Monthly Archives: September 2022

Muhammadu Buhari, the President of Nigeria, approved the construction of a mini hydro power plant (HPP) in the state of Imo in the South of the country. The 10 MW project will be implemented in the water zones of the Otamiri River and the Nvorie River.

The South-African company Eskom jointly with the French EDF with participation of the RSA Ministry of national resources and energy signed an agreement to design three on-shore wind farms with total 420 MW capacity. The wind farms will be located in the Northern Cape and Eastern Cape provinces in the South of the country and will be connected to the national grid via the 132 KV transmission lines.

The progress in combatting the global climate change may be assured by the synergy of technological and managerial innovations allowing the consumers to choose a more expensive, but a more environmentally friendly alternative. This is what Rae Kwon Chung, the Nobel Prize laureate and the Chairman of the Global Energy Prize International Award Committee, said at the Eurasian Forum in Budapest on September 19-20, 2022.

Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) from UAE informed about the start of the chain reaction at generating unit No. 3 of Barakah NPP, the first nuclear power plant in the Middle East. The reactor is already generating heat, which will be used for launching the electric generators, and within several weeks the unit will be connected to the common grid.

EverVenue startup created in 2020 to develop energy storage technologies signed the agreement with Green Energy Renewable Solutions, the renewable energy equipment manufacturer, for supplying nickel-hydrogen accumulators of 250 megawatt-hour (MWh) total capacity. The project is implemented with participation of Nicon Industries A/S, the parent company of Green Energy Renewable Solutions, which will be using the accumulators to energise forklifts operating on fossil fuel.