CCN RETREAT 2014

Cross Section of Attendees of the CCN Retreat 2014

       The CCN Retreat was a great experience, green ambassadors, officers and above including prospective members attended. It was particularly educational, with speakers challenging our minds and way of currently doing business. 

Coach showing us how we can earn much more in CCN

     CCN CEO Femi Oye also announced the companies innovative ideas which will be unveiled in 2014. CCN will launch an online shopping website with the option of home delivery at a minimal cost. This will greatly reduce the distribution hiccups some users and ambassador experience.

    The occasion was graced by wonder and inspiring motivational speakers;  Mr Wale the MLM expert and another motivational speaker Mr Timi Ologunoye and Mr Ogbo

Mr Ogbo teaching us about financial freedom

Mr Ogbo challenged partcipants to have dreams and dream big, but be willing to work hard and hold on even in the face of adversity.

Mr Timi Ologunoye teaching attendees how to be better entrepreneurs

Mr Wale , the MLM expert teaching attendees how to leverage

Mr Wale said  Everyhting in an MLM business is constant, products, bonuses, benefits, the only variable in an MLM is you.

     We carried our several activities to engage participants, including sending feedback to the  company on ways training, logistics,bonuses, green centers; All of which the company will review and address in due time.

We want to thank all those that participated in the CCN Retreat and for those who did not attend, see you in 2015.

NERC Decries Absence of Renewable Energy Policy in Nigeria

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The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has decried the absence of a policy on renewable energy in the country, saying the development is retarding the contribution of solar energy to the power supply.

Speaking at the Nigeria Photovoltaic Energy Conference, Solarcon 2014, held in Lagos at the weekend, NERC’s Deputy General Manager in charge of Research and Development, Mr. Imamudeen Talba said Nigeria had all the potentials for solar power but lacked policies and legislations to drive this renewable energy option.

“The problem we have in solar in Nigeria, particularly renewable is absence of policies, regulatory challenges and other challenges. Why is it that we do not have adequate solar projects in Nigeria, despite all the potentials that we have? When we go to international for a, we find ourselves embarrassed because most of the West African countries have structured processes for renewable. Some countries have gone to the extent of making legislations for renewable; some countries have policies for renewable energy but Nigeria does not have,” he explained.

He said grid-connected solar power faced a lot of challenges in the country, adding that grid supplies are usually the cheapest option in areas with high load densities, as well as in areas near the grid.

However, Talba said a number of challenges militates against grid-connected solar energy.
He listed the challenges to include high costs of installation and wiring; large land area required and the fact that solar power is not dispatchable, that is, cannot respond to automatic generation control signals from the control centre.
Talba also stated that connecting small, isolated villages to a grid can be expensive because of the necessary investment in transmission lines, poles, transformers, and other infrastructure.
“Solar PV power come in relatively small size and are best connected to low voltage lines whereas NBET buys power only at transmission voltage,” he said.

According to him, the National Energy Policy provides for increase renewable share of power supply, adding also that the yet-to-be approved draft renewable energy master plan provides for 18 per cent of the electricity installed capacity from renewable energies not including the existing large hydropower by the year 2020.
He argued that the country should effectively harness solar energy resources and integrate them with other energy resources. 
Talba also called for the promotion of the use of efficient solar energy conversion technologies, such as use of photo-voltaic and concentrated solar panels for power generation. 

He also called on the Federal Government to intensify efforts to increase the percentage of solar energy in the present energy mix.
To encourage investment in renewable energy, Talba listed the incentives that are implied in the feed-in tariff to include guaranteed market; priority grid connection and offtake ; simplified licensing /permit process; concessionary tariff rates and facilitated land acquisition/ site access.

Other recommended policy incentives, according to him, include tax holidays; import duty exemptions; investment tax credits.
He said NERC on its part, had initiated regulatory instruments to drive solar energy in the country.

He identified the regulatory instruments provided by the agency to include feed-in tariff methodology; draft standard power purchase agreement (PPA); draft licensing guideline; interconnection guidelines; draft incentive proposal and embedded generation regulation.
According to him, feed-in tariffs refer to a minimum guaranteed price per unit of produced electricity as approved by the regulator, to be paid to the producer, or as a premium in addition to market electricity prices.

“Regulatory measures are usually applied to impose an obligation on electricity utilities to pay the (independent) renewable energy power producer a price as specified by the government. The level of the tariff is commonly set for a number of years to give investors security on income for a substantial part of the project lifetime. Nigeria is currently assessing the various regulatory, policy and incentive options, given that each approach has its pros and cons,” he added.

Culled from This Day Newsapaper

Harvesting Sunshine: Clean, Cheap and Consistent Energy

       Over-dependence on the use of fossil fuel to generate energy have caused a lot of damage to our climate. The impacts of the by-products of fossil/solid fuels on the livelihood of energy users as well as on the climate are alarming. Global warming has not spared any part of the world as changes in climatic conditions have results ranging from ocean surges, flooding, tsunamis, hurricanes as well as distortions in seasons for crop-cultivation. The outcomes are so overwhelming in many parts of the world as a lot of lives and properties are lost as a result.

