Abuja Thermal Power Station is a planned 1,350 MW natural gas-fired thermal power plant in Nigeria.
[1] The power plant would be located on 54.7 hectares (135 acres) of land in the community of Dukpa, in the Gwagwalada Area Council of the city of Abuja, Nigeria's capital.
[1] Gwagwalada is located approximately 51 kilometres (32 mi), west of Abuja Federal Capital.
[2] Abuja Thermal Power Station is a collaborative effort between (a) the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), which will supply the natural gas (b) the government of the United States, a donor to the project (c) General Electric Nigeria (GE Nigeria), who will supply the gas turbines and (d) a yet to be identified independent power producer.
The pipeline and the power station are intended to take advantage of the abundant natural gas sources in Nigeria's upstream petroleum operations, and use that gas for industrial and domestic purposes, to spur economic development.