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Nigeria : SHPS to set up solar energy plant to supplement Hydroelectric Generation
Publish Date : 12-Apr-2016
The Shiroro Hydro Power Station (SHPS), in a bid to increase its installed generation capacity by twofold from current 300MW, has accomplished arrangement in order to support Hydroelectric generation with production of solar energy via establishment of new plant.
Alhaji Dauda Abdulaziz, the Chief Operation Officer of SHPS, has declared this while welcoming a joint delegation of Infrastructure Concessions Regulatory Commission (ICRC), Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) and Bureau for Public Enterprises (BPE) at the site of the hydroelectric dam in Shiroro yesterday.
The SHPS official has revealed that they will manage the new solar plant digitally and added that this new solar form of energy generation we are introducing will generate an additional 300mw. With this progress Nigerians will henceforth enjoy more power supply.
It is a project that has prospect of employment for skilled young Nigerians.
The SHPS executive has also disclosed that though every hydropower station in Nigeria has an annual mandated production volume of 3,000MW, the hydropower station has been able to generate 2,360MW of energy per annum.
He has added that work on the solar energy project will be initiated after consultation on the projectrelated procurement process with the pertinent agencies and the host community is accomplished.
He has further explicated that the annual energy generation currently is 2,260mw, installed capacity is 600mw, 4 units each that generate 150mw. There are four units meant to generate power, but right now we only use two to generate 300mw because the other two units are under maintenance and are not generating energy for now.
