TCN SET TO INCREASE WHEELING CAPACITY OF NIGERIA’S GRID TO 9,000MW
TCN
SET TO INCREASE WHEELING CAPACITY OF NIGERIA’S GRID TO 9,000MW
The
Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has disclosed its plan to increase the
wheeling capacity of the national grid from 7,000 megawatts (MW) to 9,000MW
before the end of 2018, Vanguard reports.
Speaking
during the 23rd monthly meeting with operators in the power sector in Nasarawa,
TCN’s Interim Managing Director, Mr. Usman Gur Mohammed, said the company
intended to embark on a massive re-conductoring of transmission lines across
the country this year.
He
said: “This is expected to significantly increase the wheeling capacity of TCN
(between 2,000MW to 3,000MW). TCN is already in discussions with World Bank to
use the balance under the Nigeria Electricity and Gas Improvement Project
(NEGIP) to procure the conductors.”