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“What would you do if someone dumped nine Olympic swimming pools of oil into your community?” This is the question that is splayed across Amnesty International’s webpage on the Niger Delta oil spills. As it turns out, since 2011, Shell alone has reported 1,010 spills, with 110,535 barrels or 17.5 million litres dumped into water bodies in the Niger Delta—a conservative number, as the Nigerian government and other experts have estimated it to be even more. As this data is from 2018, the numbers do not consider the spills that have occurred since then or before then, including the infam...

Share It is hoped the technique could provide a simple, effective way to identify locations for underwater tidal turbines which will reduce costs for renewable energy developers and generate opportunities for developing countries. Current methods for measuring tidal streams rely on using survey vessels or installing seabed sensors which can be time consuming and expensive. Dr Benjamin Williamson, a scientist at North Highlands College UHI’s Environmental Research Institute in Thurso, is leading the 12-month project along with colleagues from Swansea University and Bangor University in Wales...

ECOWAS validation workshop on draft data collection report ends Nigeria-ECOWAS-Workshop April 19, 2021 to 18:13 83 APA – Lagos (Nigeria) The ECOWAS Commission has held the two-day validation workshop on data collection report, which will form the basis for the development of an updated ECOWAS Regional Energy Policy. The event, which took the form of a virtual zoom meeting from on April 15 to 16, 2021, was organised by the ECOWAS Directorate of Energy and Mines and ha...

From flowering tree plantations that will grow a beekeeping industry to the restoration of salt-dried landscapes, disruptive innovation could be key to rejuvenating the Aral Sea region.

FANR issues Operating License for Unit 2 of Barakah Nuclear Power Plant ABU DHABI, 9th March, 2021 (WAM) -- The Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR), the UAE’s independent nuclear regulator, has today issued the Operating License for Unit 2 of the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant to Nawah Energy Company (Nawah), the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation’s (ENEC) subsidiary, responsible for the operation of the nuclear power plant located in the Al Dhafra region of Abu Dhabi. The Operating License, with an estimated duration of 60 years, authorises Nawah to commission and operate the U...