Aba Power Project

Geometric Power Limited (GPL) is an indigenous private-sector driven power provider in Nigeria, whose goal is to construct and operate independent power plants (IPPs) for the generation, transmission and distribution of power to industrial clusters, commercial entities and the general public in Nigeria and sub-Saharan African countries.

As a pioneer IPP, GPL is desirous to complement the Nigerian Government's efforts to improve the power sector by helping to bridge the huge energy gap in a timely manner, and to alleviate the pains of several industrialists in the country. GPL's strategic partnership with the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) in Nigeria will assist the BPE in achieving the objectives of the Electric Power Sector Reform Act (EPSRA).

The objective of GPL Aba's model Independent Power Plant is to initiate the emergence of high reliability in power supply, especially for the industrial sector in Nigeria and Sub-Saharan Africa. The GPL Aba project is therefore a pilot project that will revolutionalize the power sector in Nigeria .

The average annual power supply in Aba is currently at 20% of its total demand! The quality of power supply to industries is inadequate to meet their needs hence most businesses rely on privately generated power to run their machines and industrial equipment at very high costs. GPL's goal is to provide reliable, affordable and efficient power supply to all its customers, especially the industrial clusters at Aba whose productivity and viability have been drastically affected over several years by the inadequacy of the public power supply system from Nigerian Electric Power Authority (NEPA).

This new power plant with a minimum installed capacity of 188MW being built by Geometric Power Limited is strategically located in Aba, the commercial capital city of Abia State, South Eastern part of Nigeria . Aba is convenient for this first industry-centered independent power plant because it already has gas pipeline and it has large cluster of sustainable industries that need reliable electric power. Several industries are poised to expand production capacity, and those which have shutdown because of power supply problems are expected to come back on stream after the completion of this power plant.

The plant is designed to provide a model for the emergence of high reliability in power supply especially for the industrial sector, and to drive positive economic growth in Nigeria and trade within Sub-Saharan Africa. This privately owned power plant in Nigeria will serve the industrial and commercial customers, as well as residences.

Geometric Power Limited is working with International Owners' Engineers and Equipment Suppliers to construct the power plant and distribution facilities in Aba. GPL's power plant will have gas-fired turbines and will be built for very high reliability by using four Gas Turbines. Each of the four turbines has a capacity of 47 megawatts in simple cycle at the Aba ambient conditions. Shell Nigeria Gas Limited is the natural gas supplier.

The project is financed by international investors led by International Finance Corporation. It is strongly supported by several local and International organizations. These include amongst others, The World Bank; European Investment Bank; Shell Nigeria Gas Company; The Federal Ministry of Power and Steel in Nigeria; The Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) Nigeria; Owners of the major Industries in Aba and the Aba Community in general.

This project has become a pace setting IPP whose model is expected to be replicated in other parts of Nigeria .

Service Delivery:

GPL will generate electrical power and sell to two primary groups:

GPL will guarantee power supply to all of its industrial customers, and save the average manufacturing company more than 65% of its current electricity production cost, as well as the hassles and high costs associated with running its own “stand-by” generating sets 80% of the time! It is therefore expected that the GPL Aba plant will greatly reduce the operating costs, and enhance the productivity of existing companies in addition to enabling new companies to emerge.

President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua laid the foundation stone during the ground breaking ceremony held on November 1, 2007 at the Power Plant site in Osisioma-Ngwa, Abia State. This project is expected to be commissioned in December 2008.