Nigeria Begins 11 Power Projects to Generate 3,750MW

The Federal Government of Nigeria Monday stated that four hydropower projects with a combined capacity to inject 110 megawatts of electricity to the national grid had been concluded.

It announced 11 other hydropower projects currently ongoing at the various project sites with a total capacity of 3,750MW of electricity.

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The Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu, disclosed this in a press release on the infrastructure development by the Federal Ministry of Water Resources.

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In the document by the FMWR, Adamu explained that Nigeria’s hydropower potential was 12,220MW, adding that Kainji, Jebba and Shiroro dams account for 1,930MW of this figure.

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