Total Commissions 30th Solar-Powered Service Station
As part of its expansion drive, Total Nigeria Plc has inaugurated its 30th solar service station, three years after it opened its first service station in Lagos.
The new service station on Court House Road, Zaria, boasts 11.7 Kilowatt peak, kWp with 36 Sunpower E327 Panels and PV-diesel hybrid architecture.
According to International Energy Agency, the current installed solar capacity would enable the firm to generate enough energy to power the equivalent of 460 average Nigerian households.
Since the company inaugurated the Onigbagbo solar service station in 2013, the first ever to be installed in Nigeria, it has been able to save 340,000 liters of diesel, and has offset approximately 900 tons of carbon dioxide emissions.
Solar installations designed and managed by Total Nigeria Plc, the Nigerian downstream affiliate of the Total group, have now reached a combined capacity of 1 megawatt installed (MW) and has produced more than 1 gigawatt hour (GWh) of clean electricity.
Speaking on the development, Managing Director of the firm, Imrane Barry said, “This project is in line with the group’s ambition to become the responsible energy major and with its commitment to develop solar energy. It reduces our CO2 emissions while decreasing our electricity bill each year.”
He added, “As an organisation committed to worldwide solarisation programme, Total has the ambition to equip 5,000 of its service stations worldwide with solar panels by 2021, with the goal of offering affordable, reliable and clean energy solutions for all.
Quick Teller and Interswitch Group have announced the launch of the Quickteller Global Mall.
The move according to Quickteller, was in furtherance of its commitment to enhance easy and better service delivery.
As a result of this development, customers can shop directly from over 100 international stores, including: Amazon, Zara, eBay and Macy’s and make payment in Naira.
Group Head, Digital Payments, Products & Marketing Management at Interswitch, Adetayo Teluwo explained that the product was borne out of the need to cater for customers’ needs.
He said: “This product was borne out of a rigorous series of surveys, user interviews and user testing which we have piloted with a couple of the company’s most loyal users, and they share our excitement at this innovation.
“The e-commerce platform allows users to purchase a wide variety of goods and services including household items, electronic devices, furniture, mobile devices, laptops, books, cars and so on, from the UK and the USA within a period of 10 to 15days, thus reducing delivery cost and time in business transactions.
“The service also includes custom clearance and doorstep item delivery.
“The beauty about the service is that the customer does not need to bother about changing currencies or looking for forex. All payments are done in Naira.
“How convenient is this? I will say, very, meaning this is something every business person should take advantage of.”