Funtua – Zaria Line is a 330kV overhead line with a length of 70km from Funtua, Katsina, Nigeria, to Zaria, Kaduna, Nigeria.

The project is expected to be commissioned in 2025.

Description

Funtua – Zaria Line is an overhead line that will be operated by Transmission Company Of Nigeria. The line will carry alternating current (AC) through double circuit cable.

Approximately $31.5m was financed by the authorities to undertake the construction works of the project.

Funtua – Zaria Line project development status

The construction works on the Funtua – Zaria Line project will be commenced in 2023 and commissioning is expected in 2025.

About Transmission Company Of Nigeria

Transmission Company Of Nigeria is a national electric power authority as a product of the merger of the transmission and operations sectors. It provides a electricity transmission network. It is headquartered in Abuja, Nigeria.

Methodology

All publicly-announced T&D Line & Substation projects included in this analysis are drawn from GlobalData’s Power IC. The information regarding the projects is sourced through secondary information sources such as country specific utility players, company news and reports, statistical organisations, regulatory body, government planning reports and their publications and is further validated through primary from various stakeholders such as power utility companies, consultants, energy associations of respective countries, government bodies and professionals from leading players in the power sector.