The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) said that that the nation’s power generation capacity dropped slightly from 3,959 megawatts from Jan. 4, to 3,751.90 megawatts on Jan. 12, due to dearth of gas. The Nigerian Electricity System Operator (SO) website, a sub agency of TCN, disclosed the figure on its daily forecast website on power […]
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Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI, operational report for Jan. 3, said the power sector hit a peak generation of 4,959 megawatts as against 3,321 megawatts recorded on Dec. 2.On Wednesday, Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) wheeled out about 3,959 megawatts of electricity to the 11 distribution companies as the country’s power supply gradually stabilised. The […]
Continue ReadingThe Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, has said that the country’s power generation has increased from 3,810 megawatts recorded on September 8, 2016 to 4,285.90 megawatts on Friday.The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the power generation record was reported in the website of “Nigerian Electricity System Operator’’ on Friday. The TCN said that 4,285.90 […]
Continue ReadingThe Independent Energy Watch Initiative, an NGO, has launched first Africa indigenous energy management mobile software to fast-track information dissemination in power sector. This is contained in a statement issued on Wednesday by the Chairman of the organisation, Mr Chidi Ike. Ike said the organisation aimed to facilitate a healthy interchange between the customers and […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s power situation worsened on Thursday, as power generation collapsed completely to zero megawatt at about 1:00pm and this persisted for about three hours.Data from the country’s System Operator showed that around 1pm on Thursday, no power generation company in Nigeria produced a single megawatt of electricity. Industry operators revealed that as a result of […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari, while addressing the National Economic Council Retreat, on Monday said his administration has set a target of delivering 10,000 megawatts of electricity generation in the next three years. The president stated categorically that his administration would add 2000 megawatts to the national grid. He said, “Nigerians’ favourite talking point and butt […]
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The Federal Government of Nigeria, yesterday announced the signing of the World Bank Partial Risk Guarantees (PRGs) in support of the 450 megawatts Azura-Edo Independent Power Plant (IPP). The deal which was concluded on Friday, August 21, 2015, had as parties; the Federal Government represented by the Ministry of Finance and Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading […]
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