{"id":50594,"date":"2024-09-24T15:01:20","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T15:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/nigerian-telco-airtel-moves-to-dump-diesel-for-solar-energy-as-fuel-costs-hit-n28bn\/"},"modified":"2024-09-24T15:01:20","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T15:01:20","slug":"nigerian-telco-airtel-moves-to-dump-diesel-for-solar-energy-as-fuel-costs-hit-n28bn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/nigerian-telco-airtel-moves-to-dump-diesel-for-solar-energy-as-fuel-costs-hit-n28bn\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian Telco, Airtel moves to dump diesel for solar energy as fuel costs hit N28bn"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Airtel Nigeria has revealed a plan to turn to solar energy as a cost-effective solution to power its telecom infrastructure amid rising diesel prices, which has pushed the company\u2019s fuel costs to a staggering N28 billion.<\/p>\n<p>The Director of Corporate Communications and Corporate Social Responsibility, Femi Adeniran, disclosed this during a media roundtable in Lagos on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The telecom giant\u2019s move towards renewable energy is part of a broader strategy to reduce operational expenses and enhance sustainability amidst Nigeria\u2019s persistent energy challenges.<\/p>\n<p>The development comes as the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, granted Airtel Nigeria licences to boost connectivity.<\/p>\n<p>Airtel Nigeria\u2019s Chief Technical Officer, Harmanpreet Dhillon, said the company was exploring alternative energy options such as solar power.<\/p>\n<p>This shift is aimed at addressing the challenges posed by Nigeria\u2019s unreliable power supply, which currently forces telecom operators to rely heavily on diesel generators.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, in its latest data showed that the average price of diesel in August stood at N1406 per litre.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nigerian Telco, Airtel moves to dump diesel for solar energy as fuel costs hit N28bn<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Airtel Nigeria has revealed a plan to turn to solar energy as a cost-effective solution to power its telecom infrastructure&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50595,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22329,4161,8539,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-airtel","category-business","category-diesel","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50594\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}