The federal government has signed an Interconnected Mini-grid Acceleration Scheme (IMAS) deal with eight indigenous solar mini-grid developers for the establishment of 23 mini-grids across 11 states of the country. The project to generate a 5.4-kilowatt...
The federal government yesterday inaugurated the board of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), with a promise to ensure that the 30:30:30 plan to ensure that most local communities are provided power becomes a reality. Minister of...
Finance Minister Zainab Ahmed says the federal government’s electricity deal with Siemens was on course, promising that the first phase of the programme under the Presidential Power Initiative (PPI) would increase power supply to about...
Goddy Jedy Agba, minister of state for power, says he didn’t approve a statement credited to him and signed by Ofem Uket, his media aide. On Tuesday, Uket had said that President Muhammadu Buhari ordered the sack and...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has expressed concern about the global clamour for green energy, leading to reduction in funding for gas and fossil fuel projects, especially in developing countries, by international bodies and institutions. At the...