Nigeria to add 19,000 MW of electricity transmission capacity
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Leadership
Illustrative image · Budget Bizar · Pexels · Licence PexelsNigerian Energy Minister Joseph Tegbe announces at least 19,000 MW of additional capacity through the $2 billion East-West Super Grid. Procurement has begun, with the project due to be delivered within one and a half to two years, according to Joseph Tegbe on TVC television.
Nigeria’s East-West electricity Super Grid project is expected to add at least 19,000 megawatts of transmission capacity to the national grid. Nigerian Energy Minister Joseph Tegbe said procurement procedures had begun after presidential approval of the $2 billion financing, Leadership reports.
The new infrastructure is to link Funtua, Gwagwalada, Ikot-Ekpene, Benin, Epe and Ilorin and be completed within one and a half to two years. It is intended to complement rather than replace the existing grid. The government is also conducting a technical audit of lines, towers, insulators, conductors and relays to target faulty equipment, according to Joseph Tegbe, quoted by Leadership.
Work to replace and rehabilitate critical equipment is due to begin in the coming months. The government also plans to restore several transmission corridors, including the Oshogbo-Ikeja West line, whose return to service is expected to provide an additional 400 megawatts to the Lagos power complex, according to the minister.
