Following the conclusion of planned maintenance on the Geregu NIPP project, the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) reports that it has successfully added 450MW of additional generation capacity to the national grid. Siemens Energy conducted a four-week extended minor inspection with the goal of improving the facility’s operational performance, dependability, and efficiency in order to increase the plant’s Equivalent Operating Hours (EOH) and operational life span.The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Engr. Jennifer Adighije, stated that in the last 1 year, the company has recovered six (6) previously dormant gas turbines across the NDPHC fleet of gas turbines. Head, Corporate Communications and External Relations, NDPHC, Emmanuel Ojor, in a statement on Monday, added that other successes include; GT4 at the Calabar NIPP, GT1 at Omotosho II, GT1 and GT2 at Benin NIPP, GT4 at Sapele NIPP, and currently GT3 and GT4 at Alaoji NIPP on standby for pre-commissioning after gas supply remedial works. These restored units collectively would have cumulative 875MW additional capacity to NDPHC’s mechanical available generation; adding significant boost to national power generation capacity.
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