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More than 70 percent work completed on the 870 MW Suki Kinari Hydropower Project

The 870 MW Suki Kinari hydropower project, one of the key energy projects of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), has achieved 70 percent completion. The project is expected to produce 3,081 GWh million units per year. The project is key as far as the promotion of renewable energy is concerned, and is being operated by the China Gezhouba Group Corporation, on a Build-Operate-Transfer basis.

It is the largest hydro independent power producer in Pakistan, expected to generate 3,081 GWh million units per year,

 

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The much-awaited groundbreaking of Mohmand Dam will be performed by Prime Minister Imran Khan on May 2 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa .

This was announced by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Central Head of Public Relations Azhar Laghari on his Twitter. Laghari wrote that the premier will inaugurate the groundbreaking ceremony of Mohmand Dam Hydropower Project on the morning of May 2.

Last year, former Chief Justice of Pakistan Saqib Nisar took the initiative of collecting donations to overcome the country’s water scarcity. He was then joined by the prime minister and the fund was called the Supreme Court of Pakistan and the Prime Minister of Pakistan Diamer-Bhasha and Mohmand Dams Fund.

According to the SBP data, the fund has so far raised Rs. 10,402,081,797. The project is being constructed on Swat River in Mohmand district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and is scheduled to be completed in five years and eight months.

On its completion, the dam will store about 1.2 million acres feet (MAF) of water and generate 800MW of hydel electricity.

 

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This summer will tell where exactly we are with all this power.

 

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Dawn, April 30th, 2019

KARACHI: K-Electric has planned to set up a 700MW power project with the assistance of a Chinese engineering firm, calling it a milestone project in the economic cooperation bet*ween China and Pakistan.

The project, it said, would directly benefit the country’s economic hub and “meet the growing power demand of Karachi and its adjoining areas”.

In a statement issued here on Monday, K-Electric announced that it had recently signed an agreement with China Machinery Engineering Corporation (CMEC) to establish a state-of-the-art 700MW IPP-based power project at Port Qasim. The project was formally announced at the Pakistan Trade and Investment Forum held alongside the second Belt and Road Forum in Beijing, the statement said.


It said the project agreement and contracts were signed by K-Electric chief executive officer Moonis Alvi and CMEC chairman Zhang Chun in the presence of Adviser to the Prime Minister on Commerce and Industry Abdul Razak Dawood.

“I am sure that this is just one of a series of joint endeavours in the future that will translate into a win-win for shared prosperity in the region and beyond,” the statement quoted Mr Dawood as saying. “Stable electricity supply infrastructure is critical for the country’s sustainable progress, trade and industries and I urge all stakeholders to work together for its early completion to maximise the benefits to Karachi and Pakistan.”

The statement said the project was being developed under an IPP mode structure, with K-Electric as the single off-taker. KE holds equity share in this IPP, whereas CMEC is both an equity partner and EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) contractor. The power project already has an approved tariff from the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority, whereas the land for the project has been acquired in the Port Qasim area.

Sharing his thoughts after signing the agreement, the CMEC chairman described Pakistan as a land of opportunities with tremendous economic potential. “We are delighted to be a part of this landmark occasion today and are confident about the role of this power plant in addressing Karachi’s power needs and look forward to increased economic cooperation between China and Pakistan in future as well,” Mr Zhang said.

The K-Electric CEO said the current project was one more in a series of investments by KE to further strengthen the city’s power infrastructure and brought the power utility yet another step closer to the company’s long-term commitment to enabling Karachi to fulfil its economic potential.

“KE has invested more than $2.1 billion in infrastructure upgrades across the energy value chain over the last nine years and plans to invest $3bn over the next few years. We are committed to increasing power generation and upgrading Karachi’s transmission and distribution network,” Mr Alvi said.

The statement said the construction of the plant was expected to commence in the first quarter of the next fiscal year. Once the project came online, it would not only help meet the growing power demand of Karachi and its adjoining areas but also allow KE to diversify its fuel mix, it added.

 

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PM Imran performs groundbreaking of Mohmand Dam

PESHAWAR: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday performed ground-breaking ceremony of Mohmand Dam.

Speaking on the occasion , the prime minister thanked the people for contributing in the dam fund.

He said China has built thousands of dams of which 5,000 were larger than Tarbela and Mangla dams in Pakistan.

The prime minister said underground level of water in Pakistan has gown down to alarming levels and the dams were the only way to meet the demand.

He said the Chinese experts laced with modern technology would also assist the Pakistani engineers to complete the project.

The prime minister said he realizes the problems facing the tribal areas more than any other prime minister who have come to power.

He said the government would convince all the federating units to provide funds for the development of tribal areas from their share of NFC Award.

Highlighting the importance of development of tribal areas, he said war has destroyed shops and animals of local people depriving them of means of earning.

He was of the view that apathy towards unemployed youth can lead to disastrous consequences for the entire country.

Mohmand Dam

The water reservoir would be constructed on Swat River and it will be completed at a cost of over one hundred and eighty-three billion rupees by 2024.

The dam has the capacity of storing one point two million acre feet water.

It is expected to generate eight hundred megawatt electricity besides bringing about seventeen thousand acres barren land under cultivation.

Mohmand Dam is expected to solve the problem of water scarcity in Mohmand district besides saving Peshawar, Charsadda and Nowshera districts from floods.

