Substantial investment of $3trn required to satisfy Africa’s electricity demand by 2050 – Morocco’s ONHYM boss
BY AKUDORO GLORIA A substantial investment of 3 trillion USD dollars is required in power infrastructure to satisfy Africa’s growing electricity demand by 2050. The Director General of the Morocco National Office of Hydrocarbons and Mines (ONHYM), Ms Amina Benkhadra, said this during the Africa Gas Innovation Summit (AGIS), held at NAF Conference Centre and […]
Again, vandals destroy newly rebuilt towers along Damaturu-Maiduguri power line
The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, hereby states that two of its towers, T193 and T194, along the Damaturu -Maiduguri 330kV Single Circuit Transmission Line have again been destroyed by vandals. The incident, TCN believes happened at about 10:15pm, yesterday night, when the 150MVA power transformer at Molai Substation tripped at the same time as […]
Calabar Electricity Surge: Adelabu pledges to forestall recurrence
*** Commiserates with victims’ families BY AKUDORO GLORIA Following the report of the electricity surge that occurred in Calabar, Cross River State, the Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu has pledged to make sure that such avoidable incident does not reoccur again. The Minister who received report of the incident by the Chief Electrical Inspector […]
