It’s a summer night. On the rooftop of a quiet building, a set of panels cools the rooms within and keeps the lights on, removing heat and generating electricity using the coldness of the sky. That cold isn’t in the air around the building—the night is warm. Rather, the panels
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Motorcycle designs often marry innovation with functionality, even at the cost of conventional design, as they should. But when it comes to concepts, nothing is stopping outrageous designs. Gurmukh Bhasin has introduced a game-changer that turns heads and sparks conversations. The CR-Dos - Ghost, a concept electric motorcycle, has taken the
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Governor Uba Sani has expanded rural Kaduna roads roads projects on the Northern side, after kicking-off with other roads on the Southern side of the State shortly before he clocked 100 days in office. In a revelation on his verified social media handles, the governor said the administration has ramped up
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The federal government through the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) yesterday inaugurated an Energy Management System (EMS) control centre capable of hosting all mini-grids in the country. Carrying out the official launch of the project at its corporate headquarters in Abuja, the REA disclosed that it will also today (Thursday) conduct the
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A report has found that the share of renewables built as part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has increased from 19 per cent 10 years ago to 47 per cent in 2022. The Chinese government launched the controversial initiative in 2013, which aims to develop large-scale infrastructure in foreign
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In the past two years, the U.S. Congress has provided hundreds of billions of dollars to speed the deployment of clean-energy technologies. These investments are one reason why the International Energy Agency (IEA) in September insisted that there’s still hope to hold global temperature rise to 1.5 °C in this
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The Edo State government at the weekend disclosed that plans are underway by Edo, Delta, Ekiti, and Ondo states to buy back their shares from the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC). The Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki disclosed this at the 2023 Delta State Executive Council Retreat held in Asaba, with
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Abu Dhabi has inaugurated one of the world’s largest solar projects ahead of the COP28 climate conference, which will be hosted by the UAE. The two-gigawatt Al Dhafra plant could reduce the city’s carbon dioxide emissions by over 2.4 million tonnes a year – equivalent to removing about 470,000 cars from
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Vice-President Kashim Shettima has said the adoption of electric mobility as a more sustainable mode of transportation will tackle the challenge of air pollution in the country. Shettima disclosed this, according to a statement on Friday, during the inspection of the solar-powered charging stations for e-mobility domiciled in the State House,
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The government has been urged to reduce industrial electricity prices or risk the UK’s steel sector becoming uncompetitive with European manufacturers. Trade body UK Steel has launched a report that finds a “vast chasm” between UK energy prices for industry and those in Europe. It found that steelmakers in the UK pay
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