{"id":10438,"date":"2021-06-14T10:15:47","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T10:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/?p=10438"},"modified":"2021-06-14T10:15:47","modified_gmt":"2021-06-14T10:15:47","slug":"nigeria-latest-gas-related-power-shortages-could-have-been-avoided-here-is-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/nigeria-latest-gas-related-power-shortages-could-have-been-avoided-here-is-why\/","title":{"rendered":"NIGERIA: Latest Gas-related Power Shortages Could Have Been Avoided. Here is why"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"v1MsoNormal\"><i><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Opinion Piece by\u00a0<\/span><\/i><i><span lang=\"EN-ZA\">Yusuff Wale, Managing Director, W\u00e4rtsil\u00e4 Marine &amp; Power Services Nigeria Ltd<\/span><\/i><i><\/i><b><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"v1MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">On 28<sup>\u00a0<\/sup>May 2021, Nigeria&#8217;s national power generation dropped to 3,059 MW and for the subsequent seven days remained below 4,000 MW, six percent below average production. Low pressure on the Escravos-Lagos Pipeline System (ELPS) left several gas turbine power plants with insufficient gas supply, leading to plant shutdowns and widespread power blackouts.<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"v1MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Unlike gas turbine power plants, gas engine power plants have the flexibility to function during low gas pressure events. This flexibility significantly lowers power production risk, a supreme advantage in context of gas supply disruptions and systemic power shortages.<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"v1MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Power cuts in Nigeria are a regular occurrence. Data from the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) shows that from 2013 to 2020, the national grid system failed 84 times and partially collapsed 43 times. The World Bank data on countries with the most electricity outages in Africa showed that in 2019, Nigeria suffered outages for 191 days out of 365. The economic cost of power shortages in the country is estimated at around $28 billion annually \u2013 equivalent to two percent of its Gross Domestic Product.<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"v1MsoNormal\"><b><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Power plants suffer from disrupted gas supply\u00a0<\/span><\/b><b><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"v1MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Gas is used to fuel more than 80% of power generation capacity, in Nigeria that has the largest gas reserves in Africa. Despite major progress achieved over the past years, gas infrastructures development and maintenance remain insufficient, and this situation combined with infrastructure sabotage results in the country suffering from insufficient pipeline capacity and a lack of pipeline connections. The condition of the gas transmission and distribution system is a major constraint as domestic supply shortages and insufficient pressure severely affect the reliability of the power supply.<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"v1MsoNormal\"><b><span lang=\"EN-GB\">What does this mean in practice?<\/span><\/b><b><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"v1MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Trunk pipelines like the ELPS require sufficient volumes of natural gas to be fed into the system within a specified pressure range to ensure that gas is delivered to all consumers along the pipeline as per the contracted quality and quantity. A drop in the volumes leads to a drop in the pressure leading to disruptions between the ELPS and end consumers. \u00a0In such a scenario, high pressure off-takers such as gas turbine power plants can no longer operate and drop out as consumers, thus freeing up the remaining gas volumes for low pressure off-takers such as reciprocating gas engine power plants which can continue to operate at full rated capacity.<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"v1MsoNormal\"><b><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Workable solutions adapted to fluctuating fuel supply and load<\/span><\/b><b><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"v1MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">The flexible power plants, made up of multiple engine modules which can be turned-down or fired-up instantaneously, offer a large range in power supply availability. In addition to being robust and versatile to manage the current generation and transmission side disturbances, they are also the perfect ally of renewable energies since they can adjust output in response to the intermittent nature of the weather.<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"v1MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN\">Engine-based technologies also provide the best response times to effectively adapt to sudden excess or shortfall in electricity production.\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Furthermore, their modular format means that they can be sized to meet specific requirements, for a city, for manufacturing industries, or for local micro-grids. This makes them easier and faster to install than larger gas turbine plants and facilitates expansion as energy requirements increase.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"v1MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Gas turbine power plants on the other hand involve a continuous combustion process. They require a constant energy supply to generate consistent output. They are not adapted to operate on a stop-start basis, nor are they designed to cope with the intermittent nature of renewables. To maintain a balanced system, flexible forms of electricity must be available to ramp up output at the same rate that wind or solar output fluctuates. Using small, modular, combustion engines to provide load flexibility enables larger combined cycle plants to provide a stable base load taking advantage of high efficiencies when operating at full capacity and reducing overall energy costs.<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"v1MsoNormal\"><b><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Unlocking the full potential of Nigeria&#8217;s power sector<\/span><\/b><b><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"v1MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">The reality today is that Nigeria&#8217;s power system faces several challenges, including blackouts, fuel shortages, financing, maintenance, demanding operating conditions and reduced cooling water availability. The size of the gap between the country&#8217;s energy needs and its current provision is daunting but not impossible to close.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"v1MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">As the largest economy in Africa, with huge gas reserves and high solar energy potential, Nigeria has all the natural resources necessary to meet the country&#8217;s power needs.\u00a0 To realise the full benefits of this potential, flexible engine technology offers a superior solution over gas turbine technology. Increasing access to electricity ranks as one of the major drivers for business growth. Improving power sector performance, particularly for manufacturing and services, will be central to unlocking Nigeria&#8217;s economic growth post COVID-19.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Opinion Piece by\u00a0Yusuff Wale, Managing Director, W\u00e4rtsil\u00e4 Marine &amp; Power Services Nigeria Ltd\u00a0 On 28\u00a0May 2021, Nigeria&#8217;s national power generation dropped to 3,059 MW and for the subsequent seven days &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/nigeria-latest-gas-related-power-shortages-could-have-been-avoided-here-is-why\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7442,11,7444],"tags":[9356,955,9354,1749,2065,5275,9355],"class_list":["post-10438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-countries","category-top-news","category-west-africa","tag-escravos-lagos-pipeline-system","tag-gas","tag-gas-turbine-power","tag-nigeria","tag-power","tag-renewables","tag-wartsila-marine-power-services","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-2Im","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12160,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/accelerating-nigerias-30-30-30-vision-with-flexible-gas-to-power-generation-will-reduce-dependence-on-expensive-diesel-generate-significant-cost-savings\/","url_meta":{"origin":10438,"position":0},"title":"Accelerating Nigeria\u2019s 30-30-30 Vision with Flexible Gas-to-power Generation Will Reduce Dependence on Expensive Diesel &#038; Generate Significant Cost Savings","author":"","date":"April 21, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Speaking at the Smart Energy Forum in Lagos and Abuja in the presence of Nigeria\u2019s top energy decision-makers, senior energy experts from W\u00e4rtsil\u00e4 presented the latest results of an in-depth study which models the most cost-effective and reliable energy mix that can be built each year in Nigeria.\u00a0 Nigeria is\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Countries&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Countries","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/category\/countries\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Nigeria-gas-fired-power.jpg?fit=800%2C500&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Nigeria-gas-fired-power.jpg?fit=800%2C500&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Nigeria-gas-fired-power.jpg?fit=800%2C500&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Nigeria-gas-fired-power.jpg?fit=800%2C500&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":12186,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/egypt-wartsila-to-deliver-generating-equipment-to-the-borg-el-arab-power-plant\/","url_meta":{"origin":10438,"position":1},"title":"EGYPT: W\u00e4rtsil\u00e4 to Deliver Generating Equipment to the Borg El Arab Power Plant","author":"","date":"April 25, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"W\u00e4rtsil\u00e4\u2019s has announced\u00a0 new contract signed with one of Egypt\u2019s major independent power producers (IPPs) Kahraba, a subsidiary of Egypt Kuwait Holding (EKH) in February 2022. 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