Bulk Electricity Supply To Kano Industrial Areas Improves With TCN New Wheeling Capacity

Bulk electricity supply to Kano’s industrial, commercial and residential areas have improved with new commissioned projects.
The projects have further relieved overloaded substations and create room to meet previously suppressed demand.

This follows commissioning of  four transmission substations adding 544MW of wheeling capacity to Kano State and the grid executed by the Transmission Company of Nigeria(TCN), in partnership with the Kano State Government.
These transmission capacities are at Walalambe, Kumbotso, Dakata and Dan-Agundi.
Walalambe contributes a new 80 MW capacity substation with two 40 MVA transformers; Kumbotso receives 300 MVA at 330kV level and 100 MVA transformers...