Nigeria’s power transmission hits 5,420.30MW first time in 60 years

The electricity transmission in Nigeria, a country of about 200 million people, hit 5,420.30 mega watt (MW), first time in about 60 years of the nation’s existence as a sovereign state. The country’s Transmission firm, Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), which declared this on Thursday, August 20, 2020, noted that the new all-time national peak of 5,420.30MW was effectively transmitted through the national grid at a frequency of 50.10Hz at 9:15pm, August 18, 2020. “This is the highest ever recorded in the nation’s power sector to-date, surpassing the previous peak…

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