Nigeria: Electricity Generation Plunges To 2,684MW
Nigeria’s power generation has dropped by 777.9 megawatts on Monday as output from the hydropower plants and gas-fired stations suffered declines.
It was learned that as at Monday, the country’s generation capacity was 4,463.3MW, a contrast to 3,631.4MW on Friday.
This was revealed by the Ministry of Power, Works and Housing on Monday.
According to the ministry, gas constraints and frequency management occasioned by electricity distribution companies’ load demand left 2,365.5MW and 2,087MW, respectively idle.
Total electricity generation, which stood at 3,462MW as of 6am on Sunday, fell to 2,684.20MW on Monday.
The nation generates most of its electricity from gas-fired power plants, while output from hydropower plants makes up about 30 per cent of the total generation.
Generation from Kainji, Jebba and Shiroro hydro plants dropped to 203MW, 133MW and 162MW, respectively as of 6am on Monday from 275MW, 317MW, 376MW on Friday, August 10.
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