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ENERGY
Experts weigh clean energy, water strategies as checks to climate change
Tuesday, 21 May 2013 17:43
With dire warnings likely to match or exceed the worst fears about the effects of global warming, environment and development experts gathered last recently at the United Nations (UN) Headquarters in New York to debate the twin challenge of curbing climate change while sustaining economic growth.
As part of strategies to strengthen distribution in Africa, French oil company Total SA has announced the acquisition of rival Anglo-Dutch Shell PLC’s fuel retail network in Egypt.
European authorities have raided offices of oil majors Shell, BP and Statoil in an investigation of suspected manipulation of oil prices.
Disagreement over the sharing of oil revenue has often posed obstacles to operations of oil explorations companies in some countries including Nigeria. 
Less than one per cent of all patent applications relating to Clean Energy Technology (CET) have been filed in Africa, highlighting an opportunity for the continent to leapfrog existing fossil-fuel energy sources and thus cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions and bring major health benefits.
