National grid Archives - Businessday NG Mon, 03 Apr 2023 14:11:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 188198514 The opportunities and barriers to sustainable on-grid power generation in Nigeria https://businessday.ng/paywall-free/article/the-opportunities-and-barriers-to-sustainable-on-grid-power-generation-in-nigeria/ https://businessday.ng/paywall-free/article/the-opportunities-and-barriers-to-sustainable-on-grid-power-generation-in-nigeria/#respond Tue, 04 Apr 2023 00:00:18 +0000 https://businessday.ng/?p=719671 Nigerian national grid

Introduction The Nigerian national grid is currently being operated by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) with the mandate of evacuating energy from various Generation Companies (GenCos) to the consumers through the Distribution Companies (DisCos). This mandate involves transmitting the existing contracted capacity of 4,000MW to over 12.6 million registered customers, according to the Nigerian […]

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The total power generated and transmitted to Nigeria’s national grid neared the 5,000 megawatts (MW) mark on Monday, official data show. Power generation in the country stood at 4,950.5MW as of 6am on Monday, up from 4,849.4MW on Sunday, according to data from the Nigeria Electricity System Operator (NESO). The all-time peak generation ever attained […]

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]]> https://businessday.ng/energy/article/power-generation-improves-nears-5000mw/feed/ 0 713024 TCN powers gas substation, adds 98MW to national grid https://businessday.ng/news/article/tcn-powers-gas-substation-adds-98mw-to-national-grid/ https://businessday.ng/news/article/tcn-powers-gas-substation-adds-98mw-to-national-grid/#respond Thu, 01 Dec 2022 09:05:26 +0000 https://businessday.ng/?p=693521 Transmission Company of Nigeria

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has switched on a new 2X60MVA, 132/33 kilo-volt Gas Insulated Substation (GIS) at Gwarinpa, to add 98 megawatts (MW) to the national grid. The 132kV transmission substation is one of the five substation projects comprising the Abuja Ring Projects, funded by Agence Francais de Development (AFD). The substation, which […]

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The Electricity Generation Companies (GenCos) Ogaji has blamed the intermittent national grid in the country on excessive volatile load mostly through steel mills and the weak Transmission Company of Nigeria’s (TCN) infrastructure, most of which are over 25 years old. The GenCos also cited instability and unavailability of most transmission lines as contributing to the […]

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]]> https://businessday.ng/news/article/why-nigeria-experiences-intermittent-national-grid-collapse-gencos/feed/ 0 684650 Reps probe incessant national grid collapse https://businessday.ng/news/article/reps-probe-incessant-national-grid-collapse/ https://businessday.ng/news/article/reps-probe-incessant-national-grid-collapse/#respond Wed, 05 Oct 2022 11:11:57 +0000 https://businessday.ng/?p=680701 House of Representatives

The House of Representatives has mandated its committee on power to conduct an investigation into the causes of incessant national grid collapse in the country and the capacity of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) to address the trend. The House said this was to forestall future occurrences and protect the country’s already fragile socio-economic […]

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