Story Jonathan Lois
Mabon Limited, an indigenous Nigerian Petroleum Service Company, has disclosed it plans to improve it contribution to national grid operation by providing black start operation where necessary.
The managing director of Mabon Ltd, Richard Madubunyi made this disclosure yesterday at the occasion of the 46th BI-Annual Hydro-Generation planning meeting held in Abuja.
According to him, Mabon Energy Limited is currently the sole owner and concessioner of the of the Dadin Kowa 40 MW Hydroelectric Power Project (DKHEPP). It is successfully completed the development phase of the project and commenced operations and maintenance of it in January 2020.
He said that Dadin Kowa Hydro Power Plant is small compared to our big brothers, but we are proud to be part of the pioneers in small and medium hydro power generating plants that contribute power to the national grid. It is important to note that our plants contributes immensely to voltage profile improvement in the North Eastern part of the country which faces decreasing power transmission loses due to its location and trouble in the region.
“Dadin Kowa Hydro Power facility is a multipurpose dam, where the dam provides water supply to Gombe town and it’s environs for domestic usage. Speaking of repositioning our company to greater heights, we are planning to increase our irrigation water supply from 3000 hectares to 5000 hectares in the near future, and to further increase its power generation.
“We also hope that the improved feed in tariff structure will be looked into favourably because of the immense contribution that we put in place to improve the voltage profile and transmission line losses reduction in the system operation.
“Together I believe we can push the needle to progress towards increased power supply, tackling one of the crucial issues that affects economic, social and infrastructure development in Nigeria,” he said.
Jibril explained that Dadin Kowa Ddam (“the Dam”) is a water storage scheme constructed in the 1980s on the Gongola River in Gombe State; with the intention to supply water to neighbouring towns, create irrigation facilities and support the generation of hydroelectric power for Gombe State, Nigeria. However, whereas the Dam and other civil structures were erected, the power generation aspects of the scheme were never procured or installed.
