Due to Incessant Grid Collapse KEDCO Plans N169bn 100MW “Safe Grid”
A statement by Head Corporate Communications of Kano Electricity Distribution Company, KEDCO, Sani Bala Sani, the initiative would provide 24-hour power supply to key industries, commercial hubs and critical government infrastructure in Kano, Katsina and Jigawa states.
He stated that the initiative tagged as “Safe Grid” would end disruptions for its valued customers, institutions and businesses which have also challenged the company’s financial performance.
“This project will be built using, first, a 20 MW power plant (of the 100MW) with Utilita under an emergency project valued at $20m that will be operational by the end of the year to begin supply for the “Safe Grid”, he declared.
Sani Bala revealed that the generation units “are already available and KEDCO is accelerating project development ahead of installation and commissioning in the Tamburawa area”.
One of the highlights according to KEDCO spokesman will be the purchase of electricity for the “Safe Grid” from the 10MW Haske Solar Power Plant (built by the Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) and the Ministry of Finance Incorporated (MOFI) and from the 16MW combined capacities from Tiga and Challawa Hydroelectric Power Projects built by the Kano State government, bringing the total initial supply in the ‘Safe Grid’ to 46MW.
KEDCO he added “is in discussion with the Federal Ministry of Power to take over and complete the 10MW Katsina Wind Farm project and supply it into the ‘Safe Grid’.”
He said the remaining 54MW would be supplied through additional power plant projects using gas and solar with a new parallel distribution grid architecture built to take the electricity to all key locations and supply areas in its franchise area, starting from Kano State.