The Minister of Power, Works and
Housing Babatunde Fashola SAN has attributed the improvement of power supply in
the country to the increased capacity of our Hydro Plants. While expressing
confidence in the incremental gains of privatization in the power Sector, the
Honourable Minister stated that in the last two weeks, about 400MW of
electricity has been added to the National Grid from the hydro plants.
Fashola attributed the increased
capacity of the hydro plants to the fixing of turbines that were abandoned or
unmaintained for about three decades. He said that within the period, a lot of
repair and maintenance work had been carried out. The Minister however
acknowledged the increased cycle of rainfall and water levels as a factor in
the improved performance. On a very interesting note, the Minister pointed out
that about 1MW of electricity has been added through solar energy projects.
This is good news for the diversification of the energy mix of the country.
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