’Femi Asu The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has expressed concern about the over-dependence on gas-fired power plants for the generation of electricity in the country. NERC, in its latest quarterly report, said gas-fired thermal plants dominated the electricity generation mix, accounting for 81 per cent of the energy generated in the first quarter of this […] …
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Mambilla: Chinese firm to begin work early 2019
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja The Presidency said on Thursday that the Joint Venture partners engaged to construct the 3,050 Megawatts Mambilla hydropower plant had assured President Muhammadu Buhari that they planned to start work on the project early next year. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said in a […] …
QIPPL, Akwa Ibom sign agreement on 567MW power plant
‘Femi Asu Qua Iboe Power Plant Limited, the promoter of the Qua Iboe Power Plant, has announced the signing of a community partnership agreement with impacted communities in Akwa Ibom State. The QIPP is a 567 megawatts gas-fired power plant to be constructed adjacent to the Qua Iboe Terminal. According to a statement, the execution […] …
‘With Nuclear power project, Nigeria leads future the world may depend on’
Nigeria is today, regarded as the biggest economy in Africa. However, its power sector is performing far below the level of an economy of this magnitude. Over half of the population has no access to grid-connected electricity and those who are connected to the grid suffer extensive power outages.
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NDPHC has invested $4.4bn in power generation plants — Olotu
Pioneer and former Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Niger Delta Power Holding Company and currently, Chairman, Innovest Nigeria Solutions, James Olotu, tells OKECHUKWU NNODIM, in this interview how the NDPHC started, among other things How did you restart the National Integrated Power Project after it stopped operations for a while? I don’t believe there […] …
240MW Afam III plant for inauguration next month
Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Afam Power Plc, Olumide Obademi, has announced that the $186m Afam III Fast Power project will be ready for inauguration next month. According to him, construction work on the plant, which targets adding 240 megawatts of electricity to the country’s power grid, is currently in its final […] …