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NEPRA admits PAEC licence application

The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has admitted the application of Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) for consideration to grant a generation license for its 1,145MW Karachi Nuclear Power Plant – 2 (KANUPP-2).

The electricity generation unit that would use enriched uranium as fuel is expected to achieve commercial operations by November 2020. According to PAEC website, the 60-year levelised generation cost is estimated to be Rs9.59/kWh

There are no emissions of carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides and sulphur dioxide during the production of electricity at nuclear energy facilities. Nuclear energy is a very clean-air source of energy that produces electricity 24 hours a day.

The ground-breaking of KANUPP-2 and KANUPP-3 was performed in 2013. KANUPP-3 is expected to come online by the end of 2021. Soon after that the 100MW Chasma-5 will be completed, as the country plans to generate 8,800MW of nuclear energy by 2030.

 

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HUBCO, only power producer in Pakistan with four projects listed in the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) including CPHGC, Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company (SECMC) and the upcoming Thar Energy Limited (TEL) and ThalNova Power Thar (Pvt.) Ltd. (TNPTL) at Thar Block II. The power generation capacity of the Company will enhance to over 3580MW after completion of the aforementioned power projects.

 

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Pakistan has saved around $5 billion over the last five years from Liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports after it substituted the expensive oil imports reported a local media outlet.

The report claims that LNG alone contributes 22% in the country’s energy mix, while its share in Pakistan’s energy imports stands at 24%.

Its price is linked to international crude oil but energy generation through LPG is actually considered much more economical than oil. It also played a significant role in meeting local demands.

Since 2015, over 19 million tons of LNG have been imported, while two LNG re-gasification terminals exist in Pakistan. These terminals have pumped approximately 393.6 billion cubic feet/day (BCFD) of gas into the national gas distribution network in 2019, a 14 percent increase compared with 345.6 BCFD in 2018, the sources said.

In 2019, Pakistan imported 7.57 million tons of LNG through 123 LNG cargo ships versus 108 cargos in 2008.

According to the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA), during 2017/18, the gas supply-demand gap was 1.45 BCFD, but during this fiscal, it could increase to 3.7 BCFD. Imported gas bridged the gap with the supply of 2.5 BCFD.

The report stated that without this alternate source, the gap was forecasted to reach 4.6 BCFD by 2022/23 and then to 6.7 BCFD by 2027/28.

 

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LAHORE: SolDrive, an up and coming startup providing sustainable energy solutions to households and corporations, last month signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Moawin Facility to provide installation and after-sales support of the product.

SolDrive is an initiative of Dr Nauman Ahmad Zaffar, an associate professor and director of energy and power systems cluster at Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS). The solution developed is a smart WiFi-enabled device that can connect to a conventional air-conditioning unit through a minimally invasive/plug and play procedure to make it more energy efficient than the newer and more expensive inverter technology air conditioners (AC) available in the market.

In short, consumers can now make their conventional air conditioners energy efficient that will consume electricity like an inverter air conditioner, without bearing the high cost of switching to an inverter A/C. Corporate entities can reap the benefits of significant reduction in electricity costs and peak capacity requirements of backup generator/solar powers solutions.

The startup, which is funded by HEC Technology Development Fund and USAID, aims to provide a sustainable energy solution with a positive environmental impact.



SolDrive will be launched in the market in Q1 of 2020, at the onset of summer season when the demand of air conditioners increases. The startup is targeting to sell 2,000 units in the first season at a cost of roughly Rs25,000 per unit.

At this price, SolDrive claims that a consumer will be able to recover his investment in 10-months in savings, with 8-hour operations of the air conditioner in a day.

“Instead of buying a new air conditioner for Rs70-80,000, you can now purchase this device and save a lot. It has an advantage for consumers for sure. For companies, it has a benefit that since the ACs at offices are turned on at lower temperatures individually, it increases the costs for companies. All these devices that would be installed, they would sync and with one control, you can fix how much electricity they would use,” Amanullah Qazi, CEO of Moawin Facilities Management, told Profit.

