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GEF, UNDP fund rural electricity for agriculture with $5.91m
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GEF, UNDP fund rural electricity for agriculture with $5.91m

  The Africa Mini-grids Programme, an initiative of the Global Environment Facility, with the support of the United Nations Development Programme, the Rural Electrification Agency have subsidized electricity for rural agricultural activities in Nigeria, with a grant of $5.91million. According to the AMP Project Regional Manager, Mr. Nasiru Ibrahim, the fund is a four-year pilot […]

Electricity customers paid N210.17b in three months - NERC
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Electricity customers paid N210.17b in three months – NERC

Power consumers paid N210.17 billion to distribution companies in the fourth quarter of 2021, according to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission. This was stated in its Quarterly Report for the Fourth Quarter of 2021, which was released on Thursday, noting that N210.17 billion represented 9.34 per cent of the total electricity bill paid by consumers […]

S.Africa signs wind energy deal to ease power outages
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S.Africa signs wind energy deal to ease power outages

South Africa on Thursday inked the first three of a series of agreements with independent producers to supply wind energy amid worsening blackouts in the continent’s most industrialised economy. The coal-dependent country picked 25 wind and solar projects to generate a total of 2,583 megawatts, a boost of roughly 4.5 per cent on current capacity. […]