Azura Power has announced the completion of its whole plant run; an indication that all of its three turbines with a collective output of 450MW have been deployed in Nigeria’s national grid.
This intimation is coming a month ahead of the planned official commissioning of its 450 megawatts (MW) capacity power generation plant located in Benin City, Edo state.
It is noteworthy that the $900 million power plant was originally supposed to be completed around December this year, so the recent development shows that it achieved completion record and was thus planned for commissioning in May.
The coming of the Azura plant is a plus to Nigeria power sector as its three units would prop up the total amount of electricity available to the National Grid by 450MW.
Currently, Nigeria distributes an average of 4000MW to electricity consumers across its length and breadth; so, the advent of this grid would be a great boost in the efficiency of this critical sector.
Azura disclosed through its official twitter handle, @AzuraPower, that all its three turbines have been synchronised to the grid with their generation outputs approaching 450MW.
In his statements, the Deputy Managing Director of Azura, Edu Okeke, confirmed the development, stating that 450MW of Azura’s power was now going to the grid.
