According to him, the plan is to increase the generation of Egbin Power to about another 1900MW and at the risk of the plant not to deploying all due to challenges of gas supply and transmission evacuation. Adesina explained that the new technology deployed for the increment is a combined circle power plant which uses less gas, and produces more energy than the current plant. The 26 weeks programme which is to hold at the National Power Training Institute of Nigeria (NAPTIN), is believed to cover operations in steel and gas turbine plants with high focus on field and hands on training to last 16 weeks, and classroom modules to run for 10 weeks. “Go in the laboratories of your lives to seek the solution that would provide cost efficient electricity to Nigerian masses,” he added. He appealed to other utilities to come around to build human capacities because that is the ultimate in other to get the power sector working efficiently and effective and getting enough power to the Nigerian masses.

Source: The Guardian February 06, 2019 04:41 UTC