Category: Energy & Power

Onyeizu Chinedu Develops Online Petrol Stock Monitoring App

A Nigerian petroleum engineer carrying out research work as a ‘Sloan Fellow’ in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Mr. Onyeizu Chinedu has developed an online real-time petrol stock monitoring application that can identify filling stations or oil marketers that hoard petroleum products.

The application can also help the government track and apprehend instances of products diversion, which is the greatest challenge in managing distribution of petrol in Nigeria.

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Emmanuel Obayagbona Develops 12-hour Renewable Solar System

Emmanuel Obayagbona Develops A 12-hour Renewable Rechargeable Solar Emergency Lighting System.

Product Code: SP-1 

Spirate Light Box 
12-hr renewable rechargeable solar “Light Box”. It comes on automatically in the dark. It has a staying power of 12 hours. Charge it through the wall or sun. Warranty: 1 year. Selling Price: ₦10,000.
Spirate Clock Light

Our 12-hr renewable rechargeable solar “Clock Light”‘. It comes on automatically in the dark. It has a staying power of 12 hours. Charge it through the wall or sun. Warranty: 1 year. Selling Price: ₦11,000.
The Spirate Generator Power Controller
The Spirate Generator Power Controller shuts down your generator automatically when power is restored.
In the event of a power failure, it can be used to turn on Generators with Automatic Choke System; Remote Control Generators; Press Button Generators and Generators with ATS (Automatic Transfer Switch).
It works with gasoline generators from 500 Watts generators up to 7.5 KVA generators.
smile emoticon In Nigeria, 500 Watts generators have been nicknamed, “I Pass My Neighbor Generators” smile emoticon
Warranty: 1 year
Selling Price: ₦5,000

NNPC Releases First Monthly Oil And Gas Report [2015]

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) have released their first monthly oil and gas report as promised by the new General Managing Director of the corporation Dr. Ibe Kachikwu.

The report which is in PDF covers the activities of the corporation for the months of January to August [2015]. It showcases activities and financial transactions in the upstream, midstream and downstream sector.

The report shows increase in refining capacity of the nation refineries and also detail crude allocation to them. Other areas covered by the report includes:

Ogbonnaya Bassey Wins ITU Telecom World 2015 Young Innovators Competition

Ogbonnaya Bassey has won the young innovators competition in the ITU Telecom World 2015 Young Innovators competition sponsored by Intel.
The Young Innovators Competition is an integral part of ITU Telecom World events and seeks gifted young entrepreneurs with ideas for innovative social enterprises, in response to a series of development challenges. The event brings together policy makers, regulators, industry leaders, SMEs and entrepreneurs to explore accelerating ICT innovations for social and economic development.
The winning entries, which were selected from 124 applications across 34 countries, will see Bassey attend the Telecom World 2015 event, a global ICT innovation platform for government, corporates and SMEs to be held between Monday, October 12 and Thursday, October 15 in Budapest, Hungary.
Bassey’s entry SolarKobo is an innovation that will provide solar power systems with zero-upfront financing in Nigeria as a cheaper, more reliable and cleaner electricity source than the private gasoline generators which are widely used to supplement the insufficient public electricity supply. The innovation will also allow small businesses and families to benefit from solar systems for relatively low monthly fees and will use single board devices for remote monitoring and customer payment systems.
With excitement, Ogbonnaya Bassey stated that: