Egbin Plant Shuts Down, Sinks Nigeria’s Power Generation by 676 MW

Why West Africa’s biggest electricity plant will be shut for three days – TCN

 

Nigeria’s electricity generation on Monday dropped by 676MW as Egbin power plant shut down for maintenance.

Platforms Africa reports that a notice issued by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) read that the station was shut down as at 11:13 hours of 18th December 2023, to allow the Nigeria Gas Company (NGC) to maintain a linking gas pipeline supplying gas to Egbin Power Station.

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The station will be shut down for 3 days from today, the company stated.

“This means a reduction of 676MW of bulk power generated into the nation’s grid for 3 days and consequently the quantum of bulk power available to be delivered to distribution companies load centers nationwide for the period”, TCN explained.

 

Platforms Africa 

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