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Nigeria to partner with China in
renewable energy sector
NIGERIA NIGERIA is to partner with China to boost its tank, focused on boosting the country’s rapid
renewable energy sector, the country’s Minister renewable energy expansion through both solar
for Power Abubakar Aliyu has revealed. and wind energy.
China is by far the world’s largest manufac- Aliyu’s statement isn’t the first time that
turer of solar panels, and Nigeria aims to use Nigeria has announced a partnership with
solar power as a way of achieving its target of a China in the renewable energy sector. In 2021,
carbon-neutral economy by 2060. the two nations signed a deal to boost education
Writing on Twitter, following a visit from a on renewable energy technology in Nigerian
delegation from China Renewable Energy Engi- universities.
neering Institute (CREEI), to Abuja, the minis-
ter reiterated Nigeria’s overall commitment to its
energy transition plan.
The CREEI is a major renewable energy think
China-funded wind farm opens
in in Kazakhstan
CHINA A wind power plant in eastern Kazakhstan built and constructed six wind plants in Kazakhstan
by a company based in China’s Songjiang has with a total capacity of 380MW. Of those, four
gone into operation, according to Chinese news have been put into commercial operation. They
agency Shine. deliver 930mn KWH clean electricity. When all
The 100MW plant constructed by Universal the plants go online, they will work to remove
Energy, a renewable energy solutions provider, is 900,000 tonnes of carbon emissions every year,
to deliver 330mn kilowatt-hours of “clean, pollu- and meet the needs of around 600,000 house-
tion-free” electricity by reducing carbon dioxide holds for environmentally friendly and sustain-
emissions by around 320,000 tonnes per annum. able electricity.
The project was funded within the frame-
work of China’s Belt and Road Initiative.
So far, Universal Energy has invested in
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