Lagos Launches First-Ever ‘Energy Conservation Month
Lagos Launches First-Ever ‘Energy Conservation Month. C40 city Lagos has named October “Energy Conservation Month,” launching this first-of-its-kind initiative to raise awareness on energy usage.
C40 city Lagos is an initiative by the Lagos state Government to enable cities tailor their activities to unique situations. By doing so, come together to use their collective power to access partnership resources, with technical and financial support.
The Lagos State Government’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, in co-operation with the Lagos State Electricity Board (LSEB), developed “Conserve Energy, Save Money” (CESM). This is a campaign that employs step-by-step, do-it-yourself instructions on energy efficiency and conservation improvements to save Lagos citizens money. And also, make the city more energy efficient’ [read more].
Lagos trains 700,000 on energy conservation
Over 700,000 people have been tutored on energy conservation through twitter in Lagos State. The people were taught how to reduce the volume and cost of electricity consumed for growth in the state.
The state Ministry of Energy said the exercise is on-going, in view of the government’s commitment to help residents reduce their energy bills. Thus, live a better and healthier life.
The Lagos State Electricity Board (LSEB), said the development became necessary to save cost, reduce emission of carbon dioxide and live a healthy life.
Hence, the reason for the government’s introduction of Energy Conservation Month’ [read more].
Experts urge Buhari to address appointments in critical agencies in power sector
Challenges facing the power sector may remain unresolved in 2017 unless President Muhammadu Buhari urgently addresses the lingering issues surrounding the appointment of a new chairman and commissioners for Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), power sector.
Government also needs to approve the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading plc (NBET) Bond Issue to address the liquidity challenges in the power sector, or else the sector will find it difficult to overcome its current challenges in 2017′ [read more]
Global energy investment declines to $1.8 trillion
Total investment in the energy sector has decreased from $2 trillion in 2014 to $1.8 trillion in 2015, according to World Energy Investment 2016.
The new yearly report showed that the energy system is experiencing a broad re-orientation toward low-carbon energy and efficiency, but investment in key clean energy technologies needs to be further ramped up to put the world economy on track for climate stabilisation’ [read more]
21 MW of Solar PV for Emerging Market Community Mini-grids Announced Since April
Since April 2016, there has been 21 MW of new solar PV community mini-grid capacity announced in emerging global markets.
The solar and wind mini-grid projects are located in Nepal, Madagascar, Somalia, Tanzania, Kenya, and the Democratic Republic of Congo
The new mini-grid regulations in Nigeria are expected soon to support a goal of bringing electricity to 75 percent of the country by 2020. That goal would require powering 10 million homes at a cost of about $9 billion’ [read more]