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What 13,000 MW actually means: reading Nigeria's power curve
Installed capacity is a headline; delivered power is the story. Where the gap comes from and what it says about where to build.
Thirteen thousand megawatts of installed capacity would be impressive if it reached plug sockets. On an average day, under five thousand does.
This article reads the power curve the way an investor should: where generation sits, where demand sits, and why the distance between them is the actual market.
The conclusion shapes our own pipeline: build close to demand, size storage for the evening peak, and instrument everything so maintenance is planned instead of heroic.