Nigeria’s power crisis deepens as 10 power plants shut down

• 7 years ago (2016-09-20)
• David Flin

Africa 306

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Nigeria’s power generation capacity fell by over 1000 MW as four power plants were shut down over the weekend, bringing the number of plants not currently generating electricity to 10.

Output from the country’s biggest power station, the 1320 MW Egbin plant, located in Lagos, fell to a low of 246 MW on Saturday.

According to Nigeria’s News24, 19 thermal plants were shut down in June after militants knocked out the Forcados export gas pipeline in February and the Escravos-Lagos link in early May.