1,200MW to be added by year-end: Ashraf

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1,200MW to be added by year-end: Ashraf ​

Tuesday, July 06, 2010

ISLAMABAD: The national grid will have another 1,200MW by the end of this year, said Minister for Water and Power Raja Pervez Ashraf while chairing the 85th meeting of the board of Private Power and Infrastructure Board on Monday.

He said that seven projects of 1,265 MW, including a 62-MW rental power project have already been commissioned within a short period of one year. Another 1,200 MW would be added to the national grid by the private sector by the end of this year, reducing the power supply-demand gap, he added. “We believe that a crisis also brings opportunities. The decisions taken in the recent Energy Summit have encouraged the private sector to expedite the commissioning of their projects.”

The minister appreciated the initiatives of PPIB that include launch of ICB for a 300-MW IPP based on furnace oil, which will be located near Lalian Town, Chiniot, and another ICB for a 300-MW IPP to be located at Sonda Jherruk, Sindh, based on imported coal, which is in final stages.

The representative of SHYDO told the board that feasibility studies for small hydro power projects in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were in progress. Around 2,000 MW are expected to come online within the next seven to eight years from such projects, they said.

Issuance of LoI to 1,000-MW power project based on Thar coal, being undertaken by Engro Power Generation Limited (EPGL), was approved in the meeting. The Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company, a sister concern of EPGL, is already a joint venture partner with Sindh government for development of coal mine at Thar.

Those who attended the meeting included Secretary Water and Power Shahid Rafi, Member FBR Zafar ul Majeed, Additional Secretary Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources Muhammad Ijaz Chaudhry, Chief (Energy) Planning Commission Arshad Maqsood Malik and Managing Director PPIB N. A. Zuberi.

 

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Minister for Water and Power Raja Pervez Ashraf

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[QADRI]

Its better to go for nuclear plants than for rental power plants. Nuclear plant stays for long and produces very low cost electricity. Rental power plants although are easy to install and take less time ti establish but produce expensive electricity. So Pakistan must look forward for more nuclear plants. We have only 2 nuclear plants and after China deal it will be 4 abd india has 17 nuclear plants and produces up to 4000-6000 MW of electricity from them alone. So our government must look at this situation.

 

[araz]

Its better to go for nuclear plants than for rental power plants. Nuclear plant stays for long and produces very low cost electricity. Rental power plants although are easy to install and take less time ti establish but produce expensive electricity. So Pakistan must look forward for more nuclear plants. We have only 2 nuclear plants and after China deal it will be 4 abd india has 17 nuclear plants and produces up to 4000-6000 MW of electricity from them alone. So our government must look at this situation.

They cost a lot and still would take 6-8 yrs to build.You need power now,therefore the rented plants.However, as far as possible we should try and get plants which rely on locally produced coal rather than imported coal.
Araz

 

[QADRI]

They cost a lot and still would take 6-8 yrs to build.You need power now,therefore the rented plants.However, as far as possible we should try and get plants which rely on locally produced coal rather than imported coal.
Araz

Ya i totally agree with. But nuclear rector is not the source of electric power only and can produce cheap electicity. Ya but i agree with u i case of coal and time period to develope nuclear reactor. Bt Our government must consider them in long term.