Energy Transition

KEY POINTS The Federal Government has announced that ongoing reforms in Nigeria’s power sector have attracted about $2 billion in fresh investments while reducing sector liabilities to approximately N146 billion. …

KEY POINTS The African Development Bank, AfDB, has approved a $5.65 million grant to support Peace Renewable Energy Certificate mini-grid projects across 14 African countries, targeting improved electricity access for …

KEY POINTS The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, has demolished residential and commercial structures encroaching on the corridor of a 330kV transmission line in the Kudenda area of Kaduna State, …

KEY POINTS Mayors from several Democratic Alliance-led, DA, municipalities have mounted a coordinated challenge against Eskom’s latest electricity tariff increases, calling on the National Energy Regulator of South Africa to …

KEY POINTS South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal has ordered power utility Eskom to disclose its coal and diesel supply contracts, in a landmark ruling expected to shed light on …

KEY POINTS Electricity distribution company Ikeja Electric has attributed the worsening power outages across Lagos to a nationwide decline in electricity generation. The company said the development has significantly reduced …

KEY POINTS Electricity distribution companies have attributed ongoing blackouts across Nigeria to inadequate generation from the country’s hydro power plants. The Chief Executive Officer of the Association of Nigerian Electricity …

KEY POINTS The Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise, CPPE, has raised alarm over Nigeria’s chronic electricity supply issues, estimating that the country loses between N7 trillion and N10 …

KEY POINTS The Chief Executive Officer of the Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors, Sunday Oduntan, has defended Nigeria’s continued electricity supply to Togo despite persistent domestic shortages, insisting the country …

KEY POINTS Eskom has outlined an ambitious plan to eliminate load reduction by 2027 through a phased nationwide smart meter rollout. The initiative, highlighted in its latest power system update, …