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Akon has partnered with Shell Nigeria to lighten the first Africa’s human and
solar powered football pitch at the Federal College of Education Technical
(FCET), Akoka, Lagos, reports ITRealms.
The new
pitch is the latest initiative from Shell under the #makethefuture initiative, intended
to put clean energy ideas into action to the benefits of the hosting communities
and its environ.
ITRealms gathered that the football pitch was refurbished by Shell using over 90
underground tiles that capture kinetic energy created by the movement of the
players.
Also it
was learnt that the tiles were invented by a young British entrepreneur and
founder of Pavegen, Laurence Kemball-Cook, who has been supported through Shell
LiveWIRE. The kinetic energy enables the storage of energy combined with power
generated by solar panels to operate the new floodlights.
Thus allowing
the students to play even at night and provides a safer and more secure space
at the heart of the community.
Osagie
Okunbor, Country Chairman at Shell Companies in Nigeria & Managing Director
of The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd (SPDC) said, Shell
makes a significant contribution to energy solutions for Nigeria, and is
committed to supporting the Nigerian economy and its people.
"We need bright
energy ideas. Some of these will come from Shell but naturally, others will come
from outside our business. So it’s crucial that Shell supports energy
entrepreneurs, and we hope that this pitch will inspire more entrepreneurs and
young people to help us make a smarter energy future,” Okunbor said.
Commenting,
Akon describe as new dawn with reliable smarty energy solutions playing a major
role in driving human progress in Africa.
“Projects
like this innovative football pitch draw attention to the major opportunity
that Nigeria as well as the whole of Africa have if we look to better harness
new technologies and the continent’s abundant renewable energy resources,” he
said.
The Provost of the Federal College of
Education (Technical), Akoka, Dr. Siji O. Olusanya, said “We have more than
10,000 student teachers, who will benefit from this innovative solution to
light our football pitch.”
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