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FG Partners Siemens To Generate 7,000MW Of Electricity By 2021

FG Partners Siemens To Generate 7,000MW Of Electricity By 2021
  • PublishedJuly 22, 2019

The Federal Government has signed an agreement with German-based company Siemens to generate 7,000 megawatts of electricity.

The partnership comes after President Muhammadu Buhari met with German Chancellor, Angela Merkel on August 31, 2018.

At the end of the signing, President Muhammadu Buhari urged Siemens, distribution, and transmission companies as well as the Electricity Distribution Company of Nigeria to work hard to achieve 7,000 megawatts by 2021 and 11,000 megawatts by 2023 and overall grid capacity to 25,000 MW.

He reaffirms his commitment to developing Mambilla hydroelectric and various solar projects.

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