By ABAH SUNDAY, Abuja
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The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says the two transformers taken out late last year at its Benin Transmission Substation and Ihovbor Work Centre for upgrade have been successfully upgraded and energised, respectively.
TCN’s general manager, Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah, made this known in a statement on Monday evening.
At the 132kV Benin Transmission Substation, TCN completed and energised a new 100MVA 132/33kV power transformer on Saturday, 3rd of February, 2024, while at the Ihovbor Work Centre, a 100MVA power transformer was energised on the 29th of January, 2024.
While the energised transformer at Ihovbor 132/33kV Work Centre is to provide increased bulk power supply to Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) for onward supply to Egba, Oluku, Ihovbor and its environs, the newly energised 100MVA transformer at Benin Transmission Substation increases the substation’s capacity from 240MVA to 300MVA.
Before the recent upgrade, the Benin Transmission Substation had two 60MVA, one 80 MVA, and one 40MVA 132 /33kV Mobitra transformer which was upgraded to 100MVA power transformer.
Whilst Ihovbor had 2x60MVA of which one has been upgraded to100MVA. Capacity at Ihovbor rose from 120MVA to 160MVA.
With the recent upgrade, TCN has increased its capacity to wheel more bulk power to Benin DisCo for onward evacuation to its customers.
The projects are part of the collaborative efforts of the World Bank and TCN Management to boost bulk power transmission nationwide, the statement said.