The barge will be located adjacent to the Egbin power station owned by the Nigerian Electric Power Authority (NEPA).
The generating facility comprises nine barge-mounted combustion turbines with a combined generating capacity of 290MW. The barges are under construction, with commercial operations due to begin in September 2001.
Electricity from the plant will be supplied to NEPA under a 13.25 year power purchase agreement. Natural gas for the turbines will initially be supplied by NEPA, prior to privatization of the authority. After privatization gas supply will be under a long term contract with a competitive supplier.
The barge mounted power station is an emergency measure to bring power to the region which has a shortfall of around 400MW. AES will manage the plant when it is completed.
