Mountains above Munnar, a hill town in Kerala, India. Santhosh Varghese / shutterstock Gayathri D Naik, SOAS, University of London September 12, 2019//-Floods are now an annual nightmare in many parts of southern and western India. Valleys in the states of Maharashtra, Karnataka and Kerala that weren’t considered flood-prone until recently are at risk.
Lagos, Nigeria, September 11, 2019//-A prominent pan-African expert in the energy, extractive industries and financial sectors has defended the continued use of oil, particularly in the continent, amid a crusade by renewable energy campaigners in the West.
During a heatwave in late 2018, Cairns temperatures topped 35°C nine days in a row and sensors at some points in the CBD recorded 45°C. Taha Chaiechi, James Cook University and Silvia Tavares, James Cook University September 11, 2019//-Some 60% of the planet’s expected urban area by 2030 is yet to be built. This forecast […]
Oil and gas is the lifeblood of Nigeria’s economy. Wikimedia Commons Oludara Akanmidu, De Montfort University September 10, 2019//-Nigeria has received a legal hiding after a UK court awarded a private company a US$9.6 billion judgment debt against the West African nation.
Accra, Ghana, September 11, 2019//-Road transport operators in Ghana will from Monday 16, September 2019, slap a 10% increase in transport fares for all transport services, following a hike in fuel price.
Accra, Ghana, September 10, 2019//-On 30th July 2019, the Ministry of Energy released a press statement on the suspension of the Power Distribution Services (PDS) concession agreement citing issues of fundamental and material breaches on the obligation of PDS to offer demand guarantees.
Accra, Ghana, September 9, 2019//-Dr. Edward Kofi Omane Boamah, Former Minister for Communications and Presidential Spokesperson, has called on the Akufo-Addo-led government as a matter of urgency to abrogate the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and the Power Distribution Services (PDS) scandalous deal.
Accra, Ghana, September 6, 2019//-Painstaking investigations conducted by this portal indicate that the Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) did not clear Power Distribution Services (PDS) of any wrong doing in the issuance of the Demand Guarantee to secure the lease Assets and Bulk Electricity from Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG).
Accra, Ghana, September 4, 2019//-Some documents meant for the seat of Government sighted by this portal has revealed that the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, should waste no time in abrogating the Power Distribution Services (PDS)/Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) concession agreement since there is no deal.
Lake Turkana Wind Power turbines. LTWP Zoe Cormack, University of Oxford September 4, 2019//-Kenya recently launched the Lake Turkana Wind Power project, Africa’s largest wind energy project and the biggest public-private investment in Kenyan history. The wind farm will produce 300MW of low-cost renewable energy for Kenya’s national grid.