Fossil Fuel Energy Vs Alternative (Renewable) Energy.

Fossil fuel energy (also known as Brown Energy) is not renewable in nature, it cost more in the long-run and causes damage to the environment as well as to a lot of lives. House-hold air pollution is reported by the WHO to be responsible for a lot of health problems 

  

Alternative energy (also known as Green Energy) is renewable and clean in nature. Renewable energy is cheaper in the long-run because it does not require high refueling and maintenance cost like machines with moving parts which runs on fossil fuels, though with initial capital cost which is affordable.

Harvesting Free Resources.

Renewable energy is basically derived from nature and nature has been distributed so freely by God. The amount of sunshine in Africa, for instance is considerably more than what is obtainable in other continents like Europe and yet solar energy is optimized in Europe. The earlier we wake up to this opportunity, the more the solutions we will bring to the energy problem in our society.

Affirmation

Renewable energy is clean, cheap and consistent energy than fossil/solid fuels.

Action Point

We will better our society and livelihood if we act and help others escape energy starvation by switching to renewable energy.

Join the solution, end energy starvation.

Register free at www.carboncreditnetwork.org

Go-green, grow great!

Ode To The Earth

            It was a bright day, the sun shone straight down from the sky in golden streams of sunlight breaking the glaring white of the clouds. The birds chirped, there was a slight breeze and the trees swayed gently in the wind. All was fertile, fresh and green and somewhere in that lush forest a man wandered. That was the sixth day of creation...

And the sun shines once again, but not as benevolent as before as its harsh rays inflict humans with its heat and leaves turn brown under its glare. The skyline once dotted by trees have been replaced with sky scrapers and somewhere over the horizon a thick column of black smoke rises as gas flared occurring. There is the grating sound of electric saws in the background and the gentle thump as century-old trees hit the ground. Oceans teem with dead fish and the rank smell of industrial waste permeates the air...

     Man-made craters occupy the ground as the exploration for natural resources continue.
Poisonous gases escape from factory chimneys driving animals from their habitat. The earth decays. Mother Nature loses her age-long battle with humanity as the earth settles into a brown existence devoid of any sign of life except that of humans living in glass walls afraid to step out into the world they have singlehandedly destroyed...

A brown earth...

Someone once said, "We cut down trees to make space for Wi-Fi, trees produce oxygen. When all the trees are gone, we can't breathe technology."
We live in a world dominated by achievements in technology, space, production and even our understanding of the universe. Yet ironically, the universe we seek to understand is the one we destroy.

Although we cannot return to the Garden of Eden, we can and we must together rebuild our world. With our strides in knowledge we can recreate the lost beauty of our planet. It’s time for a green revolution. It’s up to me. It’s up to you.

By Shope Afolayan

The CCN Beach Party Getaway is a great opportunity to unwind, relax and re-connect with other members. There will be lots of interesting activities like horse riding, football and tennis holding in Lagos

Date: 13th of December.
Venue: La Campaign Tropicana

 Lets have fun and end the year celebrating! Contact us at 0704 238 3761 for tickets and more information.

Leaders Summit

Leaders are not meant for a selected few... Leadership can be developed and maximised for the growth of your business. The Leaders retreat taking place on December 11th is an exciting opportunity to mingle with other high achievers. This event is open to Officers and above .

Date: 11th Dec 2014
Time: 7.30 am - 4.30pm
Venue: Underground Location Lagos

Book your place by clicking on this link http://bit.ly/1qDsASX

 Admission is FREE!!! 

NOVEMBER G.B.O.M

The General Business Opportunity Meeting GBOM held yesterday at NERDC Guest house Agidingbi, ikeja, if you werent there, you definitely missed a whole lot. 

We discussed how to maximize your investment and greatly increase your earning potential. 
We discussed at length the compensation plan
How to improve your training capacity
How to build a more productive network. 
We also shared vital information on the federal government cookstove program .
How to further improve our green business 

Dreams don't work unless you do . Keep going Green!

Climate Change Summit Opens in Lima Peru

Climate Change Summit Lima, Peru

Delegates from 195 countries met in the Peruvian capital on Monday, on the start of a major UN climate conference.

The representatives have gathered for the twelve-day UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP-20) conference to work towards drafting an agreement that is set to be signed next year in Paris. The agreement would go into effect in the year 2020.

Some of the members of Carbon Credit Network won a trip to Lima,Peru to be part of the delegates at this conference to fine tune the framework to reduce carbon emission.

The summit was boosted by the agreement between the world largest polluters US and China to reduce their carbon emissions and put a cap on them.

Here's hoping that more pledges and agreements can be made to help reduce the carbon emissions. Also  an increase in funding for research and  social enterprises like CCN to bring cleaner air and a better environment for us all.