The Chairman of the West African Power Pool (WAPP) and managing director of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Usman Mohammed, declared that Nigeria will begin electricity trading with other west African countries from June 2018. Mohammed stated that the formalisation of the electricity trading arrangement will be done under WAPP and the ECOWAS Regional […]

New Delhi: India is likely to attract a massive investment of Rs 11,55,652 crore in power generation sector in the five-year period between 2017 and 2022 in setting up projects across thermal, hydro, nuclear and renewables segment. “A total capacity addition of 58,384 Megawatt (MW) from conventional sources has been envisaged for the period 2017-2022, […]

The Renewable Energy Organization of Iran (aka Satba) has reached an agreement with Tehran’s power supply companies to assure individuals and the private sector of purchasing their solar photovoltaic electricity, a senior official said. “As per the agreement, all private entities can apply for selling the surplus electrical energy they produce as soon as their […]

Recently published figures on Scotland’s renewable energy sector for 2017 suggest that renewable electricity generation increased by 26 per cent compared with 2016. It is estimated that the equivalent of 68.1 per cent of gross electricity consumption came from renewable sources, an increase of 14.1 percentage points from 54 per cent in 2016. Published in […]