We have a different kind of Good News today, combining covid-19 treatment with renewable energy in Africa, funded by an oil company. We are going to need a lot more of this. (I needed to take a break from evil after my last covid-19 diary, on a murderous plan to let it burn through the global population.)
Nigerian solar company Green Village Electricity (GVE) has installed PV systems to power Covid-19 isolation and treatment center s in the states of Enugu and Rivers, funded by the All On impact investment fund established by oil major Shell. Port Harcourt-based GVE said it is working with partners to supply free electricity to 21 health centers which feature on the mini-grids it operates in eight Nigerian states, as well as to other healthcare facilities nationwide. The project partners are The IEEE Smart Village impact investment fund operated by the New Jersey-based Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Chinese PV manufacturer JinkoSolar, French solar inverter supplier Schneider Electric, Nigerian oil and gas company Ardova plc and Lagos-based engineer Tranos.
Green Village Electricity – Nigeria
- Cumulative installed capacity 2.54MWp
- Households & Businesses Impacted 10,282
- Energy Generated till Date 4.35GWhrs
- Direct & Indirect Jobs Created 2,198
- Energy Related Cost Savings US$ 1,063,914
- Capacity Building & Skill Transfer 624
- Wealth Creation US$ 408,250
World Bank: Nigeria’s mini-grid sector set to boom
The World Bank’s Jon Exel has predicted the five-year mini-grid program run in Nigeria since June by the lender will prove a game changer in a nation with a population of around 200 million people. If successful, the initiative could be rolled out across the continent.
pv magazine in the summer reported on the $550 million World Bank loan to Nigeria for the development of mini-grids and solar home systems, breaking the news Greek engineering, procurement and construction firm Metka was completing mini-grids to power four Nigerian universities.
Shell to power Philippines refinery with solar, storage and natural gas
As Extinction Rebellion protesters start to have an impact around the world, fossil fuel giant Royal Dutch Shell has said it is heeding the call from civil society to work towards the low-emission aims enshrined in the Paris Agreement.
IEEE Smart Village is empowering change
938,400,000 People
Number of people in the world who live in energy deprived environments.
JinkoSolar to expand footprint in Middle East and Africa
Utilities Middle East speaks to Gulnara Abdullina, general manager, JinkoSolar Middle East and Africa about the growing pv solar prospects in the region and how she is positioning her company to benefit from upcoming utility-scale solar pv projects
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Ardova Plc (formerly Forte Oil PLC) is an indigenous energy group, headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria, with extended operations in Ghana. It operates majorly in the downstream sector of the Nigeria’s Oil and Gas industry, but has diversified its businesses into other sectors of the energy value chain. The downstream division specializes in the distribution of a wide range of petroleum products; Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), diesel, aviation fuel, kerosene, as well as a range of lubricants for various automobiles and machines; distributed mostly to the automobile, industrial, aviation and marine markets.