Tinubu commissions 350MW first phase of NNPC’s GIPP

<p>President Bola Tinubu has commissioned the 350MW first phase of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited’s Gwagwalada Independent Power Project (GIPP).</p>, <p>The Presidency said Tinubu commissioned the project on Friday and reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to strengthening the energy sector in Nigeria.</p>, <p>“This is in line with President Tinubu’s campaign promise to increase power generation beyond the current 12,000MW, address power value chain challenges, and remove all distribution bottlenecks,” the presidency said.</p>, <p>The GIPP project is led by NNPC Ltd in a joint venture with China Machinery and Engineering Corporation (CMEC) for the EPC, and General Electric (GE) for the Long Term Service Agreement.</p>, <p>It is designed to provide reliable electricity, strengthen Nigeria’s energy sector, and accelerate economic growth in the country.</p>, <p>The GIPP project will sit on an already acquired 54.7hectares of land in Gwagwalada, Abuja, and is one of the critical power generation projects along the Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) gas pipeline corridor which is at 70% completion.</p>, <p>According to the presidency, AKK is Nigeria’s largest, ongoing domestic gas pipeline project till date.</p>, <p>The presidency disclosed that the 1,350 MW project is in phases and the first phase capacity is 350 MW which was launched by Tinubu on Friday.</p>, <p>According to the NNPCL, the project has the following characteristics: a combined cycle of three power train blocks of 4500 megawatts (MW) each and two gas turbines.</p>, <p>It includes two heat recovery and steam generators, one steam turbine and it can generate 10.3m MW per hour of electricity.</p>, <p>In April 2023, the NNPCL announced that the AKK gas pipeline was 70% complete, with $1.1 billion spent already.</p>, <p>The NNPCL Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO), Mele Kyari, said that the AKK gas pipeline is one massive project which the company is running.</p>, <p>“It has immense value for Nigeria and its socio-economic growth. Th