Moawin Facilities Management is an integrated building maintenance solution provider for both commercial and residential clientele. Under the agreement with SolDrive, Moawin will be responsible for the installation of the device and a preliminary health check of the HVAC unit and the subsequent service/repair to make the unit perform at its optimal efficiency.

Dr Nauman Ahmad Zaffar told Profit that the initial work on the product started in 2014, it went through lab and beta testing in 2018, and in the summer of 2019, limited commercial rollout was done for the product as an early adopters programme.

“The main purpose of this was to test SolDrive in different types of scenarios and organisations and with different types of air conditioners to gauge the technical and commercial viability of the product,” he said.

“Our intention is to support energy startups like these. We are contributing not just to make this economical for consumers, this also has an environmental impact. That has its environmental impact. We are encouraging efficient use of resources and it works better than an inverter AC,” Amanullah Qazi said.

 

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12 firms pre-qualify to bid for power plants

January 29, 2020
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Government wants to sell NPPMCL in the hope of fetching a minimum of Rs300 billion. PHOTO: FILE

ISLAMABAD: The Privatisation Commission board on Tuesday pre-qualified 12 firms to bid for multi-billion dollar power plants and approved to hire financial advisers to sell stakes of Pakistan’s two blue-chip firms aimed at raising around Rs400 billion to meet the budget deficit reduction target.

The board also approved to sell 27 government-owned unproductive properties through an open auction and set the minimum reserve price at Rs6.7 billion for all these assets. Only one property is assessed at the value of over Rs5 billion by the financial advisers while the value of the rest of the 26 properties is Rs1.7 billion.

Prime Minister Imran Khan wants to sell these properties in order to pay off public debt, which is increasing at a rate of nearly Rs14 billion a day.

Headed by the privatisation minister, the PC Board pre-qualified all 12 parties that had submitted statements of qualifications for the acquisition of two LNG-fired power plants.

Investors from Japan, Thailand, the United Kingdom, Malaysia and Pakistan have submitted documents. A few renowned global parties have also shown interest in acquiring the power plants.

The National Power Parks Management Company Limited (NPPMCL) owns the two power plants located at Balloki and Haveli Bahadur Shah, which have a combined generation capacity of 2,453 megawatts. The government wants to sell NPPMCL in the hopes of fetching a minimum of Rs300 billion or $1.5 billion in non-tax revenue.

The board has prequalified all the 12 parties and now these companies will start due diligence process, Privatisation Secretary Rizwan Malik told The Express Tribune.

The board approved to hire a consortium of financial advisers to sell up to 7% stakes of the Oil and Gas Development Company (OGDC) and 10% shares of Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL), informed the privatisation secretary.

The money raised through privatisation of power plants and capital market transactions will be used to reduce the budget deficit that is expected to remain far above the official target due to massive shortfall in tax collection.

 

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Karot Hydropower is environment friendly, Chinese workers continued to work amid New Year celebrations in China
Strict safety and environmental protection measures are being ensured during the construction of the 720-Megawatt Karot Hydropower project being completed under China Pakistan Economic Corridor #CPEC framework.

Safety signs in Chinese, English and Urdu can be seen everywhere on the project site, and workers are equipped with hard hats, reflective vests, work shoes and other equipment, Dai Pengliang, a Chinese worker who chose to stay on the project during the Chinese New Year in order to strictly ensure construction safety told Xinhua.

He said that the Karot Hydropower project attached a great importance to construction safety, and had done a lot of work in the formulation of safety regulations, the management and control of safety risks, and the investigation of hidden dangers.

With about 70 percent of the overall construction completed, the Karot Hydropower Plant, a priority implementation project and a subsidiary of China Three Gorges South Asia Investment Co. Ltd located some 70 km east of Capital Islamabad, is expected to be put into commercial operation by the end of 2021.

