By Akinyemi Precious
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has its announced plans to install charging ports across its filling stations nationwide to charge electric vehicles, as part of moves to reduce carbon emission.
The company would also be investing in Electric Vehicles to meet local demand, as the NNPCL was currently discussing with an indigenous firm involved in thThe Managing Director, NNPC New Energy Ltd, Kanayochukwu Odoe, revealed this in NNPCL’s latest quarterly publication released on Monday.
NNPC New Energy Ltd is the subsidiary of NNPCL involved in the development and advancement of renewables by the national oil company.
Odoe said, “There are two things we are looking at. There is a start-up from Maiduguri that is into renewables and electric vehicles. It’s a Nigerian start-up.
“The next part will be how to provide access to charging ports for the electric vehicles. We have NNPC Retail stations scattered around Nigeria, we are currently having a discussion on how to install charging points in the stations to serve electric vehicles. These are some of the things we are doing in that area.”
“We have signed an agreement with Kebbi State for a bio-ethanol plant. Also, we are currently in talks to transform waste into energy that can be used for electricity and cooking fuel. That way, we will reduce the felling of trees while reducing carbon emissions into the atmosphere,” he stated.
He also made it known that the firm was looking at embarking on solar projects to supply power to the masses, especially in areas where the services of power distribution companies were in short supply and want to bridge that gap.
He also mentioned that the company was currently working on a bio-diesel plant in Cross River State.