Electricity generation plants in Nigeria generated a total of 4,915 megawatts of electricity in July 2024, a 12 increase from 2,760GWh generated in June 2024.
This was revealed by Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) and these 28 grid-connected power plants recorded only a 37 percent availability factor in the month under review, even when they have an installed capacity of generating 13,371MW.
Data released by NERC on the operational performance of power plants indicated that the largest power producers which include Egbin ST, Delta GS, Kanji, Shell’s Afam VI, Zungeru, Odukpani, Shiroro, Jebba, Okpai, Azura IPP, and Geregu plants generated only 3,842MW, which represents 78.2percent of the energy generated in July 2024.
Smaller plants including Afam IV -V, Sapele ST, Olorunsogo NIPP, Omotosho NIPP, Sapele GT NIPP, Ihovbor NIPP, Geregu NIPP, Omotosho, Olorunsogo, Ibom Power, River NIPP, Omoku, Trans Amadi, Paras, Taopex Energy, Mepp and Dadin Kowa generated a total of 1,067MW being 21.8percent of energy generated during the period.
Zungeru and Egbin ST plants generated the highest power of 522MW and 510MW, while Azura IPP trailed behind with 451MW in July 2024, while Alaoji NIPP and Sapele NIPP generated zero MW of electricity, from their installed capacity of 472MW and 452MW respectively.
NERC further disclosed that 4,199MWh/h was the average hourly available capacity from these 28 power plants in July 2024.
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