On Thursday, a “total system collapse” triggered severe power outages across Nigeria.
Power generation in Africa’s most populated country plummeted to zero megawatts early in the morning.
Throughout the day, connections were progressively restored.
Despite its significance as a significant oil and gas producer, grid power supplies in Nigeria, located in western Africa, sometimes need to be more consistent.
The outage on Thursday was the worst in a year; the West African country’s grid had crashed at least four times in 2022, which the government blamed on technical issues.
Several power firms notified clients on X, the social networking platform formerly known as Twitter, that the recent outages resulted from a “total system collapse.”
According to Power Minister Adebayo Adelabu, a transmission line connecting two power facilities in Niger state exploded following a fire, upsetting the system.
On Thursday, a “total system collapse” triggered severe power outages across Nigeria.
“The fire has been fully arrested, and over half of the connections are now up, and the rest will be fully restored in no time,” Mr Adelabu said in an afternoon statement.
Less than half of Nigeria’s population has regular access to electricity. To avoid reliance on the national grid, most homes and companies have turned to generators, inverters, and other sources of electricity.
However, many of these are now more expensive due to the government’s elimination of gasoline subsidies last May.
According to Reuters, the theoretical maximum amount of power Nigeria might create is 12,500MW, but the country often produces about a fourth of that.
According to data from the Transmission Company of Nigeria, power levels had risen from zero to 273MW around 10:30 local time (09:30 GMT) on Thursday, which was still significantly below the daily average of 4,100MW.
President Bola Tinubu, who has been in office for over a month, has promised to boost supplies by allowing state governments to develop their power plants.
SOURCE – (BBC)
