Analysis of Nigeria Power Generation Sustainability through Natural Gas Supply

Abstract

The use of natural gas as a fuel in heat engines for the generation of electricity
is a technology that has been for decades, which operates on the Brayton cycle principle.
In a bid to meet the energy needs of Nigerians despite its unparallel gas potentials of
about 187 TCF of proven gas reserves, Ughelli Power PLC was put under study. The
study reveals that there was an uneven energy generation despite the large quantity of gas
supplied. Nigeria’s total installed capacity is at 6000 MW with its present output at
3000MW. The study of Delta four power plants reveals an average consumption of
1,021,490,501.43 scf of gas indicating 82,461.24 MWH (178.1MW) energy generation.
A total average power generation of 30.5% out of the installed capacity was found,
resulting in 2.9% of National contribution. It is strongly recommended that Proper gas
conservation practices should be enforced.