Sahara Power tackles carbon emission at Egbin station

Sahara Power Group has reiterated its commitment to reducing carbon emission through support for cycling at its Egbin, Nigeria’s biggest power station, and environmentally sustainable projects.

The company noted that the World Health Organization said walking and cycling could reduce the risk of heart disease, stroke, certain cancers, diabetes, and even death.

The Group Managing Director, Sahara Power Group, Kola Adesina, said at the World Bicycle Day event in Egbin, said Egbin had since established a cycling culture following the introduction of 150 bicycles to facilitate clean commuting by employees, healthy living, and enhanced productivity.

According to him, strict adherence to global environmental sustainability standards drives operations across its operating entities – Egbin Power, Ikeja Electric, and First Independent Power Limited.

“Egbin operates a closed-circuit water system to conserve energy and water, a process that has helped preserve trillions of liters of fresh water over the years,” he said.

He said the power station had since deployed electric buggies and 29 electric scooters for commuting to entrench a culture of clean energy in its operations and interactions with external stakeholders and the environment.

“Celebrating the World bicycle day reinforces our commitment and shared passion at Sahara to make our environment healthy to drive enhanced productivity and sustainable to support the well-being of future generations,” he said.

Sahara Power plans to deploy 500 bicycles and additional 200 electric scooters to enhance its climate action campaign, in addition to ongoing green operations/policies, tree planting, monthly walk-to-work exercises and sundry multiple stakeholder collaboration.

According to him, Egbin celebrated the day with a ‘Cycling Hour’ event that involved individual and group cycling around the plant as well as presentations at Egbin Powerfields Schools to create generational awareness.

“Cycling has become a way of life at Egbin, and we are seeing the impact of this on our productivity and performance. We will continue to support ongoing global campaigns geared towards making our planet cleaner and healthier,” Adesina said.

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