Azura Thermal Power Station

The Azura-Edo Power Station is a natural gas-powered open cycle electricity generation plant, with a current operational capacity of 461 megawatts, located in Benin City in Nigeria.

[1] This is the first phase of a three-phase construction project of a combined cycle gas plant with planned capacity of 1,500 megawatts.

[2] The power station is located to the northeast of Benin City in Edo State, approximately 316 kilometres (196 mi), by road, east of Lagos, Nigeria's commercial capital.

[3] This location lies approximately 465 kilometres (289 mi), by road, southwest of Abuja, the country's capital city.

[7] Construction of the plant began in January 2016 under an Engineering, Procurement and Construction ("EPC") contract with a consortium comprising (a) Siemens AG of Germany (b) Siemens Nigeria Limited and (c) Julius Berger Nigeria Limited.