How to power a factory or plant in Anambra or Delta: your energy options compared
Published 9 July 2026 · Gasland Horizon
When you plan a factory, processing plant or power project in Anambra or Delta State, one decision shapes your running costs for years: how you will power it. The public grid cannot be relied on for continuous industrial load, so almost every serious operation self-generates. The real question is what you burn to do it. This article compares the four practical options, grid, diesel or heavy fuel oil, compressed natural gas (CNG), and piped natural gas, on the things that actually matter: cost, reliability, logistics and scale.
The four options at a glance
Public grid
Cheap per unit when it flows, but supply in most industrial areas is intermittent and cannot carry continuous production. Useful as a supplement, not as a base load. Almost no factory runs on grid alone.
Diesel / HFO generation
Reliable and available anywhere, but the most expensive way to make power. The pump price is only part of it: tanker logistics, storage, pilferage and heavy engine maintenance all add up. Exposed to the oil price and the naira.
Compressed natural gas (CNG)
Gas trucked to site in high-pressure containers. Much cheaper than diesel and a good option where no pipeline reaches. But you still manage deliveries and on-site storage, and volumes are capped by how much can be trucked in.
Piped natural gas
Gas delivered continuously by pipeline, metered at your gate and billed on what you use. The lowest-cost, most reliable base-load fuel, with no deliveries, no storage and no fuel logistics at all. Available where a distribution network reaches your site.
How they compare on what matters
- Cost per kilowatt-hour. Piped natural gas is typically the cheapest, then CNG, then the grid when it is available, with diesel and HFO the most expensive by a wide margin.
- Reliability for continuous load. Piped gas and diesel are the most dependable for round-the-clock running. CNG is dependable but tied to delivery schedules. The grid is not.
- Logistics burden. Piped gas has none. CNG and diesel both mean managing deliveries, storage and the risk of a missed truck.
- Exposure to price shocks. Diesel tracks the global oil market and the exchange rate. Domestic natural gas, piped or compressed, is far less exposed.
- Scale. Piped gas scales cleanly with your load as the network grows. CNG is practical up to the volume you can truck in. Diesel scales but at a rising cost.
Which fits your operation
For a continuous, gas-intensive operation, a factory, an independent or captive power plant, a process-heat user, piped natural gas is almost always the right base load where it is available, with the lowest cost and no fuel logistics. CNG is the sensible choice for sites beyond current pipeline reach, or as a bridge while a network is built out to you. Diesel is best kept for genuine standby. The grid, where present, supplements rather than carries the load.
What this means in Anambra and Delta
Across its franchise zones in Anambra and Delta States, Awka, the Anambra Mixed Use Industrial City (AMIC), the Oghara-Sapele corridor, Ibusa and Ogidigben, Gasland Horizon is the exclusive franchise holder for piped natural gas distribution. If your site is in or near one of these zones, piped gas is the base-load option to plan around, and switching from diesel or heavy fuel oil typically cuts fuel costs by 40 to 55 percent. Read more about gas for power generation and IPPs or switching from diesel.
See your own numbers
The right answer depends on your load profile, your location and how you run. Complete the Energy Data Form and our commercial team will model your specific options and savings, at no cost and with no obligation.