IBADAN, Nigeria (AP) — Dimly lit and stuffy classrooms stir with life every morning as children file in. Rays of sunlight stream through wooden windows, the only source of light. Pupils squint at their books and intermittently the blackboard as teachers try to hold their attention. It’s a reality for many schoolchildren across Nigeria, where […]
IBADAN, Nigeria (AP) — Dimly lit and stuffy classrooms stir with life every morning as children file in. Rays of sunlight stream through wooden windows, the only source of light. Pupils squint at their books and intermittently the blackboard as teachers try to hold their attention. It’s a reality for many schoolchildren across Nigeria, where […]
One method of making electricity cleanly to address climate change has been quietly advancing and on Tuesday it hit a milestone. A California utility is backing the largest new geothermal power development in the U.S. — 400 megawatts of clean electricity from the Earth’s heat — enough for some 400,000 homes. Southern California Edison will […]
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Monday denied a national energy company’s bid to increase electricity rates around Baltimore to pay for outgoing power plants to remain online. Talen Energy Corp., owner of the Brandon Shores and H.A. Wagner coal- and oil-fired plants in Anne Arundel County, will instead enter settlement discussions with the Office […]
Safer and quieter wind power solutions may soon be coming to the roof of an office or apartment building near you. Now that startup Aeromine Technologies has received funding, it can move forward with the commercial rollout of its “motionless” wind energy system this year, as reported by Electrek. When you think of wind turbines, […]
The Naperville City Council has opted not to award two energy consultant contracts despite staff insisting the help is needed if the city is going to make a decision on the future of its electric supply. Naperville is starting the process of looking at how it will supply the electricity used by residents and business […]
The Volkswagen Group is entering into the operation of large battery storage systems for the power grid. The first so-called Power Centre, which temporarily stores green electricity, will be connected to the grid in Germany next year, VW’s chief technology officer Thomas Schmall announced in Berlin on Friday. The site will be in the north […]
Africa’s most populous country ground to a halt on Monday with electricity cut and major airports closed, as Nigeria’s largest labour unions began striking to demand a salary increase amid the worst cost-of-living crisis in decades. President Bola Tinubu’s economic reforms — including ending fuel subsidies — have resulted in surging inflation that is at […]
FILE – Joe Ajaero, centre, Nigerian Labor Congress President, speaks during a protest against the recent increase in the electricity tariff, in Abuja Nigeria, Monday, May 13, 2024. Africa’s most populous country ground to a halt on Monday, June 3, 2024, with electricity cut and major airports closed, as labor unions began striking to demand […]
In April 2024, 95% of Portugal’s electricity came from renewable sources, making it a clean energy leader in Europe and for the rest of the world. Per Euronews Green, this inspiring statistic is just one victory within an overall “continental shift” — in April, “fossil fuels provided less than a quarter of the EU’s energy […]
A total of 42 per cent of electricity in Ireland came from renewables in 2023, according to EirGrid’s annual report for 2023. The EirGrid Group is responsible for operating, developing and enhancing the electricity grid in Ireland. Group profit before tax was €71.2 million, down from €114.9 million in 2022 due to regulatory timing differences […]
May 29—Maine regulators on Wednesday rejected a proposed settlement with a competitive electricity provider, ruling that the agreement calling for refunds to customers and the opportunity to switch to different rate plans falls short of what’s needed to punish the company given that it has drawn hundreds of consumer complaints. The Public Utilities Commission voted […]