Technology
Namibia: Delegation Explores Biomas Options in Germany
Namibia presented itself as a prospective partner country at this year's Wood Energy Conference in Würzburg, Germany. According to a statement from the organisers, the congress themed 'Sustainable Solutions for Climate Protection' is the national get-together of the...
JATROPHA; THE FUTURE OF BIO DIESEL
The worldwide effort to find a sustainable and environmentally friendly alternative to today’s fossil fuel dominated energy supply, has already resulted in a substantial and rapidly growing demand for biofuels especially he Jatropha plant. Locally used for the...
Vice Presidents commissions biofil toilet systems
The Vice President, Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, at the weekend commissioned a pilot public place of convenience referred to as 'Biofil Toilet Systems' at La, Accra. Amissah-Arthur commended the engineers of the Biofil Toilet Systems, K. Anno Engineering Limited, for...
TOR: 28 months of doing nothing
The Tema Oil Refinery (TOR), Ghana’s only 45,000 barrels of oil per day (bopd) capacity refinery, has appallingly not refined a barrel of oil since July 2012. This is more inexcusably so, viewed against the backdrop that the country now produces an average of more...
Nigeria: Fuel scarcity returns, marketers demand release of N413bn subsidy
Some accredited oil subsidy marketers on Thursday said the failure of Federal Government to release the approved N413 billion subsidy debt was disrupting their fuel importation schedule. The marketers who spoke in an interview with the media said that they were...
T3 thermal plant conundrum
The Takoradi 3 (T3) thermal plant, with an installed capacity of some 132 megawatts, has come under intense scrutiny over the past few While some have attributed the challenges bedevilling the installation to the type of machines, others have blamed the gods of the...
Atlantis Gets $83 Million for World’s Largest Tidal-Stream Farm
Atlantis Resources Corp., a Morgan Stanley-backed maker of tidal turbines, raised about 50 million pounds ($83 million) to start building the world’s largest tidal-stream power plant in Scottish waters. The money was raised from the U.K.’s Department of Energy...
