The Transmission Company Nigeria (TCN) has upgraded its Egbin 330/132/33kV Transmission Substation with the installation of a 60MVA 132/33kV power transformer.
The transformer which was installed by TCN in-house engineers was energized at about 13.05pm on the 2nd of March 2022.
With the new 60MVA power transformer, the substation capacity to supply bulk electricity to Ikeja Electricity Distribution company has increased by 30MVA, the TCN spokesperson, Mrs. Ndidi Mbah said in a statement yesterday.
She stated that this is because TCN has decommissioned an old 30MVA transformer within the substation, which will be serviced and moved to other areas within its network that has a history of minimal electricity demand.
“This substation capacity upgrade will ensure that more power is made available for IKEDC to take to its franchise areas within Ijeda LCDA and Ikorodu local government area axis,” she said.
The TCN seem to be in the upswing to increase the bulk power supply nationwide. Last month, in a bid to boost power supply across the country announced that it had taken delivery of 15 new power transformers.
The power transformers included ten 60 MegaVolt Ampree (MVA) 132/33KV and five 150 MVA 330/132KV capacity transformers, expected to increase Nigeria’s electricity transmission capacity by 1,487 megawatts.
Again the TCN, in a move to reduce system losses in the power sector, commenced the digitization of old transmission substations in its network with the aim of improving the automation system of old transmission substations and their connectivity with the proposed TCN’s Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system.
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