The last unit of the Zongaru hydropower Station in Nigeria generates electricity

On December 28, the last unit of the Zongaru Hydropower Station in Nigeria successfully generated electricity, making four units of the station ready to generate electricity in less than a year, bringing the 2022 project to a complete end.

The year 2022 is the key year for the end of Zongkelu project. The electromechanical installation project department of Zongkelu has overcome many difficulties such as tight schedule, difficult construction, continuous deterioration of social security situation, repeated epidemic, malaria and typhoid fever, etc. It has firmly focused on project quality and construction safety, and made all-out efforts to promote the annual production targets and tasks, ensuring the completion of all node tasks on schedule and achieving quality performance. On March 28, 2022, the first unit will be ready to generate electricity. In July and October, the second and third units are ready for power generation. On December 28, the last unit produced electricity on schedule according to the contract. To win wide praise and high recognition from owners and supervisors, to show a good image of the company and polish the "power construction brand". At the same time, the implementation of "localization" management provides more job opportunities for local workers, further harmonizes the relationship between enterprises and localities, and enhances the friendship between the Chinese and Nepalese people.

The Zongaru Hydropower Station is located on the Kaduna River in the northeast of Zongaru Town, Niger State, Nigeria. It has been designed and installed four vertical shaft Fang-flow turbine generators with a total capacity of 175 MW, with a total installed capacity of 700 MW. It is an important project in Africa under the Belt and Road Initiative. Upon completion, the project will generate 2.64 billion KWH of electricity on average for many years, providing Nigeria with a competitive supply of clean energy. It will solve the power needs of 700,000 households around the project, effectively alleviate the power shortage in Nigeria, and help achieve the goal of global carbon neutrality while promoting energy construction and economic and social development in Nigeria.

Next, the project will undergo standalone and online Acceptance trials in the presence of the Acceptance Committee. All the staff of the project department said that in the New Year, they will stick to the original mission, uphold the concept of "do a project, build a monument", successfully complete the transfer of the project of Zonggelu Hydropower Station, benefit the local people, and submit a satisfactory answer for the construction of "One Belt and One Road" project.