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2,050MW added to national grid in last 21 months
ISLAMABAD: To overcome the power shortfall, the government has added 2050 megawatts (MW) to the national grid during February 2009 to October 2010,sources told Daily Times here on Thursday.
This power generation is coming from nine different projects mainly based on dual fuel base, gas and furnace oil and both were considered the expensive electricity. Whereas there is no power generation from hydel power, which is a much cheaper source of power in the country. The electricity produced by these plants would ease to some extent the country’s existing power shortage. However, the country could not get rid of power shortfall and still the people are confronting the menace of load shedding across the country. The sources said these projects are; Atlas power plant Sheikhupura having power generation capacity 225MW with total cost of the project was over $225 million. Atlas Group has set up the plant based on Residual Furnace Oil (RFO).
The second power project with generation capacity of 200MW Combined Cycle Power Plant Nishat Power Plant was complet4d by Nov 2009. It cost the government $235 million. The third project, namely Korangi Combined Cycle Power Plant (CCPP) at Korangi Karchi having generation capacity of 220MW was completed in February 2009. The plant consists of four latest state-of-the-art and high efficiency gas turbines, one steam turbine and other plant equipment.
In CCPP, a gas turbine generator generates electricity and the waste heat was used to make steam to generate additional electricity via a steam turbine; this last step enhances the efficiency of electricity generation. The plant consists of 4 state-of-the-art gas turbines of 48.4MW capacity and one steam turbine of 26MW. The total capacity of the plant is 220MW at ISO condition. Initial investment of the project was $200 million.
The Naudero Rental Power Plant, first rental power plant of 51MW at Naudero, District Larkana was inaugurated in April, 4 2010. The plant is technically designed to operate on gas turbine generating units with 92 percent power availability factor. The plant has been assured 12mmcfd gas for five years through Pepco’s Generation Company-II, and an SSGC gas transmission pipeline has been linked to the said plant, besides laying of 132 kv transmission line to connect the power so generated to national grid. Total cost of the project was $91.66 million, the sources maintained.
Gulf Rental Power Plant having power generation capacity of 62MW, was completed by Gulf Rental Power Company and it runs on Residual Furnace Oil (RFO). The construction of the plant was completed in time of approximately 7 months. Orient Combined Cycle Power Plant at Baloki, District Kasur having generation capacity of 225MW was completed in July 2010. Total cost of this project was $213 million.
The government also added 300MW power in national grid through Gencos rehabilitation during 2009-10. The Rehabilitation of 747MW Combined Cycle Guddu Power Project was completed in Aug 2009, with an estimated cost of Rs 59.775 billion
Apart from the above figure, the government also plans to get 394MW power from Engro Power Project, Kharki and Foundation Power, Kharki.
Test run power generation has already begun from these two projects and after its proper inauguration; the government would be able to get 394MW from these two projects, the sources maintained.
Officials in the ministry of water and power told the scribe that the government plans to double power generation capacity of the government from the current 20000MW to 40000MW by 2020. The additional power would comprise 6,000MW on hydro; 6,000MW on coal; 5,000MW on gas, 1,000MW on Naptha and other indigenous fuels and the remainder 2,000MW from alternative energy resources, especially solar and wind.
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