“Chinese workers have taken the lead in complying with safety regulations, and the exchange of professional skills between Chinese and Pakistani builders has also promoted the construction of Pakistan’s hydropower talent team,” said Dai Pengliang who joined the project in 2015.

According to Li Zhili, deputy general manager of Karot Electric Power Co., Ltd., the project with a total investment of US$ 1.74 billion was expected to be put into commercial operation by the end of December 2021. Up to 3.2 billion kWh of clean power will meet the power needs of 5 million people and optimize Pakistan’s energy mix.

 

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Thar coal-power project secures financing, Project of 330MW is expected to be completed by March 2021

In a major move, a 330MW TharCoal-based power project achieved financial close and its completion would add to Pakistan’s energy production and lead to foreign exchange savings for the country.

Private Power and Infrastructure Board (PPIB) Managing Director Shah Jahan Mirza and Thar Energy Limited Chief Executive Officer Saleemullah Memon signed the financial close documents for the 330MW mine-mouth lignite coal-power project at Thar block-II.

Welcoming the development, Power Minister Omar Ayub Khan emphasised that the addition of 330MW would further energise the national grid and contribute to the sustainability and reliability in the power sector.

“In the quest for harnessing the domestic and renewable energy potential, every single megawatt is crucial for redefining Pakistan’s energy landscape and securing its future, which will eventually end Pakistan’s dependence on imported fuels,” he added

 

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LAHORE: The Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) will contribute Rs271 billion as equity for three mega hydropower projects, it has emerged. This followed after the authority completed three previous much-delayed hydro power projects under a fast-track policy and *generated nearly Rs80bn in revenue.

“For the last few years, we introduced a multi-pronged strategy to arrange funds for the completion of various important projects. So far, we have implemented this strategy well on Neelum-Jhelum, Tarbela 4th extension and Golen Gol hydropower projects. These projects helped us earn Rs80bn, increasing our own financial resources and contribution (equity) for three mega projects — Diamer-Bhasha, Dasu and Mohmand dams,” said Wapda Chairman retired Lt Gen Muzammil Hussain.

“When any work is finished in time, it saves money, energy and time. But if it is delayed, several issues come up, including cost escalation,” he told Dawn.

According to a recent report, from Wapda’s Rs271bn equity, Rs176bn will go to Diamer-Bhasha dam (DBD), Rs66bn to Dasu project and Rs29bn will go to Mohmand hydropower project. The authority will recover its equity through tariff which hinges on timely payments by the Central Power Purchase Agency-General within a period of nine years for DBD, five years for Dasu and six years for Mohmand.


Under the financial plan devised for these projects, Rs1300bn has been estimated for the overall DBD which includes Rs234bn provided by the federal government under the Public Sec*tor Development Programme (PSDP), Rs176bn through Wapda’s equity, Rs100bn through local commercial financing and Rs475bn from foreign commercial financing.

Similarly, Rs443bn has been allocated in total for Dasu hydropower project of which Rs66bn will come from Wapda’s equity, Rs80bn from IDA-1/2 credit, Rs37bn from Credit Suisse loan, Rs31bn from export credit agencies, Rs45bn from World Bank, Rs144bn from local financing or Sukuk Bond and Rs3bn from local financing or loan.

For the Rs309bn estimated overall for the Mohmand dam project, Rs114bn will come from PSDP, Rs29bn from Wapda’s equity, Rs33bn from local commercial financing and Rs83bn from foreign currency financing.

For the 4,500MW DBD project with live storage of 6.4 million-acre feet, the bid evaluation process for main civil works of DBD (dam part) is currently under way.

For the 2,160MW Dasu project (stage-1) — a run-of-the-river project with a total installed capacity of 4,320MW — civil work is under way.

And work on the 800MW Mohmand hydropower project — a multipurpose dam with live storage of 0.67 million-acre feet — has also been initiated.

