Phcn System Collapse Plunges Country Into Darkness
The country has been thrown back into darkness as a result of system collapse experienced by the power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) with power generation dipping to 2,400 mw, leaving most of the country without light since Monday.
This incidentally is coming less than one week after the company assured of steady supply during the Yuletide and beyond when its generation reached 3,400 mw.
The officials of the company have since been battling to resuscitate the system which knocked off the entire power system.
The situation became worse when the Egbin and Ughelli power stations which normally blackstart after such experience could not pick up because of technical problems.
Blackstarting is the process by which a power station automatically restarts again after it has collapsed and thereby energises the other power stations to pick up and continue with generation.
The system collapse was caused by of lack of gas to Egbin and AES plants which were generating 1,200 megawatts before the incident happened. This is in spite the assurance by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) that there would be enough gas for the power plants to generate electricity.
The grid system being operated by PHCN, according to experts, resulted in the collapse of Egbin affecting the whole network. With the loss of 1,200 mw, no other plant is available to take care of the vacuum created by the outing of Egbin, and consequently, other plants began to trip off one after the other.
This incidentally is coming less than one week after the company assured of steady supply during the Yuletide and beyond when its generation reached 3,400 mw.
The officials of the company have since been battling to resuscitate the system which knocked off the entire power system.
The situation became worse when the Egbin and Ughelli power stations which normally blackstart after such experience could not pick up because of technical problems.
Blackstarting is the process by which a power station automatically restarts again after it has collapsed and thereby energises the other power stations to pick up and continue with generation.
The system collapse was caused by of lack of gas to Egbin and AES plants which were generating 1,200 megawatts before the incident happened. This is in spite the assurance by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) that there would be enough gas for the power plants to generate electricity.
The grid system being operated by PHCN, according to experts, resulted in the collapse of Egbin affecting the whole network. With the loss of 1,200 mw, no other plant is available to take care of the vacuum created by the outing of Egbin, and consequently, other plants began to trip off one after the other.
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