Nuclear experts have quelled fears that Europe's largest nuclear power plant is at risk of becoming 'another Chernobyl', after Russia's 'reckless' overnight shelling attack sparked a fire at the site. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky branded the offensive 'nuclear terrorism', while Foreign Affairs minister Dmytro Kuleba tweeted: 'If it [the plant] blows up, it
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By combining several optical and chemical-processing innovations, a European consortium is developing a pilot-scale system that will turn carbon dioxide and green hydrogen into fuels around the clock, using sunlight, artificial lighting, and plasmonics. The reactor that the project, called Spotlight, develops is designed to work with the concentrated carbon dioxide
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In the aftermath of the ongoing energy crunch in the country that has lasted for weeks brought about by worsening electricity supply from the public mains, the Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu, in a media briefing, blamed the embarrassing situation on low water level in the nation’s hydro dams. The
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The federal government has begun performance audits of electricity distribution companies (DisCos) from the post-privatisation to December 2021 with a plan to sanction those found wanting. The Minister of Power, Abubakar D. Aliyu, disclosed this during the weekly ministerial briefing organised by the Presidential Communication Media Team at the Presidential Villa
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Governors of the 36 states have faulted the Electricity Bill 2022 currently under consideration in the Senate just as the Minister of Power, Engr Abubakar D. Aliyu, decried the dilution of some of the supervisory powers. The bill seeks to repeal and replace the Electric Power Sector Reform Act (EPSRA) 2005.
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A new Electricity Bill 2021 is being considered by the National Assembly for an act that will repeal the Electric Power Sector Reform Act (EPSRA) 2005 and consolidate the laws relating to the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI). The 146-pages with 21 sections bill, could become the Electricity Act 2021 if it
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I first heard the standard joke about fusion as an undergraduate physics student in the 1960s: Fusion power is 50 years away—and probably always will be. More than 50 years later, we still don't have fusion. That's because of the huge experimental challenges in recreating a miniature sun on earth. Still, real
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German Technical and Vocational Education (SKYE/GIZ) and the Ogun State Technical and Vocational Education Board have agreed to train students across the primary, secondary and tertiary institutions in the state on solar power installation and other crafts. Leader of the SKYE/GIZ team, Dr Karsten Feverriegel, who disclosed this in Abeokuta during
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The United Kingdom announced on Monday its plan to inject £10m worth of aid to invest in energy access projects and support Nigeria’s COP26 commitments. The UK said in a statement that the financing would help Nigerian investors focus on low-carbon energy, supporting off-grid, low-carbon energy projects. It said, “The UK is
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France re-ups aggressive fission policy; Poland and Romania expand theirs; EU frameworks will treat some nukes as sustainable. In the depths of the 1970s oil crisis, French prime minister Pierre Messmer saw an opportunity to transform his country’s energy supply. His plan’s legacy is the dozens of cooling towers rising from
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