Category: Electricity
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π±π· Liberia: Power Outage Disrupts Operations at Roberts International Airport
Monrovia β A temporary power outage has caused significant disruption to operations at Roberts International Airport (RIA) on Sunday evening. The Liberia Airport Authority (LAA) confirmed that the outage, which occurred around 5:00 PM, was due to an electrical issue originating from the Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC) power grid. The disruption led to operational challenges…
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πͺπ¬ Scatec signs PPA with Egypt Aluminium for major solar + BESS project
Scatec ASA, a leading renewable energy solutions provider, today signed a 25-year USD-denominated corporate Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Egypt Aluminium for a 1.1 GW Solar PV + 100 MW/200MWh BESS project in Egypt backed by a sovereign guarantee. Egypt Aluminium is the largest aluminium producer and industrial electricity consumer in Egypt and exports approximately…
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π³π¬ From Electric Pioneer to Blackout Capital: Why Lagos Runs on Generators and Candles
Lagos became one of the first African cities to have electricity when its first power station was commissioned in 1896, even before some major European cities. However, Nigeria’s current electricity crisis, forcing many Lagos residents to rely on generators and candles, is due to several factors: 1. Colonial Infrastructure and Neglect The initial power systems…
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π±π· Liberia: LEC Interim Team Assures Customers of Not More Than Eight Hours Power Outage During the Dry Season
Monrovia β The Interim Management Team of the Liberia Electricity Cooperation (LEC) has disclosed that despite LEC’s low capacity to provide adequate electricity during the dry season which is caused by constant power outages across the country, no community will experience power outage for more than eight hours. The Interim Management Team has spent a…
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Zambia and Zimbabwe plunge into darkness after simultaneous power blackouts
Zambia and Zimbabwe experienced simultaneous nationwide power blackouts on the evening of Sunday, November 24, following a disturbance believed to be caused by a surge in power lines connecting the two countries to South Africa’s power utility, Eskom. The outages began at 8:15 PM CAT in Zambia and 8:25 PM CAT in Zimbabwe, according to…
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π³π¬ Nigeria’s power grid partially collapses again, causing blackouts
Nigeria’s national grid suffered a partial collapse on Tuesday, the state power transmitter said, marking the ninth incident this year to have caused power outages across the country. The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) said the grid experienced a disturbance at 12.52pm GMT, triggered by a series of line and generator trips destabilising the system.…
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π³π¦ Namibia makes strides in green energy with sale of first carbon credits
Namibia has taken a big step toward greener energy by selling its first carbon credits to European companies. Carbon credits are like rewards for reducing pollution by helping companies balance out their carbon emissions by supporting clean energy efforts elsewhere. Carbon Capture and Storage Namibia (PyroNam), which spearheaded the move noted that their Waltershagen plant…
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Huge Solar Prominence Eruption
A CME will graze Earth on Nov. 1st, sparking G1 to G2-class geomagnetic storms. The CME was hurled into space by an erupting prominence on Oct. 29th. The prominence eruption produced a fairly bright coronal mass ejection (CME). There is currently a gap in available SOHO coronagraph imagery, however latest images show a noteworthy plasma…
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Power goes out on the entire island of Cuba, leaving 10 million people without electricity
Earlier today Friday October 18, 2024 ; Cuba experienced a nationwide blackout due to a major failure in a key thermal power plant, as confirmed by the country’s energy ministry. The outage, which began after several key units at various power stations suffered breakdowns, has plunged the nation into a deepening energy crisis. The outage…
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The Evolution of Hydroelectric Power in Liberia: From Mount Coffee to Today
The history of hydroelectric power in Liberia has been shaped by both ambition and devastation. Central to this story is the Mount Coffee Hydropower Project, which was constructed in the 1960s to supply electricity to much of the country. However, like many aspects of Liberiaβs infrastructure, the projectβs fate has been deeply affected by the…
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