Power generation: Egbin station hits 1,100 megawatts output

Power generation: Egbin station hits 1,100 megawatts output

Power generation from Egbin power plant in Lagos State has increased to 1,100 megawatts from 813 megawatts in October.

A source at the plant said in Lagos on Wednesday that this followed improved gas supply to the station.

The plant, the nation’s biggest power generating station, has capacity to contribute about 1,320 megawatts to the national grid.

The source said that with the new power generation level, the station was accounting for almost one-third of the current improvement in power supply across the country.

It said that the recent increase in gas supply was due to “ramp-up” of Egbin’s capacity through continuous investment by its new owners.

The Sahara Power Group and Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) are the new owners of the station.

According to the source, new the owners have injected N50 billion into the company post privatisation in addition to high level innovation, professionalism, human capital and new technology.

The official promised that the company would be operating at its installed capacity after the ongoing rehabilitation.

The source said that the management was also working to double the power generation capacity from 1,320 megawatts to 2,640 megawatts by 2018.

Meanwhile, the Transmission Company Nigeria (TCN), on Tuesday said that Nigeria’s power generation had hit a new peak of 4,883 megawatts.

This was contained in a statement signed by Mr Clement Ezeolisha, its Assistant General Manager (Public Affairs).

He disclosed that the new level was achieved at 21.15 hours on Monday, Nov. 23.

“TCN is pleased to announce the achievement of a new record peak generation of 4,883.9 megawatts and the highest maximum daily energy delivery of 106,288.48 MWH,’’ the statement said.

The company assured Nigerians that it would continue to improve on its network capacity to deliver quality power to the distribution companies.