GE restores 360 MW in Nigeria

• 3 years ago (2020-09-29)
• David Flin

Africa 303 Gas 371

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GE has announced the successful rehabilitation of three 9E.03 gas turbines at three Niger Delta Power Holding Company ’s (NDHPC) power plants in Calabar and Sapele, Nigeria. These operations reduced the risk of unplanned downtime of its power generation equipment, enabling the plants to reliably secure and restore the supply of up to 360 MW to the national grid.

The outages involved stage three bucket changeouts on three 9E gas turbines as well as additional combustion inspections. Engineers from GE and FieldCore , the field services execution company owned by GE, worked together and in close collaboration with NDPHC to implement additional safety measures and reduce the risk of exposure to Covid-19.

Chiedu Ugbo, Managing Director of NDHPC, said: “Being Nigeria’s largest electricity company, with a total installed capacity of 4 GW, representing 35 per cent of Nigeria’s generating capacity, we are committed to strengthening Nigeria’s power sector, despite the unexpected logistical challenges of the Covid-19 outbreak. GE’s efficiency to mobilise local teams on-site with the required technical skills and expertise, as well as GE’s global supply chain scale, was crucial to ensure the timely and safe completion of the outages at the sites and help us achieve our goal.”