Singaporean Giant to Build 200mw Solar Power in Delta
B&S Power Holding Pte, a Singapore-based renewable energy corporation, has unveiled a strategic plan to boost electricity supply with the development of the Ashama 200 megawatts solar PV power plant.
The power giant disclosed that it would develop the Ashama solar power project on 304 hectares of land in Aniocha South, Delta State in collaboration with Sunnyfred Global, an indigenous investment entity.
The Vice President of Green Plinth Africa, Prof. Victor Fodeke disclosed this plan at a media chat and project roadmap presentation of the solar power project in Sheraton Lagos Hotel, Ikeja on Thursday.
Fodeke, a co-founder of the power project, noted that the project is timely now that the country needs an urgent boost in its energy supply to sustain industrial and business activities for economic growth.
He said African countries would need “to embrace renewable energy especially solar because while Africa contributes less than 4 percent to emission, it is going to be impacted more by climate change than advanced countries, which have technologies that would reduce the impact.
“The 200mw solar project will reduce about 200 million metric tons of carbon, curbing gas emission, sanitizing the climate and offering healthier life for Nigerians. The project is expected to be completed between 9 and 15 months.”
Also at the road map presentation, Chairman of Sunny Fred Global, As Mr. Manfred Osazuwa disclosed that the 200mw solar project is going to lead the renewable energy solution in the country and beyond.
He pointed out that the host community “is going to benefit from job creation, while businesses are going to enjoy sustainable energy supply and high productivity.”
Speaking at the presentation via zoom video conferencing, the Minister of Power, Mamman Saleh said effective power generation and distribution was key to the federal government policy goal to diversify the economy.
He also stated that the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari is committed to the nation’s electrification strategy to avail Nigerians reliable, sustainable and affordable power.
Saleh said, “In Nigeria, we are committed to a national development path that is guided by the desire to diversify the economy away from oil with a focus on the agricultural and manufacturing sectors of the economy, this means the power system is central to achieving this desired goal of economic diversification.
“This requires us to develop and implement an overarching unified path to electrification leveraging both grid modernisation and extension; and renewable energy based distributed systems integration in the power system.
There is no end in sight to power blackout in Maiduguri, the capital of troubled Borno State as explosion yesterday rocked the site of damaged electrical infrastructure currently under repair.
The explosion occurred at about 10:00 a.m. when the technicians were getting ready to commence work severely damaging a Hilux Toyota van while injuring three technicians.
Maiduguri, the epicentre of Boko Haram and its splinter group, Islamic State in West Africa Province, has been in power blackout for a month since members of the terrorist groups damaged power lines along Maiduguri-Damaturu road.
Subsequently, technicians were deployed to the site and a combined team of soldiers and operatives of the Borno State Rapid Response Team provided security at the site.
Every day before the commencement of repairs by the technicians, soldiers would scan the entire area for any explosive that might have been planted by Boko Haram.
With the explosion that ripped through the site yesterday, an eyewitness account told THISDAY that two of the three injured had their limbs severed.
The eyewitness said: “Just as we were about to begin the normal daily duty, one of the vehicles stepped on a landmine and was scattered, three people at the back of the Hilux vehicle were seriously injured.”
Desire Oparanozie missed a penalty in Dijon’s 1-1 draw with Montpellier in a French D1 Arkema game on Saturday.
The centre-forward was handed her ninth league start of the campaign against Fredrick Mendy’s ladies but missed an opportunity to give the Dijonnaise the lead at the Stade Bernard Gasset.
Yannick Chandioux’s side was awarded a penalty in the 19th minute of the encounter after Maelys Mpome brought down Rose Lavaud in the box.
Oparanozie was handed the opportunity to take the penalty but the Nigeria international missed the glorious chance, failing to fire her effort past goalkeeper Lisa Schmitz.
Despite the Nigerian miss, Dijon broke the deadlock a minute from the half time break when Sh’nia Gordon raced into the box from the left before slipping her effort past the goalkeeper into the net.
After the restart, Helene Fercocq’s failure to clear Iva Landeka’s long ball into the area saw a well-positioned Mary Fowler level in the 66th minute after firing past goalkeeper Mylene Chavas.
Oparanozie who lasted the duration of the game still boasts three goals and five assists for Dijon this season.
With the draw, Dijon dropped to eighth on the D1 Arkema table after garnering 17 points from 16 games in the current campaign.
The forward will hope to make amends for the missed penalty when Dijon welcome Bordeaux in their next league game on March 6.