Agreements will dramatically increase capacity at the Ughelli power plant in 2014
LAGOS, Nigeria, January 31, 2014/ -- Transcorp
Ughelli Power Ltd (TUPL), the power subsidiary of Transnational
Corporation of Nigeria Plc (Transcorp), and General Electric (GE) have
signed an agreement to expand the capacity of TUPL’s Ughelli power plant
by1000MW over the next 3 to 5 years.
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Both
parties have also signed a separate agreement to rehabilitate the
damaged GT 15 turbine at the Ughelli plant, which will add 115MW to the
plant’s output.
Currently,
the Transcorp Ughelli power plant generates 360MW of electricity, up
from 160MW on November 1, when Transcorp took ownership of the plant.
With the additional 115MW, as well as other rehabilitation works planned
at the plant, output at Ughelli will increase to 700MW by December
2014.
