Egbin Thermal Power Plant: Nigeria’s Biggest Power Generating Plant Shuts Down-Premium Times

Nigeria’s biggest power generating plant, the Egbin Thermal Station, has been shut down creating a 1,080 Mega Watts drop in power generation in the country.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the station was shut down on Tuesday around 3.50 p.m.

A senior official of the PHCN, who preferred anonymity, told NAN in Lagos on Wednesday that all the facilities at the power station were completely shut down.

The source said that the hydro component of the power station, called the “bi-minerasation plant” and which had been poorly maintained over the years, caused the collapse of the entire station.

He said that the power station was shut down when it could no longer generate power, adding that lack of spare parts was the major challenge facing the plant.

“The failed hydro plant has been repaired several times and because the plant is obsolete, getting the spare parts has become a challenge. We have been managing the plant for over 30 to 40 years. When it breaks down, it takes about five days for it to come up again,’’ the source said.

He said that PHCN officials were already in Abuja, working towards resuscitating the station but Saturday, December 17, 2011, is the earliest date by which the plant will be functional.

A correspondent of NAN, who visited the station, confirmed that the station had been shut down and the workers were seen idling around

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Here we go again,d excuses will soon start flowing

"we hav been managing d plant for over 30 to 40 years"


Sorry sir, how old is Egbin power station? I'm sure its part of d last (3rd) national development plan conceives under Muritala Mohammed, started under Shagari and commissioned by IBB circa 1988, so where Is d 30 to 40 years of maintenance ?

As per core issue, maintenance has never been our priority. This should giv d proponents of nuclear plants for Nigeria strong reason for rethink.

And there sits Nnaji surrounded by this IT toys tweeting and promising heavens and earth.
I long gave up on these failures called GEJ and his PDP cronies.

dplordx:

And there sits Nnaji surrounded by this IT toys tweeting and promising heavens and earth.
I long gave up on these failures called GEJ and his PDP cronies.

You get to understand say the two laptops nah for fault tolerance now. No go fall minister hand, I beg.
And as for the two Blackberry phones wey dey for load balancing (abi nah multiplexing?). . . You know how many calls Minister dey get from people wey wan invest for Power Sekta?

Nothing do IT toys.
No cause for alarm!