[Naijanet] 4 more barges arrive for Lagos power project
Fabiyi, Kolawole A (KAFA)
3 august
LAGOS - FOUR more barges have arrived the country to facilitate the
installation of the Lagos State Independent Power Plant Project (IPP).
They bring to seven the number of barges already in Nigeria for the project
with the technical partners, Enron saying yesterday that the emergency phase
of the project - 90 megawatts would be ready by December. Enron will
generate in all 270 megawatts.
Three of the barges had earlier arrived the country last December when work
was originally scheduled to commence on the project.
However, disagreement between NEPA and Enron, over pricing of the energy to
be generated from the plant stalled the project.
Two more barges are still expected in the country to bring the final number
of barges required for the project to nine.
Conducting Gov. Bola Tinubu round the barges yesterday at the Niger Dock
Dockyard, Apapa, Enron's Plant Manager, Mr. Dennis Skipper said with the
arrival of the four additional barges, the conversion from diesel to gas had
commenced.
He said as soon as the conversion was over in 45 days the barges, each with
capacity to generate 30 megawatts of electricity, would be moved to Egbin
Thermal Station, near Ikorodu for final installation. According to Skipper,
while the emergency phase of 90 megawatts will be completed and handed over
to the governor as Christmas present, the final phase will be completed in
the first quarter of next year.
The Enron boss, who said 40 per cent of the project had been completed with
the arrival of the barges, stated that the project was capable of
stimulating high economic activities in the local Egbin community, as no
fewer than 500 people would be engaged for the construction of the base of
the plant.
This, he added, would be in addition to the over 110 Enron's personnel who
would be on site through out the duration of the plant.
Skipper said Enron would be committing some $150 million into the project,
and commended the Federal Government, NEPA and the Lagos State Government
for clearing the major hurdle that stood in the company's way in the process
of signing.
Gov. Tinubu in his remarks, said the arrival of the seven barges and
near-arrival of the remaining two barely a month after the final agreement
was signed, was a manifestation of Enron's seriousness about the project.
He expressed satisfaction at the level of development about the IPP project,
saying "I am very satisfied at the way things are going, and if these barges
are here as fast as they are, then it shows the seriousness Enron is putting
into the project."
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