BBC - See-saw to power African schools

The proposed see-saw could light a classroom after five minutes

BBC has an article on using human -power to power African schools.

A young inventor is hoping to tap the unbounded energy of children in a playground to power schools in Africa.

Design student Daniel Sheridan has created a simple see-saw which generates enough electricity to light a classroom.

The device works by transferring the power, created by a child moving up and down on it, to an electricity storage unit via an underground cable.

The Coventry University student has won £5,500 in funding to develop the idea.

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Nigeria: Country's Nuclear Power Plant Begins 2011

I'm a big proponent of nuclear power. However, many people have concerns for it's safety. In the next week or so I will cover more about Nuclear power in Africa and how France has utilized it for 70% of it's energy needs.

Nigeria, despite it being a producer of oil is moving forward with plans for construction of it's first nuclear power plant in 2011.

Juliana Taiwo
Abuja

Problem of epileptic power supply in Nigeria may soon become a thing of the past, as the Director-General of the Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission (NAEC), Dr Franklin Erepamo Osaisai, yesterday said the Commission hopes to begin actual construction of the nation's first nuclear power plant by 2011.

He said the Commission was expecting the design certification and requisite regulatory approvals to be concluded in 2009, while power generation would begin by 2017.

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