Engineers, investor move to tackle energy crisis

Worried by the unabated energy challenges in the country, the Nigerian Society of Petroleum Engineers (NSPE) has partnered with the real estate investor, the Mayor of Housing, My-ACE China, to tackle the energy crisis.

The partnership, it was gathered, would abate energy problems, especially in the housing sector, with the use of renewable energy such as solar, wind, and hydro.

Member of NSPE, Patrick Ezenaji, disclosed this during the annual general meeting (AGM) of the NSPE in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, where China delivered a speech as one of the sponsors.

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He noted that the sustainability deal is expected to make the two parties work together in boosting activities on cleaner energy.

Known in the body of petroleum engineers as a sustainability and cleaner energy enthusiast, Ezenaji explained that the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG)-17 is all about partnership and assured the move would make great impacts in the industry.

“The partnership will harness young minds who are innovative thinkers to collaborate with the Mayor of Housing so that we can solve the housing problem in Africa and the world,” Ezenaji said.

“My passion for empowering students brought me to this position. In this era of energy crisis, I am empowered to enlighten the students more on Sustainable Development Goal-7, which is all about harnessing and generating clean energy to help eradicate climate change.”

Speaking at the session, the Mayor of Housing said he was more impressed with cleaner energy as the focus of the NSPE annual general meeting.

He said, “Talking about estates and clean and green energy, Shell’s Residential Area has emotional value for me. It is clean and green, 60 years after it was built.”

Sequel to that, he said, the proposed Alesa prototype estate must be like Shell estate with a clean and green environment. He said there could be cleaner products in petroleum, and prayed that new discoveries in the energy sector should be discovered by Nigerian engineers to the world.

China noted that there was a divide between the elites that have technical professional knowledge and the deliverables in the housing sector that deliver technically savvy smart buildings.

The real estate success strategist said some people believe that the story of a sustainable estate with cleaner energy and a greener environment was something for the Diaspora. He said, “We have come to let them know that it has come home. And, they should watch out for what we are doing; the Alesa Highland Sustainable City.”

He said a lot of people think Africa and Nigeria are backward in terms of cleaner energy.

He said, “Seeing that this body in Nigeria has embraced it is a big epiphany for me.”