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Chinese Firm to Expand Nigeria Transmission Capacity

Monday, July 27, 2015

State Grid Corp. of China (SGCC) will fund up to $12 billion in electricity transmission projects that will be built for the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) through the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) Ltd.’s second phase of National Integrated Power Projects (NIPP).

SGCC offered to invest the first $8 billion and then $4 billion later as equity and loan participation in key transmission projects in the second phase of the NIPP. The Nigerian government has made increasing its power production exponentially a top priority

SGCC made the offer in a consortium with its other partners, CET Power and Westron.


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