PVTIME – GCL and Nigeria’s Swiber Africa Group have signed a framework cooperation agreement on the new energy industry. The deal was officially signed in Dubai on 25 January by Dr Orji Uzor Kalu, Chairman of Swiber Africa Group, and Zhu Gongshan, Chairman of GCL. It focuses on in-depth collaboration in energy system construction, strategic lithium ore development, and industrial chain coordination.
This agreement is a significant milestone in strengthening practical cooperation between China and Nigeria, and a pivotal moment for GCL in proactively responding to the Belt and Road Initiative and advancing its internationalisation strategy. Nigeria, one of Africa’s leading economies, has long grappled with severe power shortages and a weak power grid, which have hindered industrialisation and improved living standards.
Against the backdrop of the global energy transition and closer China-Africa cooperation, GCL is leveraging its experience of over 20 years in the development of integrated oil, gas and green energy in African countries such as Ethiopia and Djibouti. Addressing Nigeria’s energy and resource challenges, the group will expand its strategic presence along the Belt and Road, focusing on new power systems and the lithium battery industrial chain.
In terms of power system construction, GCL will integrate advanced, efficient, clean power generation technologies and scenario-based system solutions. The focus will be on exporting the full-scale virtual power plant system that has been successfully implemented in the Suzhou Industrial Park (a China-Singapore joint project) with a load regulation accuracy rate of 94%. This system will provide Nigeria with intelligent energy management, offering a rapid response at the millisecond level and accurate medium- and long-term predictions.
Aligned directly with Nigeria’s Presidential Power Initiative (PPI), GCL’s plans include building key projects such as 3 GW of gas-fired power stations, 4 GW of wind-solar hybrid energy facilities, and hydropower and coal-fired power stations. The plans also include advancing power grid upgrading projects to build an efficiently coordinated energy network covering power generation, transmission, distribution and consumption. This will drive the country’s power system transformation from manual control to intelligent control.
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