The 252 megawatt-capacity GbarainUbie power plant being built by the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) under the National Integrated Power Project (NIPP) would be ready for commissioning by the end of first quarter 2017, the Managing Director of NDPHC, Mr. Chiedu Ugbo has said.

Ugbo said recently during the inauguration of the presidential initiative on solar homes systems in Wuna Village Gwagwalad Abuja, that the completion and commissioning of the plant would add additional 252MW to Nigeria’s generation capacity.

Work on the plant which has Rockson Engineering as its engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor has stalled for a long time now.

But speaking to the Vice President, YemiOsinbajo at the event, Ugbo said: “Your Excellency, strategies are also in place to complete the second unit of the Gbarain power station in Bayelsa State before the end of this quarter. This will add 225MW to the grid.”

“In November last year, the Honorable Minister of Power, Works and Housing, commissioned the 12-circuit Ikot-Ekpene 330KVA Switching Station and the associated transmissions lines with a total of about 285KM completed by our new management. These projects are now assisting in evacuating into the national grid, electricity hitherto stranded in the Eastern Delta,” he added.
Also, arrangements for gas supply to the plant may have been taken care of with a pledge by Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) that it would solely supply gas to the 252MW gas turbine power station.

In a 2015 paper titled: ‘Shell in Nigeria: Unlocking Nigeria Energy Potential,’ SPDC stated that it would single-handedly supply gas to the 225MW Gbarain power plant.
It said in the paper: “Shell will be the sole supplier of a new 225 megawatts power plant being built in Gbarain by the Federal Government under the Nigerian Independent Power Project.
“In 2010, SPDC began producing from the Gbarain-Ubie integrated oil and gas plant in Bayelsa State. Gbarain is designed to process one billion standard cubic feet of gas per day. In addition to supplying gas to the Nigerian Liquefied Gas (NLNG), Shell also supplies gas to the Bayelsa State power plant at Imiring.”

The paper further indicated that the GbarainUbie plant was helping SPDC reduce flaring of associated gas from nearby gas fields, thus contributing to its wider flares reduction programme.
“The GbairanUbie project has created a legacy of skills and capacity in complex gas projects, which will be vital in meeting Nigeria’s electricity supply challenges in the years ahead,” it added in the paper.

http://www.energywatchng.com/gbarainubie-power-plant-ready-end-q1-2017/

good

hmmmmmmm

Ok

Hahahahah.. why are this(fill the space) nah..

2 week or 4week ago you said a power plant is also ready, we still experience blackouts..

I hope this wont be future impossible tense sha??

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Useless token token meggawatts

As usual ... future impossible tense they will surely deny 2moro!

Will be waiting to see

I rep
Bukola saraki

FG working on the Influential Baboon's region.
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This is government

This is continuity.

I typed those words from my sleep, no quote is expected.

I wonder why its hard for this country to build a power plant that can generate at least 1000MW instead of littering all these small tins everywhere. 1000MW power plant in each region could solve our power problems

Hit the 'like' button if you think this is a lie

#IStoodWithGEJ

Hope masses don't chase una comot before Q1 2017. Na only naija where one lawyer claim say him sabi give electricity. Engineers and technocrats aren't qualified enough, one of the chosen ministers is in charge of what's not his area.

nonsense. state should be allowed to fund their power grid

Freiden:
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Maka why?

That is if militants will nt destroy it with RpG. Nice one sha

nice

future probability tense

More power to Bayelsa...imagine Bayelsa state cannot enjoy power for up to 10hours a day...what's the need to be an oil producing state?

who cursed nigeria?

NaijaFutbol:
#IStoodWithGEJ

You stood with nothing.

VIPERVENOM:
I wonder why its hard for this country to build a power plant that can generate at least 1000MW instead of littering all these small tins everywhere

am telling you. s ingle dam in china or so generates 20,000mw

This is a potential recruiter. Watch out.

We dey wait.. make e shaa better...

Change noni

Another propaganda from our promise and fail Government..
Watch as they will deny it when the date clock..

Btw why are you people always FCT before me??
God go judge unaaaaaaaa oooooo

I am still bemused that in 2017 we don't have a regular power supply despite the advancement in technology and the abundance of resources at our disposal. Its a shame that at a time when countries with uninterrupted power supply are making new ways to utilize nuclear energy, deep sea windmill and underwater current to enhance their productivity, Nigeria is still struggling with hydro-power generation . The sun in the north is enough to cater for the whole Nigeria if we invest in solar energy. The Hilly topography is the middle-belt with fast and unending wind will make a good source for a windmill farm. China as we speak still make use of coal energy to generate power and there is abundance of coal in Enugu that can do that. While the mass of water from the south-west to south-south will be more than enough to feed the nation. But all na lie, the poo people selling fuel and generators will never allow that. The poo politicians that only think about their pockets will never raise a bill talkless of supporting it. The poo government with no sense will travel and sign yeye contract instead of asking their counterpart to help them with best hands and privatize the poo out of this poo generating companies. They never seem to learn whenever they travel from countries like UAE, Saudi, Qatar etc that has no expert in any field but spent billions to bring them in and create a fantastic environment that even the western world marvel at. Pooo govt, pooo politician what a "C*ntry" called Nigeria

Scam and Nigerian leaders will be buried together.Every Nigerian has the right to be pisanthrophobic.Every Nigerian leader both past and present are robbers. If you believe this is a step forward, you'd believe your mum is a virgin.This is just a campaign report.Why am I a Nigerian sef... No light since last year!