Nigeria’s Power Generation Exceeds 4000MW
Power generation on the national grid has continued to hover above 4,000 megawatts since January this year, following the deployment of transformers, substations and other accessories to boost supply.
Grid performance data obtained from the Federal Ministry of Power in Abuja on Sunday, showed that electricity generation on the national grid as at 6am on the same day was 4,456.8MW.
On the preceding day, it was 4,618.8MW (peak generation); and 4,000.2MW (off-peak generation), according to figures obtained from the power ministry’s headquarters.
An analysis of randomly picked figures from the grid performance data indicated that power generation had stayed above the 4,000MW mark for months, while the country had yet to record any total grid collapse this year, unlike in 2022.
Also according to the data, on March 2 and 3, 2023, power generation on the grid as at 6am was 4,859.8MW and 4,962.7MW respectively, while it was 4,753.9MW on February 23, 2023, as similar generation figures were recorded in the preceding month.
Analysts believe that the current stability of the grid was due to improvements in the deployment of equipment such as transformers, substations and other accessories.
Earlier, the manager of Transmission Company of Nigeria, an agency of the Federal Government, announced several deployments of transformers and other accessories to power stations across the country.
On Saturday, for instance, TCN said it took delivery of a 100MVA transformer and accessories in its Katampe 132/33kV Transmission Substation, under its Abuja region.
“On installation, the new 100MVA power transformer will replace one of the two 60MVA 132/33kV power transformers in the substation.
“This will increase the transformer capacity in the substation from 120MVA to 160MVA,” the company stated via a series of tweets on its Twitter handle.
It also tweeted that eight truckloads of transformer accessories arrived in its Benin region of TCN to boost power supply in the state and across the country.
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