The nation’s electricity woes worsened on Tuesday as two
additional power generating plants were shut down,
bringing the total number of plants not generating any
megawatts of electricity to 10.
The two shut plants are Shiroro Power Station in Niger
State and Sapele II in Delta State, industry data obtained
by our correspondent showed.
Shiroro, whose capacity was put at 600MW, was said to
have seen its unit 411G1 tripped on emergency shutdown
on the 86ES lockout relay; units 411G2 and 3 out for under
water repair work; and unit 411G4 out on maintenance.
The Sapele II, built under the National Integrated Power
Project, with its capacity put at 225MW, has four units.
The GT1 was shut down for maintenance, GT3 out due to
work by the Nigerian Gas Company at the gas station,
while the GT2 and 4 units are out as a result of gas
constraints.
Total national power generation stood at 2,774.2MW on
Tuesday, down from 3,657.5MW on March 31. Generation
from Egbin, the nation’s biggest power station, was
limited to 415MW due to gas constraints, down from
1,085MW on March 15.
Shell’s Afam VI power plant generated the highest
megawatts of electricity at 418MW as of 6am, the data
showed.
The slide in power generation has worsened the blackout
being experienced in many parts of the country as many
consumers complained of outages lasting for hours on
end.
The PUNCH had on Friday reported exclusively that eight
of the nation’s power plants were completely idle on
Thursday, with significant reduction in generation from
others, including Egbin, which is located in Lagos.
The plants, which did not generate any megawatts of
electricity included Sapele, Delta State, whose installed
capacity was put at 240MW; Olorunsogo II in Ogun State,
with a capacity of 625MW; Rivers IPP (180MW) and Trans-
Amadi (75MW), both in Rivers State.
Others were Geregu I in Kogi; Afam IV & V in Rivers, and
A.E.S and Asco, whose installed capacity were not given.
Sapele’s units were said to be shut due to gas constraints,
tripping, maintenance and major overhaul, among other
reasons.
The Rivers IPP’s unit GT1 was out due to gas constraints,
while Trans-Amadi’s GT1 and 4 units were out due to line
constraints; GT2 due to gas constraints and GT3
undergoing maintenance.
According to the data, there was no communication on
A.E.S, while Asco’s unit GT1 was out due to a fire
outbreak. Olorunsogo’s units GT1 to 4 and ST2 were shut
due to gas constraints, and ST1 for maintenance.
Geregu’s three units were shut due to outage and to
enable them to undergo a major overhaul and
maintenance, while a unit of Afam IV & V had been de-
commissioned and scrapped; four were out due to blade
failure and two due to burnt generator transformer,
among others.
Punch
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