L-R: Publisher, ENERGY TIMES, Kayode Ekundayo, Commissioner for Mining and Energy, Edo State, presenting the Power Infrastructure Development Agency of the year award to the representative of NDPHC, Mr. Emmanuel Ojor during the maiden energy Times’ award held at Eko Hotel, Lagos recently of the year award to Ebele Ogbue; Group Head, Corporate and Energy Bank, UBA.
-Felix Douglas
Nigeria’s foremost Generation Company (GenCo), Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC), has won Power Infrastructure Development Agency of the Year Award at the maiden Energy Times’ award held in Lagos recently.
It will be recalled that the need for a better scheme of generation and supply motivated the Federal Government in 2005 to conceive Electricity Power Supply Sector Reform and demonopolise the power sector thus leading to the formation of a fast track power generation source, the Nigeria Integrated Power Project (NIPP), which gave birth to NDPHC, which is currently owned by the Federal Government.
The generation in 2005 include 23 grid connection generation plants with a total capacity of 19,396 Megawatts (MW) and available capacity of 6,956 MW in addition to 23 power plants already connected to the national grid.
NIPP under NDPHC, contributed an addition of 4000 MW to the national grid which is an improvement to the power sector in Nigeria that has earned a great name to the power plant of NIPP as big 10 a name well deserved.
Beyond the big 10 is the new project for the future under the NDPHC. This new project is the renewable energy system popularly referred to as the new ‘girl’ in town. This renewable system is the energy that is generated from the renewable sources that naturally replenishes on the human times skill. It includes sources such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, waves, heat among others.
This success led to the formation of a renewable energy project as a department in NDPHC. The company now has 100,000 solar energy systems to be deployed across homes in Nigeria in communities that are not connected to national grid system.
As the biggest single power company in West Africa, NDPHC under its renewable energy system is going into more programmes to provide energy to communities.
NDPHC has plans to provide utility skill systems, mini grids for communities outside the grid and solar cabins for communities outside the grid.
At the moment, NDPHC is at the forefront of addressing observed challenges to take the country to a greater height in terms of power supply.
The Power Infrastructure Development Agency of the Year Award is well deserved for the GenCo which has tremendously in its capacity improved power in Nigeria.
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