Abuja Community & Environment — Life and Sustainability at Kuje/Wumba

Focus: Social Perspective | Kuje/Wumba/Lokogoma Substations, FCT Abuja | TCN Certified Complete June 2022 | 5km Underground Cable | 24-Month On-Time For the residents of Kuje, Lokogoma and Wumba, two new substations are about more than infrastructure. They are about the everyday experience of living in a fast-growing city. Abuja's growth has been one of Nigeria's great urban stories. Over the past two decades, population expanded rapidly, new neighbourhoods spread across what was once open land. For families who moved into these communities, promise of modern city life has sometimes been undercut by infrastructure that arrived later than residents. Electricity has been one of the most visible gaps. Overloaded substations and weak supply mean frequent outages, low voltage and heavy generator dependence. The Kuje/Wumba/Lokogoma Substations Project, certified complete and fully operational by Transmission Company of Nigeria in June 2022 , was built to change that experience....

Focus: Environmental & Safety Perspective | Kuje/Wumba/Lokogoma, FCT Abuja | 5km 132kV Underground XLPE | Oil Containment + Fire Safety | TCN June 2022 High-voltage substations are rarely thought of as environmental projects. But the design choices made at Kuje and Wumba/Lokogoma show how grid infrastructure can reduce its footprint and support a cleaner energy future. Substations are the unglamorous workhorses of the power system. They do not generate electricity, yet way they are designed and built has real environmental and safety consequences. The Kuje/Wumba/Lokogoma Substations Project, delivered by ICC for Transmission Company of Nigeria and certified complete in June 2022, offers useful case study. Going underground — 5km XLPE avoids towers and cleared corridors. (1k/low) Going Underground: 5km of 132kV XLPE Cable One of project's most significant environmental features is approximately 5 km of 132kV underground XLPE cable connecting New Apo Substation to new Wu...