Seven years after
it lost its full installed generation capacity as a result of a faulty turbine,
the Egbin Power Plc said it had bounced back to its installed capacity
following a N1bn repairs on its sixth turbine unit (ST-06).
The Chief
Executive Officer of the plant, Mike Uzoigwe, who addressed journalists at the
plant, said the nation’s biggest power plant was ready to add 220 megawatts to
the national grid.
The power plant,
which has installed capacity of 1,320MW, has suffered a setback for some years
due to ageing parts and paucity of funds to upgrade the facility.
Egbin was built
about 30 years ago to operate on six turbine units at 220MW each, until 2006,
when unit six exploded due to some water tube challenges.
The power plant
was generating about 700MW before suffering a system collapse.
Uzoigwe explained
that the plant would be operating at full capacity soon, after about seven
years of partial operation.
He noted that the
plant repair contract was awarded to an original equipment manufacturer,
Hitachi of Japan.
He said the
company had spent so much money to procure some parts of the plant, adding that
all the cannibalised parts were replaced between 2011 and 2012.
He said the
management of the plant had also awarded contracts for the final repairs of the
plant, saying these were valued at N1bn.
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