OUR CURRENT POWER GENERATION STATUS
Nigeria has large bodies of water and abundant natural gas reserves; hence the bulk
of electricity generation comes from water and natural gas. Most of the country’s new
power plants are thermal stations i.e. powered by heating natural gas. Nigerian
generating plants are currently fired by gas (thermal) and water (hydro). The hydro
generating plants are situated at Kainji, Jebba and Shiroro, while the thermal plants
are at Sapele and Ughelli. The facilities in many of Nigeria’s power plants are old
(the Kainji and Jebba plants were commissioned in 1968 and 1985 respectively),
poorly maintained and prone to frequent breakdowns. Power plants normally reserve
some of their generating units as spare capacity that can be used to replace units
that require repair or maintenance; due to the insufficiency of existing capacity (3,
300 to 3, 500 megawatts), all available generating units in Nigeria are put into
operation simultaneously.
Private power plants operated by Shell, Agip and AES produce 1, 100 of the 3, 300
to 3, 500 megawatts that the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) can
currently distribute to Nigerians. The independent power plants were initiated in
2005.
Power Com
statio munit
n
y
AES Egbin
Barge
Afam Afam
Power
Statio
n
Alaoji Aba
Power
Type
Capacity
Statu
s
Nine
bargemounted
gas
turbine
Gas
turbine
270 MW
Opera
tional
420 MW
Opera
tional
Combined
Cycle Gas
1074 MW
[2]
Under
Constr
Year
Additional
comp
description
leted
2001 Independent Power
Project <ref>[1],
http://www.lagospower
projects.gov.ng</ref>
<ref>Afam - Gas
Turbine Power Station
in Afam, Nigeria,
Mbendi Information
Services</ref>
20132015
Plant
turbines
NDPHC.
uction
Calab Calab
ar
ar
Power
Plant
Gas
turbine
561 MW
[4]
NDPHC.
Under
Constr
uction
Egbin Egbin
Therm
al
Power
Statio
n
Gasfired<ref>
Disruption
of gas
supply to
Egbin
lowers
power
supply,
Business
Day
Online, 14
August
2009</ref
> steam
turbine
Gas
turbine
1320 MW
Opera
tional
19851986
Has six 220-MW
independent
units.<ref>Egbin Thermal Power Station
in Egbin, Nigeria,
Mbendi Information
Services</ref>
450 MW
[5]
NDPHC.
Under
Constr
uction
20122013
4 x 112,5MW turbines
Combined
cycle gas
turbine
480 MW
Opera
tional
2005
Independent Power
Project <ref>[6] Light
inside: the experience
of independent
Ihovb Benin
or
City
Power
Plant
Okpai Okpai
Power
Statio
n
Oloru Oloru
nsogo nsogo
Power
Statio
n
Gas
turbine
336 MW
Omok
u
Power
Statio
n
Omot
osho
Omok
u
Gas
turbine
150 MW
[10]
Rocksonen
gineering.
Omot
osho
Gas
turbine
785 MW
[11];
[3]
Abias
tate.
5 x 112,5MW turbines
power projects in
Nigeria</ref>
Working below capacity
since its inauguration
due to gas supply
issues [8] Sepco3, [9]
Sweetcrude.
Partial
ly
Opera
tional
(160M
W) [7],
Sweet
crude
Opera
tional
2007
2005
6 x 25MW gas turbines
Partial
ly
20052012
4 x 84MW (I phase)
4x112,5MW (II phase
Power
Plant
Opera
tional
(336
MW)
Sapel Sapel
e
e
Power
Plant
Gas
turbine
450 MW
Ughell Ughell
i
i
Power
Statio
n
Gas
turbine
360 MW
[16],
Sweetcrud
e
Partial
ly
Opera
tional
(225
MW)[1
3]
Leade
rship.
Opera
tional
2012
19662012
currently undergoing),
capacity is dependent
on the gas
supply.<ref>[12],
Sweetcrude - a review
of the Nigerian energy
industry</ref>
4x112,5 MW [14]
NDPHC. Despite power
plant activity, power
outage cripples local
business activities in
Sapele. [15] Vanguard.
Has six units
eleme power station
Hydroelectric
Hydroelectric
station
Kainji Power
Station
Type
Capacity
Reservoir 800 MW
Jebba Power Reservoir 540 MW
Station
Shiroro
Reservoir 600 MW
Power Station
Kano Power Reservoir 100 MW
Station
Zamfara
Reservoir 100 MW
Power Station
Kiri Power
Station
Reservoir 35 MW
Year completed
1968<ref>Nigeria's
Hydroelectric
Dams</ref>
1985
1990
2015<ref>Kano
Power Station in the
Pipeline</ref>
2012<ref>About
Zamfara Power
Station</ref>
2016
Name of
reservoir
Kainji
Lake
River
Niger
River
Lake
Jebba
Lake
Shiroro
Niger
River
Kaduna
River
Hadejia
River
Gotowa
Lake
Bunsuru
River
Benue
River