Jebba Power Station
| Jebba Power Station | |||
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| Coordinates | 9 ° 8 '27 " N , 4 ° 47' 27" E | ||
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 Nigeria
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| Waters | Niger River | ||
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| Type | Hydroelectric power plant | ||
| Primary energy | water | ||
| power | 578.4 MW | ||
| owner | Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) | ||
| operator | Jebba Hydro Electric Plc. | ||
| Project start | 1985 | ||
| Start of operations | 1993 | ||
| turbine | 6 Francis turbines | ||
| Website | jebbahydroelectricplc.org | ||
Jebba Power Station is a hydropower plant in Nigeria . The power plant dams the Jebba reservoir in the immediate vicinity of the city of Jebba , on the Niger River , in the state of Kwara .
The dam
The power plant has a total output of 578.4 megawatts . The plant consists of a total of six units with an output of 96.4 MW each, of which only two are functional as of 2008. Construction began on April 13, 1985. Commissioning took place in 1993. The operator is "Jebba Hydro Electric Plc". The plant is owned by the state-owned Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN for short).
Technical specifications
- Power generation
- six water turbines Type: Francis turbine with a maximum flow of 380 m³ / s per unit.
- Six synchronous generators ( salient pole machine ) Type: internal pole design with a nominal voltage of 16 kV and a maximum electrical apparent power of 103.5 MVA . Each generator is connected to its own machine transformer , which transforms the 16 kV generator voltage to 330 kV high voltage for the overland supply of the network in Nigeria.
The reservoir
The lake begins just a few kilometers below the Kainji reservoir . It has a length of about 70 kilometers and an average width of about 2-3 kilometers.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jebba Power Station ( page can no longer be accessed , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on mainstream.com, accessed August 2, 2013.
- ↑ DJ Obadote: ENERGY CRISIS IN NIGERIA: TECHNICAL ISSUES AND SOLUTIONS. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on October 29, 2013 ; Retrieved August 4, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Technical data ( Memento of the original from September 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on jebbahydroelectricplc.org, accessed August 2, 2013.
Web links
- Aerial view of the Jebba Power Station facility , accessed on August 2, 2013.
- Jebba Hydro Electric homepage , accessed August 2, 2013.
