Lagos To Get Five Power Plants By 2014

THE Lagos State Government has
unveiled plans to raise the number of
Independent Power Plants (IPPs) in the
state to five, with a combined capacity
of 47.35 Mega Watts (MW) by 2014.
Already, the state government has built
two plants in Akute (12.5MW) and Lagos
Island (10MW), while plans are in top
gear to commission the newly
completed Alausa power plant (10.4MW)
by next month.
The Commissioner for Energy and
Mineral Resources, Toafeek Ajibade
Tijani, recently told The Guardian that
Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola was
set to commission the Alausa project to
ease the power challenges in the state.
“The Alausa IPP, which is set for
commissioning in the month of October
by Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola will
run on environmental-friendly natural
gas from Gaslink Limited.
“The power plant, when commissioned,
will power the state secretariat complex,
Alausa, Lagos Television (LTV8), Lagos
State Printing Corporation, Lagos State
Council for Arts and Culture, Office of
the Surveyor-General, proposed Multi-
Agency Complex, as well as the staff
quarters I, II and III.”
With only 10,000MW of electricity
supplied to Lagos from the national grid
at peak, he lamented the insufficient
supply profile, explaining that the plight
necessitated the IPP scheme initiated by
the state government to strategically
ease the network.
He, therefore, urged Lagosians to
desist from wastages and conserve
energy with October already declared as
Energy Conservation Month.
Tijani noted that about 4,358,000kwh
of electricity were wasted in the state
yearly, stressing that Lagos required
additional 10,000MW to meet the state
energy demand.
He said that the state’s public lighting
were powered from various energy
sources such as diesel, LPG, IPP and
solar.
“While diesel is the primary fuel
source, the target is to gradually reduce
dependency on diesel by connecting
more public lighting to IPPs and
increasing the use of LPG and solar,” he
said.
He added: “Over 13,000 residential,
commercial and industrial locations
have been audited so far, revealing that
just over 10 per cent of the power
demanded by Lagosians is being met by
the national grid. A total of over 17,000
generators were discovered in the
locations audited, implying that every
location has at least one generator.
“This necessary practice of self-
generation has led to a total
consumption of approximately 162,000
litres of diesel a day, resulting in 178lbs
of carbon dioxide being emitted per
household per day in Lagos.
On average, Lagosians are powering
themselves at a cost of N44/kWh, almost
four times the cost of supply from the
grid,” he said.
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