Gas Supply Constraints Force Egbin Power To Shut Operations

Africa’s biggest power thermal station Egbin Power, has been forced to shut operations following issues around gas supply to the station.

The Power Station was shut down by the Transmission Company of Nigeria TCN) to fix a leaking gas pipeline.
The TCN said, in a statement on its official X handle, that the shutdown was part of efforts to fix a leaking gas pipeline. It said the shutdown of the station would reduce power generation by 676MW of bulk power generated into the nation’s grid for 72 hours. “This is to notify the public that as of 11:13 hours on 18 December 2023, the

Egbin Power generating station was shut down to allow the Nigeria Gas Company (NGC) to maintain a linking gas pipeline supplying gas.

“The station will be shut down three days from today (Monday). This means a reduction of 676MW of bulk power generated into the nation’s grid for three days and consequently the quantum of bulk power available to be delivered to distribution companies’ load centres”, the TCN statement reads.

Egbin Power Plant is Nigeria’s largest thermal generating station in Lagos, with an installed capacity of 1,320 MW to the country’s national grid.