Local authorities are endangering the lives of residents by failing to provide designated parking areas for fuel tankers. T
Kenya will with the support of donors set up a $2 billion (Sh150 billion) revolving fund to lend those investing in climate-friendly green electricity generating projects. The Ministry of Finance said World Bank, French Development Agency, KfW of German and African Development Bank had agreed to help the government set up the fund.
The regional methane gas project which was agreed upon by Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo is set to kick off next month a senior government official has said.
Nairobi slum dwellers will benefit from affordable electricity.
Rwanda Association for Sustainable Energy (ARED) which aims at educating, advocating and promoting renewable energy and energy efficiency especially in rural areas currently has over 50 private energy companies subscribing to it.
AS THE government prepares to champion the cause of developing nations at Copenhagen, what is the track record at home that can be trumpeted as an example of good climate mitigation practice? Sadly, the answer is a dismal one.
THE President of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas (NUPENG) workers, Comrade Peter Akpatason, has called on the Federal Government to approach the controversial deregulation of the petroleum industry with caution.
Foreign exchange supply from autonomous sources most oil firms precipitated a 73 per cent fall in demand at the official market last week.
CHAIRMAN of Warri South local government council, Mr. Mofe Edema, has commissioned solar-powered street lights and water projects scattered in over 14 wards in the area.
MONTHS after the National Energy Regulator of SA (Nersa) rejected its application for a 74,42% tariff increase, Transnet Pipelines has gone back to the regulator, this time requesting a 51,3% hike for the 2010- 11 financial year.
PETROCHEMICALS group Sasol was bracing itself for claims arising from its contraventions of competition laws, CE Pat Davies said on Friday.
IN A move that eases Eskom's financial woes, the African Development Bank yesterday announced that it had approved a R20bn (€1.86 billion) loan for the utility to finance the Medupi power station in Lephalale, Limpopo.
With soaring electricity prices making many South Africans cringe, people could soon switch to alternative power in their homes, writes Neo Semono.
Holidaymakers who will be driving to their destinations might be disappointed about a 27 cent fuel increase expected ahead of the festive season.
According to oil marketers, the Kenyan refinery is holding some 300, 000 tonnes of crude belonging to marketers.
Dr. Oteng Adjei - Minister for Energy
Addressing the power supply problem has been described as the panacea to economic development of the country since it is the only stimulus needed to jumpstart the economy and transport it to one of the top 20 economies of the world as encapsulated in the Vision 2020 blueprint.
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has been indicted over the execution of the $24.114 million contract for the repairs of an oil storage vessel , MT Tuma, a 136,000 metric tonnes vessel acquired by the Federal Government in 1985.
The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) Wednesday said prices of petroleum products would increase even if more refineries were established.
Former President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida has commended the amnesty programme of President Yar'adua and advocated improved well-being of oil producing areas and their people. He made the call yesterday in Abuja at the lunch of a book, Participation in Petroleum Development: Towards Sustainable Community Development in the Niger Delta, authored by Aseme-Alabo Edward T.Bristol Alagbariya.
NIGERIANS have been told to brace up for the unexpected as the much orchestrated generation of 6,000MW of electricity by the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) at the end of the year is no longer realisable.
SIX market women were killed in the early hours of yesterday at Effurun, Delta State, by a trailer suspected to be laden with stolen crude oil, while a mob partly razed the Ebrumede Police Station in a spur-of-the-moment reaction to the unpleasant incident.
Of late, the Group Managing Director of NNPC has joined on the side of the protagonists and the apostles of Deregulation of the Downstream Sector of the Nigerian Oil Industry.
SADC Member States are slowly turning to wind power to boost production and meet the ever-growing demand for electricity in the region, as the need for cleaner and alternative energy sources gains momentum.
As the debate and disagreements between the federal government and the organised labour hots up, Minister of Petroleum Resources, Dr. Rilwanu Lukman, has gone to the World Bank in Washington to galvanise support for the federal government on the Petroleum Industry Bill and the ongoing reforms in the nation's oil sector.