“Wapda is embarking on a disciplined, targeted approach to improve working capital and is taking tactical steps to improve liquidity by accessing the capital markets early enough to obtain favourable terms. Given the need to raise approximately $2.5bn over the next three to four years, we intend to explore the option of a Green Eurobond of benchmark $500 million size for which the authority has concluded two rounds of NDR in the Far East, Dubai and London. A total of 57 institutions were accessed, including leading international institutional investors, private banks and hedge funds,” reads the report.

“Wapda being the largest and bona fide supplier of hydel power has embarked upon a grand plan to develop mega hydropower projects and plans to fast-track them. It will help us to enhance the share of hydropower in the overall generation mix to keep the consumer-end *tariff within affordable *limits, besides creating a buffer for water security of the country,” said the Wapda chairman.

Published in Dawn, February 3rd, 2020

 

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ENERGY Projects under China Pakistan Economic Corridor CPEC

9 projects completed so far-producing 5320 MW electricity with investment of US $7.9 Bn providing jobs to 5000 Pakistanis.8 more projects under construction for 4470 MW electricity investing another US $ 9.55 Bn providing jobs to 15227 Pakistanis


Details of Power Plants Completed under CPEC

1. 1320 MW #Sahiwal Coal Power Plant #Punjab
2. 1320 MW #PortQasim Coal Power Plant #Karachi #Sindh
3. 1320 MW #Hub Coal Power Plant Hub #Balochistan
4. 660 MW #Thar Coal Power Plant #Tharparkar Sindh
5. 400 MW Quaid-e-Azam Solar Power Plant #Bahawalpur Punjab
6. 49.5 MW Hydro #China Dawood Wind Power Plant #Gharo #Thatta Sindh
7. 99 MW UEP Wind Farm #Jhimpir Thatta Sindh
8. 49.5 MW Sachal Wind Farm Jhimpir Thatta Sindh
9. 100 MW Three Gorges 2nd & 3rd Wind Power Project

 

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Feel so good. They must also show it on TV to up the morale of the stupid self pitying nation. That if together they can built marvels like these.

Kpk would be a water secure province with mohmand and sukhi kinari along with dasu and some part of karot also lie in kpk but the major chunk in kahsmir.

 

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ISLAMABAD: Amid delays in K-Electric takeover by the Shanghai Electric Limited (SEL) of China, the government has decided in principle to facilitate the Karachi-based power utility to increase its own generation capacity by 1,600MW and enhance supply from the national grid to 1,400MW on an urgent basis.

For this to deliver, the government would immediately allow the KE to start construction of a 700MW coal-based project, provide about 150 million cubic feet of imported liquefied natural gas (LNG) for another 900MW project and enhance power off-take from the national grid to 1,400MW through diversion of upcoming nuclear power projects in Karachi.

The power division has moved a case to the Cabinet Committee on Energy (CCoE) for allowing the issuance of tariff notification for Datang Coal Power Limited (2x350MW) at Port Qasim. The CCoE has also been requested to exempt the plant from a 2016 ban on imported fuel-based projects until the local coal from Thar becomes available.

The KE will ensure that in case of unavailability of coal from Thar Block II (Phase-III), it may for the purposes of commissioning and operations enter into one or more commercially reasonable coal supply agreements and generate electricity using any local or imported coal.

The CCoE’s approval has also been sought for supply of 500MW to the KE from K2-K3 nuclear power projects. The power division has also advocated allocation and firm supply of 150mmcfd re-gasified LNG through federal government companies (Pakistan LNG Limited and Pakistan LNG Terminal Limited) involved in imports with effect from January 2021 to December 2025 at gas rates notified by the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra).

This comes at a time a team of the KE’s top management would be holding talks with the Privatisation Commission on Monday to push for resolution of matters relating to transfer of the KE’s majority shareholding to the SEL pending for more than two years now. The KE has been facing a peak shortfall of 600-1000MW in summers.

 

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720 MW Karot Hydropower Project Under Construction on Jehlum River. The completion date of this project is December 2021.