Top Things to Know About Electricity Grids

If you live in Nigeria, the phrase “the national grid has collapsed” would be something you…

UK Launches Frequency Regulation Grid Service

UK’s National Grid ESO comes live. The Dynamic Regulation is designed to correct continuous but small…

ENGIE Energy Commissions Mini-Grid in Niger State

ENGIE Energy Access has commissioned a mini-grid in a community in Niger state. The hybrid power…

Nigeria: Vandalism Caused National Grid Failure – Minister

Minister of Power, Aliyu Abubakar, says vandalism caused the failure of the national grid. Nigeria loses…

Enabling Clean Cooking with Off-Grid Solar

One day as I silently pondered on why the woman who sold fried yam and potatoes…

IFC to Provide $400m for Electrification Via Solar Mini-Grids in Congo

IFC plans to kick off its Scaling Mini-Grid (SMG) programme. The subsidiary of the World Bank…

2 Years On: Nigeria’s First Commercial Undergrid Mini-grid A Success

The number of connected consumers is almost 300, up from 90. Mini-grid revenue doubles in over…

ECOWAS Off-Grid Electricity Project Commences in Abuja

The $338.7 million regional off-grid electricity project kicks off in Abuja. The ROGEAP project targets 19…

GenCos Requests Spinning Reserve to Balance Power Grid

APGC calls on NERC to reintroduce the spinning reserve. The last spinning reserve that was called…

UK, Ireland Commence Electricity Grid Interconnector Project

GIL commences construction of the 500MW electricity interconnector between Ireland and Great Britain.  A 500MW 190km…