hydropower
6 Oct
There are strong indications that the Federal Government may have failed in its policy and regulatory direction towards harnessing existing 14,120MW of exploitable hydropower despite the country’s gross energy deficit.
18 Mar 2022
Reports say the collapse occurred on Monday. The darkness had been creeping in for months, with authorities managing the sector seemingly dropping hints that it was on the way
8 Dec 2021
The need to maximise the nation’s hydropower potential resurfaced yesterday, amid non-payment of market receivable to generation companies as an investment in the two hydropower plants hits N100 billion.
2 Dec 2021
Energy access is a key driver of economic growth and development. Industrialisation and anthropogenic activities constantly increase the demand for energy production which in turn has caused the rapid depletion of our conventional energy resources[1].
22 Jul 2021
Despite its potential as the second-largest source of low-carbon electricity in the world behind hydropower, nuclear is often left out of the “clean energy” conversation.
20 Sep 2019
Ethiopia, on Wednesday, rejected a proposal by Egypt to operate a $4 billion hydropower dam the Horn of Africa country is constructing on the Nile, further deepening a dispute between the two nations over the project.
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Tanzania plans to invest $1.9 billion each year by 2025 in energy projects in a bid to end power shortages and boost industrial growth in East Africa's second-biggest economy, its prime minister said.
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