Nigerian government has been battling to up electricity supply in the
country, but this has not been possible due to some hitches encountered
along the way.
The
country recently lost thousands of megawatts following gas and water
shortage as shown by a report from the government The efforts of the
current federal government of Nigeria to boost power supply may have hit
the rocks as the country has reportedly lost 2,591 megawatts.
From
reports reaching us, we learnt that the thousands of megawatts lost on
Wednesday, April 5 were due to gas shortage, line constraint and low
water level across 12 Generation Companies (GenCos).
According
to Daily Trust, in the power generation statistics it says it obtained
showing that the peak (highest) generation was 3,932mw on April 5, 2017
from which 87,244 megawatts hour (mwh) energy was sent out through the
Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) to the 11 Distribution Companies
(DisCos) for supply to end users. The report further quoted industry
data as showing that 77 turbines were available and could have produced
6,887mw with enough gas, line and water level.
But
because of these three challenges, only 44 are currently working and
producing 3,486mw off peak while 33 turbines were shutdown. While the
Geregu NIPP lost 290mw from two turbines; the Olorunsogo’s three
turbines could not generate 360mw, while Egbin power station lost 495mw.
The seven turbines of Delta Power lost 210 mw and only produced 250mw.
The Olorunsogo Gas plant lost 114mw from three idle turbines; and
Omotosho Gas lost 152mw also due to three idle turbines.
Also, the Alaoji NIPP lost 360mw; Afam VI produced zero instead of 400mw; Ihovbor NIPP lost 112mw and Omotosho NIPP lost 240mw.
The
report added that water management affected power generation as Jebba
Hydro lost 90mw. The Ibom Power also lost 57.6mw. The report said three
hydro and three steam plants generated 1,244mw; the 18 gas-fired plants
generated 2,688mw making a total of 3,932mw.