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Electricity: Nigeria’s power sector records new peak transmission
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By Prince Okafor
The Nigerian power sector yesterday received another boost as the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, disclosed the attainment of new peak transmission.
The company in a statement made available to Vanguard stated that it successfully transmitted an enhanced peak generation of 5,801.60Megawatts, MW, at 9:30 pm on March 1st, 2021.
“The latest peak generation was transmitted at a frequency was 50.09Hz.
“This value is higher than 5,615.40MW recorded on February 28, 2021, by 186.20MW,” the company added.
Meanwhile, the TCN had recorded an initial peak transmission on the 6th January 2021 and 7th January 2021 of 5,552.40MW and 5,584.40MW.
“This approach paid off quickly as evidenced in the multiple all-time peak generation recorded in the sector on the following days within the last six months. 5377.8 megawatts (MW) was recorded on August 1, 2020, 5,420.30MW on August 19, 2020, 5,459.50MW was achieved on October 28, 2020, and two days later on the October 30, 2020, the Nigerian grid network recorded yet another all-time peak of 5,5020.40MW. All these were seamlessly transmitted through the transmission grid.
“TCN on January 6, 2021 and on January 7, 2021 recorded yet another all-time peak of 5,552.40MW and 5,584.40MW. This is an uncommon record in the Nigerian power sector.
“This consistency and regular incremental improvement in Grid Performance on TCN’s part is an indication of the professionalism and best practices that was brought in by the new Management in TCN,” it noted.