The Department of Climate Change (DCC), Federal Ministry of Environment, and the United Nations Development Programmes (UNDP) convened a two-day conference educating stakeholders on government’s intended areas of funding via the Green Climate Fund (GCF). Nigeria’s priority areas of project proposal funding include the Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency and Coastal...

Access to reliable and affordable energy in four West Africa countries will be transformed once a new 1303 km electricity inter connector, inaugurated on Sunday, June 4, 2017 on the sideline of the ECOWAS Heads of State Summit in Monrovia, is operational. The first cross-border energy supply between Cote d’Ivoire,...

Great New Tanzania Electric Supply Company Limited confirms to join ASEC2017 ! Tanzania Electric Supply Company Limited (TANESCO) is a parastatal  organization under the Ministry of Energy and Minerals. The company generates,transmits,distributes and sells electricity to Tanzania  Mainland and sells bulk power to the Zanzibar Electricity Corporation (ZECO) which in turn...

Last year was one of optimism for environmentalists and sustainability practitioners all over the world. The mass acceptance of the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by national governments, investors and corporations alike finally showed that global and diverse parties were ready to work together to reduce the...

In an interview on the recent launch of his book on green economy – Green Growth, Pathway for Nigeria – the President of Sustainable Energy Practitioners of Nigeria (SEPAN), Dr. Magnus Onuoha, told Chineme Okafor that if Nigeria’s renewable energy sector gets 50 per cent of the power intervention fund...

18 January 2017, Davos-Klosters, Switzerland – The international community has to meet and build on the commitments countries made in the Paris Agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, government, business and finance leaders said in a session on climate change at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2017. “We have...

Abuja — Nigeria should move against the entrenched interest militating against her successful pivot into renewable energy, the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki has said. Speaking recently at the inaugural green economy lecture series organised by the Sustainable Energy Practitioners of Nigeria (SEPAN) in Abuja, Saraki said that irrespective of...

The federal government has stated its readiness to support legislative action that would lead to emission reduction and encourage use of renewable energy saying that there is a need for the National Assembly to possess a good understanding of the dynamics of international and national climate governance.  Addressing newsmen at...

The Sixth edition of the Nigeria’s Alternative Energy Exposition (NAEE) took place from October 19th to 21st 2016 at Shehu Yar’adua Conference Centre Abuja. The NAEE, anchored by Sustainable Energy Practitioners Association of Nigeria(SEPAN) and organised by Mathesis events represents Nigeria’s largest gathering of policy makers, researchers, manufacturers, investors and...

As world leaders and experts gather in Marrakech at the UN’s COP22 meeting, to grapple with how to implement the Paris climate change agreement, Morocco has been showcasing its best practices and renewable energy revolution in the North African nation. The country which earlier this year opened Noor 1, a...