Decarbonization to lower Nigeria’s electricity cost
Sopuruchi Onwuka Adoption of renewable electricity production technology for sustainable power supply will ultimately cut the cost of electricity in Africa’s biggest economy where renewable power supply is currently unpopular due to high cost of procurement and maintenance. Managing Director…
Displacing 21 GW coal generation with nuclar demands $249 bn
Sopuruchi Onwuka, with agency reports It is becoming clearer that the highly hyped energy transition will be a super slow process, promising that fossil fuels would linger long in the global energy mix for a long time into the future….
RAPID RESPONSE: EKO Disco’s proactive pledge to zero downtime
(Featured Story) As the name implies, rapid response means attending to a particular situation in a timely manner. Rapid response teams are teams that work round the clock to react swiftly quickly to a situation thereby forestalling or preventing further…
