Following the completion of a major transmission project in Edo State, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) on Thursday announced the addition of 600 megawatts to the national grid.
Abdulaziz, disclosed made this known during the official commissioning of the Ihovbor/Benin and Ihovbor/Ajaokuta 330kV Turn-In-Turn-Out Transmission Line Project. Abdulaziz said the project marked another milestone in efforts to strengthen Nigeria’s transmission network and improve the evacuation of bulk electricity from the Ihovbor Transmission Substation to distribution load centres across the country.
According to him, the project involved linking the existing Benin/Ajaokuta 330kV transmission line to the Ihovbor Transmission Substation. He said the connection created two new transmission routes with a total length of 14 kilometres. Abdulaziz said, “This project involves the strategic linking of the existing Benin/Ajaokuta 330kV transmission line to the Ihovbor Transmission Substation, creating two new transmission routes with a total length of 14 kilometres.
“With the completion of this strategic project, we have increased the operational flexibility of the transmission network and strengthened the resilience of power delivery within the Benin corridor through this connection to the power plant.” Abdulaziz said the project would allow TCN to evacuate power more efficiently from the Azura Power Plant and the Niger Delta Power Holding Company plant.
He said the development would help reduce transmission bottlenecks, improve system reliability and give distribution companies access to more bulk electricity for customers nationwide. He added, “The importance of this project cannot be overstated. It grants TCN the ability to more efficiently evacuate power generated by the Azura Power Plant and the Niger Delta Power Holding Company plant.
“This has equally helped in alleviating transmission bottlenecks, enhanced system reliability, while allowing the distribution companies access to more bulk electricity for their customers nationwide. With this, we have added 600 megawatts to the national grid. The TCN MD said the grid system would make it possible for power generated from the Benin axis to be transmitted to any part of the country.
