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#DiamerBhasha hydro power project is going to be the largest water conservancy project in the country that will drive #Pakistan to new heights of development. After completion, it will be the world’s highest and largest roller compacted concrete (RCC) dam project, known as Pakistan’s “Three Gorges”. The 272 meters high Diamer-Bhasha Dam will become another large hydropower project in Pakistan after Tarbela and Mangla hydropower projects, Professor at the Chinese Southwest University of Political Science and Law Cheng Xizhong said He said on July 23, Asim Saleem Bajwa, Chairman of CPEC Authority, announced that the construction of Diamer-Bhasha Dam, a large hydropower project with historic milestone significance, has started. Construction of the dam will be jointly undertaken by Power Construction Corporation of China and Frontier Works Organization (FWO) of Pakistan. It is planned to be completed in 2028 with a total installed capacity of 4.5 million kilowatts, which can deliver 18 billion kilowatts of electricity to the state grid every year.

 

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Under Construction #Karot_Hydropower_Project - 720MW on Jhelum river under CPEC - Asphalt Core Rock fill dam - Surface Powerhouse equipped with 4 x 180 MW Francis-type units - Expected completion date: 2021

 

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884MW Suki Kinari HPP (CPEC Project ) - Drilling for cut off wall for controlling dam seepage is in progress at Damsite. Tourist visit #Kaghan/Naran Valley can witness the construction works

 

[Muhammad Omar]

By the Grace of almighty ALLAH, Another structure commenced at #Mohmand Dam Project.

The excavation works for Diversion Tunnel#1 has been started today. The Technical adviser for WAPDA Mr. Nasir Hanif & GM WAPDA also witness the commencement activities.

#Dam #Hydropower #KPK #KhyberPakhtunkhwa #Pakistan

 

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[Chishty4]

داسو ڈیم نیا کے کے ایچ پر بننے والا پہلا ٹنل مکمل ہوگیا ۔ یہ ٹنل شال گاوں کے مقام پر بنا ہے داسو شہر سے ایک کلو میٹر آگے گلگت کی طرف بنایا ہے۔مزید بھی ایسے ٹنل بنے گے اس روڈ پر اس ٹنل سے داسو ڈیم سمیت کوہستان کی خوبصورتی میں مزید اضافہ ہوگا۔انشا اللہ بھت جلد داسو ڈیم کی تکمیل ہوگی اور اپر کوہستان کی تقدیر بدل جاۓ گی۔داسو ڈیم پاکستان کیلیۓ بھت مفید ثابت ہوگا۔

#Dasu #DasuDam #Kohistan #KhyberPakhtunkhwa #KP #Pakistan ​

 

[Pakstallion]

I have been searching for the rates of power from various hydropower projects. Found them via a video (link provided).
So the rates are
Gulpur - 102MW - 9.02 Cents / kWh
Suki kinari - 870MW - 8.82 cents / kWh
Patrind - 147MW - 8.29 cents / kWh
Kohala - 1124MW - 8.0 cents / kWh
Karot - 720 MW - 7.62 cents / kWh
Azad Pattan - 701 MW - 7.13 cents / kWh

Roughly a total of 3664 watts @ 8.15 cents with 2692 watts or 73% of the energy produced by the cheap est 4 projects available at 7.76 cents. If we factor in the water usage charges given to the provinces then the electricity rate should come done to roughly 8 and 7.5 cents respectively.

Gulpur and Suki kinari tariffs are on the higher side but i hope that the associated cost due to underground tunnels or the location of the project might be the reason. Having said that, their rates still remain lower than the coal and the LNG based projects and obviously are almost half of the diesel and furnace oil-based power plants.
Only the local coal-based projects will produce cheaper power and that too after 10 years of operation as initially, their rates are pretty high.

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Thanks so much for looking at that. I was curious about this information myself also. It seems pretty expensive and seems the government may have made a similar "mistake" to the previous government in paying in USD for energy we collect in Pak rupee. Many have said this was the price to pay to get these projects started by foreign firms - which is what the PPP and PML N also state. The Pakistani rupee has devalued around 5-6 percent yearly on average in the last 30 years so these payments will continue to get too expensive. The silver lining is that it doesn't involve buying foreign oil/gas/coal to run it. I hope we are able to renogotiate this to Pak rupees. Today 9 cents per kWh is 15 rupees per kWh, which is pretty expensive already.

Others who are more knowledgeable on this can point to if the projects are part FWO, would they get part of the payments over the course of the plant running, or is it just the initial construction?

