Electricity Generation Companies (GenCos) comprising gas-fired and hydro- stations said that they could not generate 3,347.5 megawatts of electricity on Wednesday due to unavailability of gas. This information was made known in a daily energy report by the advisory power team in the office of the vice presidentin Abuja on Thursday. The report also noted […]
…As 134 Graduands Bag 1st Class Honours The National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has granted the University of Benin (Uniben) a licence for 15 mega watt photo voltaic solar power projects. The institution’s Vice Chancellor, Prof. Faraday Orumwense who disclosed during its pre- convocation press briefing said the operational licence was secured under a Public […]
Nigeria’s energy problem will receive a much-needed boost early 2019 when the 16-megawatts power station being constructed by AshakaCem is completed. AshakaCem is a subsidiary of Lafarge Africa and a member of the LafargeHolcin Group. The 11-billion naira project began in 2017 and is expected to be completed in January 2019, the managing director of […]
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, has assented to the State Electric Power Reform Bill into law. The law is specifically designed to generate at least 4, 000 megawatts of electricity under an embedded power initiative. The governor also signed six other bills into laws namely: the Amended Land Use Charge Bill, School of Nursing […]
…Completes 18 projects The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has completed over 18 high voltage transformers to facilitate the evacuation of 1,100 megawatts (MW) of electricity to the national grid by January 2018. The Interim Managing Director of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Mr Usman Gur Mohammed disclosed this Friday during a tour of […]
The FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Bello, has said that the approved construction of the 3,050 megawatts Mambilla Hydro-Power project would boost road completion in Abuja. Bello, who was a guest on the NTA Live-news broadcast NTA in Abuja, on Friday, spoke on the approved construction of the 3, 050 megawatts Hydro-Power project by the Federal […]
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says its current transmission expansion initiative is designed to increase the nation’s grid transmission capacity to 20,000 megawatts in the next three years. TCN’s Managing Director, Mr Usman Mohammed, disclosed this at a meeting in Abuja on the impact assessment study for the second Ikeja West 330kv transmission reinforcement […]
Nigeria should add into her national grid, up to 819 megawatts (mw) of clean electricity from a number of hydro and wind power projects under construction in four northern states – Kaduna; Niger; Katsina; and Nasarawa-the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, has said. Fashola, said at the recent fourth presidential quarterly […]
An investment company, GreenWish Partners has doubled its planned capacity addition to Nigeria’s solar power market. GreenWish Partners now plans to set up 200 megawatts solar power capacity in Nigeria after entering into long-term agreement for power sale with the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading company (NBET). The company is expected to invest $280 million to […]