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BIOMASS It will also be among the list of those capacity charge,” NERC had said.
providing the most electricity in the East In a related development, four agencies
HQ Peat Power Plant African country, together with Nyabarongo under the Federal Ministry of Power have
budgeted a total of N20.45m for the fuelling
Hydro Power Plant, which is currently the
construction in Rwanda largest and that produces 28 megawatts of and maintenance of generators in 2021.
electricity.
nears completion

HQ Peat Power Plant in Rwanda is nearing EMISSIONS
completion after approximately three GAS-FIRED GENERATION
years of construction. This is according to Alexandria power plants
Dominique Gubbini, the General Manager of 10 Nigerian power plants
HQ Power, which is the company behind the join emission monitoring
development of the facility. idle
HQ Power is owned by a Turkish investor network
called HAKAN AS, an international power Ten of Nigeria’s 29 power plants sat idle on
company dubbed Quantum Power, with the January 4 on the back of low load demand
participation of Themis, a leading project by the distribution companies and gas Egypt’s Minister of Environment Yasmine
developer and investor with an exclusive focus constraints. Fouad has announced the completion of the
on incremental renewable power generation Total power generation in the country fell electronic interconnection for the continuous
assets in Sub Saharan Africa. to 4,112.10 megawatts as of 6am on Monday emissions self-monitoring system at Abu Qir
Gubbini said that by March 2021, the from 4,354.7MW on Sunday, according to power station’s two electricity production
plant which is located in Mamba in Gisagara data from the Nigerian Electricity System units.
District will start releasing 40 megawatts of Operator.The data showed that generation According to a Ministry statement, sulphur
electricity into the national grid. capacity of 2,126.5MW could not be utilised dioxide, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide,
“The 40 megawatts will be produced by the as of 6am on Monday as a result of the Discos’ and oxygen rates in the two units at the new
part of the plant which is under completion load rejection and gas constraints. power station will be monitored.
and which will be tested in the course of The idle plants were Afam IV &V, Alaoji, The monitoring devices’ signals have been
this month. The remaining part we hope Olorunsogo II, Omotosho II, Ihovbor, linked to those elements, and the readings will
to complete by May to allow additional 30 Gbarain, AES, ASCO, Rivers IPP, and Egbin be reviewed and matched with the National
megawatts to be connected to the grid by June ST6. Network for Monitoring Industrial Emissions
this year,” explained the HQ Power, general “The power sector lost an estimated database.
manager. N972m on January 2, 2021 due to The network includes 77 industrial
The plant will have a capacity to produce constraints from insufficient gas supply, institutions nationwide, 17 of which are
80 megawatts of electricity, 87.5 of which distribution infrastructure and transmission located in Alexandria, Egypt’s second city and
will be connected to the national grid while infrastructure,” the Advisory Power Team the country’s largest port.
the remaining percentage, equivalent to 10 in the Office of the Vice-President said on Fouad said that the latest measures are part of
megawatts, will be retained for the plant’s daily Sunday. the ministry’s interest in the power generation
operations. The government-owned Transmission and transportation sectors.
Built under a Build Operate, Own and Company of Nigeria, which manages the These two sectors are responsible for 43% and
Transfer (BOOT) basis with a 26 year of national grid, is responsible for the allocation 23%, respectively, of Egypt’s air pollution with
Power Purchase Agreement, the HQ Power of load to the Discos. particulate matter of less than 10 micrometres,
peat will be the largest of its kind in the “Where it is established that the TCN is which is the main influence on air quality.
Eastern African region and the second-largest unable to deliver load allocation, the TCN The minister also said that there is continued
in Africa. shall be liable to pay for the associated cooperation with the Ministry of Electricity
to preserve the country’s air quality, in light
of the climate changes. The two ministries are
working to bring major industries into the
national network’s fold to monitor industrial
emissions.

MINI- GRIDS

AfDB approves $7mn grant
for mini-grids

The African Development Bank (AfDB)
has approved a $7mn grant from the
Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) for

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