 

[AsifIjaz]

Thanks so much for looking at that. I was curious about this information myself also. It seems pretty expensive and seems the government may have made a similar "mistake" to the previous government in paying in USD for energy we collect in Pak rupee. Many have said this was the price to pay to get these projects started by foreign firms - which is what the PPP and PML N also state. The Pakistani rupee has devalued around 5-6 percent yearly on average in the last 30 years so these payments will continue to get too expensive. The silver lining is that it doesn't involve buying foreign oil/gas/coal to run it. I hope we are able to renogotiate this to Pak rupees. Today 9 cents per kWh is 15 rupees per kWh, which is pretty expensive already.

Others who are more knowledgeable on this can point to if the projects are part FWO, would they get part of the payments over the course of the plant running, or is it just the initial construction?

The recent government initiative to renegotiate the agreements in terms of IRR and decreasing the % of profit should help. Some plants have presumably agreed to tie the RRI to 148 rupees which should help nullify the impact of devaluation provided the Chinese also agree to jump on board. Even if they do not do this, the per-unit cost would still be less than what's produced by fossil fuel plants.
Details are expected to be released mid-September. Fingers crossed

 

[ziaulislam]

I have been searching for the rates of power from various hydropower projects. Found them via a video (link provided).
So the rates are
Gulpur - 102MW - 9.02 Cents / kWh
Suki kinari - 870MW - 8.82 cents / kWh
Patrind - 147MW - 8.29 cents / kWh
Kohala - 1124MW - 8.0 cents / kWh
Karot - 720 MW - 7.62 cents / kWh
Azad Pattan - 701 MW - 7.13 cents / kWh

Roughly a total of 3664 watts @ 8.15 cents with 2692 watts or 73% of the energy produced by the cheap est 4 projects available at 7.76 cents. If we factor in the water usage charges given to the provinces then the electricity rate should come done to roughly 8 and 7.5 cents respectively.

Gulpur and Suki kinari tariffs are on the higher side but i hope that the associated cost due to underground tunnels or the location of the project might be the reason. Having said that, their rates still remain lower than the coal and the LNG based projects and obviously are almost half of the diesel and furnace oil-based power plants.
Only the local coal-based projects will produce cheaper power and that too after 10 years of operation as initially, their rates are pretty high.

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no it remains expensive then LNG and coal..that is the problem!

i believe they are 1-2 cents higher then what it should be..
solution could be to renegotiate the BOT model to increase the duration to say 40 years rather then 30 years
or remove the hydro profit altogether from private projects?

however, for future these hydro can play crucial role given their swing capacity(i.e to rapidly modify the production at particular times), this in conjuction would solar will do wonders

 

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There are 13 major hill ******** in the Solomon Region that receive millions of cusecs of water annually.

We have started the study of 4 dams so that this water instead of wreaking havoc in Rajanpur and Dera Ghazi Khan will lead to prosperity of this region and more water will be available to Chashma Right Bank Canal https://t.co/LvKvuB9Zqr

 

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Ceremony for Signing of Consultancy Agreement - #300MW #Balakot_Hydropower_Project. Pakhtunkhwa Energy Development Organization (PEDO) is developing this Project with Asian Development Bank (ADB). M/s DOLSAR Engineering Inc. Co. as lead firm with other consulting firms AGES, BAK, Civ tech & Electra win the project consultancy contract.

 

[Pakistansdefender]

Ceremony for Signing of Consultancy Agreement - #300MW #Balakot_Hydropower_Project. Pakhtunkhwa Energy Development Organization (PEDO) is developing this Project with Asian Development Bank (ADB). M/s DOLSAR Engineering Inc. Co. as lead firm with other consulting firms AGES, BAK, Civ tech & Electra win the project consultancy contract.

Khyber phuktunkhwa got its pirorities right.
They are the only province not opposing dams. Mehmand, sukhi kinari, balakot and other small ones all in progress.
Great job. No wonder soon they would even give permissions to make kala bagh dam

 

[ziaulislam]

Ceremony for Signing of Consultancy Agreement - #300MW #Balakot_Hydropower_Project. Pakhtunkhwa Energy Development Organization (PEDO) is developing this Project with Asian Development Bank (ADB). M/s DOLSAR Engineering Inc. Co. as lead firm with other consulting firms AGES, BAK, Civ tech & Electra win the project consultancy contract.

PEDO is going in the right direction by building them with foreign funding and KPK own funding thus providing cheap power in range of 3-5 cents rather then 8 cents

 

[Muhammad Omar]

Under Construction #KarotHydropowerProject
- 720MW on #Jhelum river under #CPEC
- Asphalt Core Rock fill dam
- Surface Powerhouse equipped with 4 x 180 MW Francis-type units
- Expected completion date: 2021-22
Civil works 90% completed


#Hydropower #Dam #Pakistan #China

 

[Chishty4]

800 MW Mohmand Dam Hydropower Project Under Construction.

Diversion Work in progress at Mohmand Dam site.

#Mohmand #MohmandDam #KP #KhyberPakhtunkhwa #Pakistan