Recently, Shanghai Electric Power Transmission & Distribution Group inked the 300KV and 132KV substation transformation and restoration EPC project contract with the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) Shanghai Electric Power Transmission & Distribution Group is to transform and restore seven 132KV substations and three 330KV.

Shanghai Electric Power Transmission & Distribution Group was greatly challenged in 2020 in overseas projects where it served as the general contractor, due to the COVID-19 pandemic that has prevented frontline workers from entering local sites. Difficult as it was, Shanghai Electric Power Transmission & Distribution Group tried new models to implement projects and managed to undertake the Nigeria-based task.

Nigeria is a major participant of the Belt and Road Imitative, representing the largest market in Africa for Chinese contractors. This project marks many firsts for Shanghai Electric Power Transmission & Distribution Group: the first open tender with loans offered by the World Bank, the first open tender in West Africa, the first transmission and distribution project involving 330KV, the highest voltage in West Africa, and the first substation restoration project. Therefore, it lays a solid foundation for Shanghai Electric Power Transmission & Distribution Group to further explore the Nigerian market and bid for more high-voltage substation projects in Sub-Saharan Africa.