press release Abuja, Nigeria — With a commitment to boost electricity supply in Nigeria, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan and the Federal Government are on track to restore uninterrupted power supply to Nigerians and to complete ongoing independent power projects spread across the country. To boost this effort, the Nigerian Ministry of State for Power submitted […]
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By Zerihun Getachew Construction of the Sawla-Key Afer Electric Power Installation Project which cost more than 418 million birr has gone operational, according to Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP). EEP indicated that the project, which is part of the Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP), is benefiting 16 towns and rural areas in 4 woredas/districts/ of Gamo […]
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The changing colors of the leaves carry the message that winter will soon be here, and so it is time to stock the yard with wood to carry us through until spring. In Missouri I just found wood, cut to the length I need, and stacked, for $ 110 a cord and (since it has […]
ZIMBABWE will experience more power outages in the next three weeks due to low energy supplies and maintenance work being carried out at Kariba South power station, the power utility said on Thursday. Maintenance works at Kariba South’s generator number five has resulted in power supply being reduced by 125MW, the energy company said. Zimbabwe […]
By Rose Athumani ZAMBIA, Tanzania and Kenya will soon enjoy reduced electricity costs following the envisaged completion of the ZTK interconnection power project. Three energy ministers from Zambia, Tanzania and Kenya signed a Cooperation Agreement in Dar es Salaam on Tuesday, binding their respective countries to the implementation of the power project which will also […]
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At the end of the last post I mentioned the benefits that could occur if two jets were directed to intersect at a distance from the nozzle. Marian Mazurkiewicz did a lot of early work on this, and it was written up in an ASTM STP.* Because it has a couple of applications that include […]
September 24, 2014 Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Saudi Arabia is one of a handful of countries that burn crude oil directly for power generation, according to the (JODI). During the summer, Saudi Arabia typically experiences an increase in electricity consumption as domestic demand for air conditioning rises. Saudi Arabia burned 0.9 million barrels per […]
By Ken Macharia The days of getting caught in unexpected black outs and outages may soon be over thanks to a new website being developed by the Kenya Power IT team. Although we will still have the outages, Kenya Power has made it easier for Kenyans to know the places without power – scheduled and […]
Maputo — Ressano Garcia (Mozambique), 29 Aug (AIM) – Mozambican President Armando Guebuza on Thursday inaugurated a gas-fired power station, at Ressano Garcia, on the border with South Africa, which will eventually be able to generate 180 megawatts. The gas used is a Mozambican resource: it comes from the Pande and Temane gas fields in […]
By E.G. Woldegebriel Addis Ababa, Ethiopia — Eating and drinking in Ethiopia involves a lot of sugar, from the quintessentially Ethiopian buna (coffee) ceremony to the fare in pastry shops. But it’s expensive to import. Now the government has embarked on an ambitious project to grow more sugar to meet that demand – but also […]
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By Abiodun Alade, @biodunpen Nollywood diva, Omotola Jolade Ekeinde has praised the transformation of the Power sector in the country. She attested that there is a significant improvement in electricity supply in the country. She took to her twitter handle, @Realomosexy to confirmed the development, “Hello Osexynationals!Anyone noticed D really improved Power supply?pls let it […]
By Kaleyesus Bekele In a bid to curb the recurrent power cuts, the Ethiopian Electric Services has installed 248 transformers in Addis Ababa and the regional states. The new transformers are believed to augment the existing old transformers which can hardly cope with the ever- increasing power load. In an exclusive interview with The Reporter, […]
By Omoh Gabriel Dangote Cement Plc, yesterday, raised alarm over the continued short supply of Gas and Low Pour Fuel Oil, LPFO, in the country, saying the situation had gone from bad to worse in the last six months. Lamenting the shortage of gas and LPFO supply in the country, Mr. Devakumar Edwin, Managing Director, […]
By Maina Waruru Nairobi — Kenya is set to gain more wind farms as the East African country moves to increase and diversify its clean energy resources. Nairobi-based company has announced it will begin producing 40 megawatts (MW) in the second half of 2015 at its flagship wind power plant in Meru, expanding the renewable […]
press release The World Bank Group today signed agreements for the Tobene Independent Power Project in Taiba Ndiaye in Senegal. These included a 93.4 million euro financing agreement arranged by IFC and a $ 40 million equivalent IDA partial risk guarantee project agreement. The project will provide power to over one and half million residents […]
