{"id":24799,"date":"2020-07-17T13:47:30","date_gmt":"2020-07-17T13:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=24799"},"modified":"2020-07-17T13:47:39","modified_gmt":"2020-07-17T13:47:39","slug":"2074-megawatts-remain-untapped-as-one-third-of-nigerias-power-plants-shut-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=24799","title":{"rendered":"2,074 megawatts remain untapped as one-third of Nigeria\u2019s power plants shut down"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Nine or one-third of Nigeria\u2019s 27 power plants were idle on Thursday, making 2,079.1 megawatts (mw) out of the nation\u2019s total generation capacity remain idle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Total power generation climbed to 3,269mw as of 6 am Thursday, according to data from the Nigerian Electricity System Operator\u2019s website, up from 3,074.6mw a day before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The country\u2019s installed generation capacity is 12,910.40mw, available capacity 7,652.60mw, transmission wheeling capacity 8,100mw and all-time peak generation 5,375mw<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Five of the power plants were among those constructed under the National Integrated Power Project including namely Gbarain, Ihovbor, Olorunsogo II, Omotosho II and Alaoji. AES, Afam IV & V, Ibom Power and ASCO made up the rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The system operator cited low load demand by the distribution companies, maintenance, gas inadequacy, frequency response and gas pipeline rupturing among other reasons for the shutdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the plants, AES, has not produced power since September 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nigeria derives the 87.5 per cent<\/a> of its electricity from gas-fired power plants, with the rest 12.5 per cent coming from hydro sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Advisory Power Team, Office of the Vice-President said on Wednesday, \u201cthe power sector lost an estimated N2.01bn on July 14, 2020 due to constraints from insufficient gas supply, distribution infrastructure and transmission infrastructure.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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