Category: Power
Power plant shutdown: Nigeria losses N108bn in first quarter of 2018
Eight out of the 27 power plants in Nigeria were shut down on April 9, 2018, as a result of operational constraints that include gas, line and frequency management. Some of the power plants tripped due to low gas pressure while GT3 was shut down due to generator air inlet filter trouble. Data from the…
‘What every prepaid electricity user and provider should know’
Reports have shown that approximately seven million prepaid electricity meters in South Africa need to be reset before November 2024, as the system that runs the credit tokens will run out of numbers at this time and all existing meters will stop accepting credit tokens. The South African metering standards industry body, Standard Transfer Specification…
TCN inaugurates 60MVAR Capacitor Bank to enhance electricity supply in FCT
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), has commissioned a 60MVAR Capacitor Bank at the Apo 132/33Kv substation to improve quality and voltage of electricity supply to consumers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) has reported. The Minster of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, said at the commissioning…
We ‘ll help Nigeria to develop more power projects —Japanese Envoy
The Japanese Government, on Thursday, pledged commitment to further support Nigeria to develop power projects in the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) has reported. The Japanese Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Sadanobu Kusaoke, announced this at the commissioning of a 60MVAR Capacitor Bank at the Apo 132/33KV sub-station designed to improve electricity voltage in…
NERC probes W’Bank’s $112m pledge on Gas Sales Agreement for Calabar Plant
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has written to the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, to express its worries about the Gas Sales Agreement (GSA) the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) signed with a private gas firm, Accugas Limited for the supply of gas to its 562 megawatts (MW) Calabar power plant, and which…
Coal generation hits new high in South Korea
The South Korean government said the country’s coal-fired power generation hit a new high in 2017, helped by three thermal power plants that came online with combined generation capacity of 5.3 GW. The country also suspended operations at 11 of its 24 nuclear reactors, which meant coal generation supplied an even higher percentage of South…
‘Eight power plants shut down over operational hitches’
By Oke Peter At least Eight out of the 27 power plants in Nigeria were shut down on April 9, due to gas, line and frequency management constraints, data from the Power Generation Report by the Ministry of Power, Works and Housing, has shown. For instance, the Trans Amadi Gas Turbine (GT) 1 and 2…
Port Harcourt Disco charges NASS to enact law on energy theft
The Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHEDC), has appealed to the National Assembly to enact laws that will address the challenges of energy theft and its associated variables in the power industry. The Port Harcourt Disco lamented that it loses a total of N3 billion on a yearly basis to energy theft. The Chief Executive…
FG has boosted Abia power supply with 7,000 megawatts —Fashola
By Energy Worth Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola has disclosed the boosting of Umuahia Sub-station with 7, 000 megawatts. He said the expansion of the sub station with 40MVA transformer, has increased its transmission capacity from 80MVA to 120MVA. In a statement yesterday in Abuja, Fashola said the Federal Government was…
Dan Agundi 60 MVA Transformer is working —TCN
The Management of Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), has denied that the newly installed 60 MVA transformer in Dan Agundi Substation in Kano broke down two days after installation as reported in the Nation Newspaper on-line platform credited to Mr Sani Bala Sani, Head, Corporate Communications, Kano Electricity Distribution Company. In a release by the…