Electricity Generation Companies (GenCos), comprising gas-fired and hydro stations, said they released an average of 3,216 Megawatts-hour of electricity into the national grid on Wednesday . This is contained in a daily energy report by the Advisory Power Team, office of the Vice President, a copy of which was obtained by the News Agency of […]
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The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) is working toward achieving a transmission capacity of 20,000 Megawatts (MW) by 2021, its Managing Director, Mr Usman Mohammed, has said. Mohammed, who briefed State House correspondents on Monday at the Presidential Villa, said that the capacity of transmission was a combination of the capacity of the transformers and […]
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NIGERIA – The minister of power, works and housing, Babatunde Fashola, says the country is currently generating 7,000 megawatts of electricity and distributing 5,222 megawatts. Fashola said this on Friday while speaking at a retreat for top directors, heads of units and chief executives of agencies and parastatals in his ministry. The minister said as […]
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The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has revealed how additional 3,000 megawatts of electricity can be generated from the current gas being flared in the country. The means of generating more megawatts of electricity is contained in DPR’s report made available to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at a workshop organised for energy journalists in […]
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The Federal Government said that electricity generation from hydro sources could reach 19,000 megawatts if fully harnessed. The Minister of Science and Technology, Mr Ogbonnaya Onu said this at the 2018 Seminar on “Construction and Management of Water Conservancy and Hydro-power Project’’ organised by the Chinese Government in Abuja on Tuesday. The two-week seminar aims […]
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The federal government has committed to invest N72 billion for the procurement and installation of equipment to help distribute unused 2,000 MegaWatts (MW) of electricity to consumers in the country. Babatunde Fashola, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing said this at a press conference in Abuja on Monday. He said the 2,000MWs was from […]
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