The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation on 17 August signed an engineering, procurement and construction contract on with China Machinery Engineering Company and General Electric to build the 50MW Maiduguri Emergency Power Project. The plant will help address power shortages in the Borno State, the main battleground in the Boko Haram insurgency which has persisted since 2009.
Image: Maiduguri Emergency Power Project. Source: African Energy Live Data
Nigeria Power Report 2021/22
Nigeria's installed capacity will reach 18.3GW by 2025 but with available generation likely to be constrained to just 7.6GW, supply will continue to lag far behind demand, new research by African Energy shows
Nigeria Power Report 2021/22 shows that the challenges facing the power sector are likely to continue in the medium-term. The lack of gas supply, insufficient T&D infrastructure, and sector illiquidity will contribute to an environment where new IPPs are unlikely to emerge in the coming years. However, after many false dawns the prospect of long-promised recovery may be in sight.
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