Genesis Energy Limited and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) are set to channel surplus electricity generated from the Port Harcourt Refining Company into the national grid in a bid to boost power supply and support Nigeria’s energy transition drive.
The initiative was announced during an inspection visit by the Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, to Genesis Energy’s power facility located within the Port Harcourt Refinery complex in Eleme, Rivers State.
Genesis Energy, in a statement, said it operates Nigeria’s largest licensed private off-grid clean power station — an 84-megawatt plant dedicated to supplying the refinery. However, with the refinery still undergoing technical review and currently not fully operational, only about 20 MW is being utilized, leaving over 60 MW of power idle.
Minister Adelabu expressed concern that Nigeria has more than 10 gigawatts of stranded generation capacity nationwide due to transmission and distribution constraints. He praised the collaboration as a practical step toward unlocking dormant assets to improve grid stability and expand access to electricity.
Under the partnership, Genesis Energy and NNPC will work to evacuate excess power from the refinery into the national system, in alignment with the Federal Government’s Power Sector Reform and Energy Transition Agenda.