 

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Mohmand Dam

The dam will help resolve the issue of water shortage in Mohmand district as well as prevent future flooding in the districts of Peshawar, Charsadda, and Nowshera.

 

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China to complete Pakistan Karot hydropower project in 2021

May 08, 2019

Construction of the Karot hydropower project in Pakistan will be completed in two years and start power generation by April 2021, China Daily reported on Wednesday, citing the developer China Three Gorges Corp.

The project, with a total investment of $1.74 billion, will solve the power supply bottleneck in Pakistan and provide sustainable and stable energy support.

When completed, the 720-megawatt project that commenced construction in 2015 will annually produce some 3.2 billion kilowatt-hours of clean power, equivalent to 10 per cent of Pakistan's total energy output from hydropower stations in 2017, said the report.

Being the first investment project of the Silk Road Fund, the hydropower project will pay $23 million in taxes to the Pakistani government and provide more than 2,200 jobs for locals during the peak construction period, the paper reported.

While Pakistan has limited capital to develop its rich hydropower resources, the cooperation of Pakistan and China, a world leader in hydroelectricity generation, will benefit both sides, Zhang Boting, a senior analyst at the China Society for Hydropower Engineering, was quoted as saying.

 

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CASA project

The CDWP also recommended the project of ‘500-KV HVDC Transmission System between Tajikistan and Pakistan for CASA-1000’ worth Rs45 billion to the Ecnec. The project envisions transmission of electricity from Tajikistan to Pakistan through Afghanistan.

The original cost of the project, approved in 2015, was Rs31.9 billion that has been increased by 44%. The cost of converter station is firmed up through the bidding process, but the other cost is still based on estimates.

The contract of 1,300-megawatt (MW) converter station was signed in September last year. The government has decided to allocate Rs9.7 billion for this project in the next fiscal year 2019-20 budget.

Hydropower project

The CDWP also cleared the ‘Balakot Hydropower Project’ worth Rs 85.9 billion, which was presented by the Energy and Power Department of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. The project envisions construction of 310-MW Balakot hydropower project on Kunhar river, a major tributary of Jhelum River.

The Balakot hydropower project is located at an active earthquake zone and the project has been designed on earthquake resistance parameters.

 

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NTDC upgrades Port Qasim transmission line
May 14, 2019

Initially, there was a plan to replace insulators with RTV coated ones at the line’s 8-9 km stretch.

LAHORE: National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC) has completed work on the insulators of 53 km-long 500 kV double circuit Port Qasim transmission line with the room temperature vulcanising (RTV) ones enabling the system to feed the power distribution system without any glitches.

“Initially, there was a plan to replace insulators with RTV coated ones at the line’s 8-9km stretch, a portion considered critical due to situation near the sea and the plant. However, it was later planned to replace all insulators with RTV coated ones for better performance,” a senior NTDC official told Dawn on Monday.

The line, which originates from Port Qasim Plant and ends at Hub, connecting Jamshoro-Guddu transmission lines, faced tripping and interrupting power transmission to distribution system since long mainly due to deposition of pollutants emerging from the sea salt impact and fuel emission from the adjacent K-Electric’s oil-fired power plant.

“Insulators play an important role in transmission lines as whenever there was pollution, the insulation level decreased.

“It happens when some stick material falls on the insulators as a result of a mixture of emissions and air moisture. Therefore, the final resolution to avert tripping of the lines in such areas is to replace the normal insulators with RTV ones,” he explained.

The coating, he said, prevents the material from sticking to insulator surface. It is a preferred solution worldwide and reduces chances of tripping. Moreover, it also reduces continuous labour of washing the lines.

“Besides this, various works on removing various system constraints at 220/132kV Nowshera Grid Station, augmentation of the transformer at 220kV Quetta, 220kV twin bundled NKLP-Wapda town line and augmentation of transformers at 500 kV Shikarpur and 220kV Sarfraz Nagar grids have also been completed,” he claimed.

 

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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to add 71MW to national grid soon

May 15, 2019

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Seventy-one megawatt electricity being produced in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from different power projects will be added to the national grid soon.

A memorandum of understanding to this effect was signed between Pakhtunkhwa Energy Development Organization and Power Division in Peshawar.

Chief Minister Mehmood Khan who was also present on the occasion said this will generate revenue two billion rupees for the province annually.

He said work on several other hydel power stations is in progress in the province. These stations will produce one hundred and forty five MW electricity.

 

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Gulpur Hydropower Project | 102 MW ... AJK

 

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Need to keep the momentum going. PTI should aim for 12-15000 MWs as well. As it is Pakistan's per capita energy consumption is minuscule compared to other countries even those with similar level of development.

 

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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to add 71MW to national grid soon

Seventy-one megawatt electricity being produced in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from different power projects will be added to the national grid soon.

A memorandum of understanding to this effect was signed between Pakhtunkhwa Energy Development Organization and Power Division in Peshawar.

Chief Minister Mahmood Khan who was also present on the occasion said this will generate revenue two billion rupees for the province annually.

He said work on several other hydel power stations is in progress in the province. These stations will produce one hundred and forty five MW electricity

 

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2nd unit of 660 MW coal power plant in Hub Balochistan, a major power project under CPEC, was commissioned. According to China Power Hub Generation Company, it successfully synchronized 2nd unit with national grid.