South Africa's electricity consumption for May 2008 compared to May 2007 is down 2.5 percent, according to Statistics South Africa (Stats SA), Thursday.

The Group Managing Director of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Engineer Abubakar Lawal Yar'Adua has called on President Umaru Musa Yar'adua to intensify effort in finding a lasting solution to the Niger Delta crisis, saying there was the need

The UK will not go it alone in allowing imports of UN-approved carbon credits by linking up to the UN's international transaction log (ITL) before all 27 EU member states are ready to do so, the country's environment ministry said

G8 nations are failing to take the major action required that will be necessary to persuade other major emitters to cut emissions and spare the planet the worst of climate change, a report released on Thursday warns.

Western governors have agreed to work together to deliver recommendations to the incoming presidential administration on a federal energy policy.

European carbon prices came under pressure Thursday afternoon on the back of profit taking.

UNITED NATIONS - Global investors plowed $148 billion into new stakes in wind, solar and other alternative energy assets last year in what the United Nations describes as a "green energy gold rush."The huge run-up - 60 percent above the

THE electricity industry earned revenues worth $144m (about sh234.7b) in 2007 from private investments, experts have disclosed.

THE energy ministry wants an energy efficiency expert. The expert is expected to improve delivery of services during implementation of the Energy Efficiency Component of the Power Sector Development Operation.

THE National Insurance Corporation (NIC) has won a bid to provide insurance packages for the oil tanks at Jinja with sh309.5m.

Prince Tonye Princewill, the governorship candidate of the Action Congress, AC, in the April, 2007, gubernatorial election in Rivers State is one of those proferring solutions to the Niger Delta crises. He fielded questions from Ahamefula Ogbu in Port-Harcourt on

National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), has declared that 6,000 megawatts of electricity generation by 2009 is realisable in Nigeria .

Professor Ibrahim Gambari, Chairman, Steering Committee on the Niger Delta Summit, yesterday said he would consult with President Umaru Yar'Adua, on the criticisms trailing his appointment.

Group Managing Director (GMD), Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mr Abubakar Yar'Adua, has advocated collective responsibility approach to resolve the lingering Niger Delta crisis.

President and Founder of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), Dr Frederick Fasehun, has called for an emergency body of eminent Nigerians to mediate in the raging face-off between the Federal Government and Niger-Delta militants.

MINERALS and Energy Minister Buyelwa Sonjica's bid to soften the blow of yesterday's fuel price rise by holding back a scheduled wholesale margin increase may earn her a few political brownie points but will have little relevance in the greater

NEW vehicle sales in SA fell for the 15th consecutive month annually, decreasing 21,9% year on year to 39062 units last month.

Minister of State for Transportation (Air), Mr Feliix Hyat, yesterday urged the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria ((FAAN) to make efforts to reduce the embarrassment of power outage at the airports.

There is this German colloquial expression, "Was ich weiss nicht machen mir nicht heiss", which translates approximately to: What I do not know cannot hurt me. This could be largely applicable to the people of the Niger Delta Region.

Two persons suspected to be dealers in illegal petroleum products have been arrested in Onitsha by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC).