Energy Projects...Updates

[ghazi52]

The Suki kinari Hydropower Project is located on the Kunhar River in the beautiful valley of Kaghan, KP.

As a key project in the list of the first batch of priority projects of the "China-Pakistan Economic Corridor", China Energy Construction Gezhouba Group's overseas greenfield investment "first order", the project shoulders the major mission of Gezhouba Group's transformation and upgrading and structural adjustment.

The SK Hydropower Station is equipped with four Pelton turbine generators with a single unit capacity of 221 MW, with a total installed capacity of 884 MW, a maximum net head of 922.72 meters, and an average annual power generation of 3.212 billion kWh for many years.

 

[Muhammad Omar]

summer is here whats the update on power production and load shedding?

Load shedding will be done in those areas which have

Electricity Theft Issue
Line losses are greater
The recovery of bills are less

Other then that there will be no load-shedding

 

[ghazi52]

Joint Venture Agreement Signing Ceremony between Power China Company and Frontier Works Organization for construction of Diamer-Bhasha Dam was held at HQ FWO on 21 May 2020.
Five members delegation, headed by Project Director Mr. Jiang Ruijun attended the ceremony.
The project includes construction of diversion system, main dam, access bridge and 21 MW-Tangir Hydropower Project.

 

[ghazi52]

Excavation of Traffic Tunnel has been commenced at 884MW Suki_Kinari Hydropower Project.
N15 would be submerged in the reservoir of the project.

It is a road leading to a famous summer tourist destination i.e. Naran Valley which also serves as a gateway to the tourism spots

 

[ghazi52]

The News
The Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) has awarded the contract of the construction of the Diamer-Bhasha dam to a joint venture between Power China and Frontier Works Organisation (FWO), WAPDA Chairman Lt Gen (retired) Muzammil Hussain said on Wednesday.

The move comes in the wake of a meeting presided over by Prime Minister Imran Khan two days prior about water security and construction of the mega dams.

Hussain said that the contract for the construction of the main dam was worth Rs442bn and includes the construction of the main dam, a diversion system, access bridge, and a 21MW hydropower plant in Tangir.

Diamer-Basha dam Chief Executive Officer Amir Bashir Chaudhry and authorised representative Yang Jiandu signed the agreement on behalf of WAPDA and the joint venture, respectively.

Speaking on the occasion, WAPDA Chairman Lt Gen Muzammil Hussain (Retd) said that the dam will go a long way for the economic development and social uplift of the country.

He said that WAPDA is committed to completing the mega project in accordance with the stipulated time frame to cope with the increasing water and electricity requirements of the country.

The WAPDA CEO said that the Diamer-Bhasha project's value was estimated at around Rs1,406.5bn and will complete in 2028.

Hussain said that the dam will be able to store 8.1 million acre-feet (MAF) of water and will be able to produce 4,500MW of electricity.

The dam will be able to provide the national grid 18 billion units of electricity annually.

Hussain said that earlier a consultancy service contract had also been awarded to the Diamer Basha Consultants Group (DBCG) worth Rs27.18 bn.

The consultancy agreement includes construction design, construction supervision and contract administration of the Diamer-Basha dam project.

The Joint Venture DBCG comprises of 12 top-ranked national and foreign consulting firms namely NESPAK (Pakistan), Associate Consulting Engineers(Pakistan), Mott MacDonald Pakistan (Pakistan), Poyry (Switzerland), Montgomery Watson and Harza(MWH) International - Stantec (USA), Dolsar Engineering (Turkey), Mott McDonald International (England), China Water Resources Beifang Investigation, Design and Research Company (China), Mirza Associates Engineering Services (Pakistan), Al-Kasib Group of Engineering Services (Pakistan), Development Management Consultant (Pakistan) and MWH Pakistan (Pakistan) with NESPAK as the lead firm.

These firms have a vast experience of providing consultancy services for mega water projects the world over.

"The Diamer-Bhasha dam is a vital project for the water, food and energy supply in the country," said Faisal Vawda, the minister for water resources.

"Our government launched the construction of major dams like Mohmand and Diamer-Bhasha within one year," he said.

 

[ghazi52]

Despite the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, Dasu Hydropower Project undertaken by China Gezhouba Group Corporation has achieved construction progress in diversion tunnel.

 

[ghazi52]

 

[Genghis khan1]

They need to open up these projects for private investors who can chip in with $1000 to $100,000 Investments. Build an online investment portal (linked to bank) where individuals can invest. See their investments and projected return on investments once project is complete. There are lot of people with extra change or saving sitting inside bank doing nothing.

Instead the of asking for charity, make them part of the project. Dams are pretty secure investments.

 

[ghazi52]

A major milestone towards successful implementation of 1124 MW Kohala Hydropower Project in Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJK) under the CPEC Framework.

A Tripartite Agreement has been finalized and initialed between the #China Three Gorges Company, the Government of AJ&K and the PPIB (Government of #Pakistan). This will be the largest ever investment of US$ 2.4 billion in any of the IPPs in Pakistan and AJ&K. The project will provide more than 5 billion unit per year clean and cheap electricity for the consumers in Pakistan and AJ&K.

 

[ghazi52]

12,464MW electricity to be added to national grid through IPPs’ projects.

As many as 12,464 megawatts of electricity would be added to the national grid through 25 projects of Independent Power Producers (IPPs), which are in various stages of development.

Sources told APP that these projects were being facilitated by the Private Power Infrastructure Board (PPIB) and would be operationalised gradually between 2020 to 2028.

Giving the breakup, they said a 1,263MW RLNG project, being set up near Trimmu Barrage in Jhang, would be ready by 2020.

Similarly, five projects having an accumulative capacity of 2,047MW would be made operational in 2021. These include two 330MW Thar coal power plants, 660MW Thar coal power plant, 7.08MW Riali-II hydropower project and 720 Karot hydropower project.

Moreover, four projects with a total capacity of 2,160MW would be ready by 2022 and these would include 330MW Thar coal power plant, 1,320MW Thar coal power plant, 870MW Suki Kinari hydropower project and 300MW imported coal power plant.

Likewise, sources said 1,980MW would be added to the system through IPPs in 2023, 2,124MW in 2024, 1,172MW in 2026 and 1,710MW in 2028. The projects include 700MW Azad Pattan hydropower project, 1,124MW Kohala hydropower project, 300MW Ashkot hydropower project, 640MW Mahl hydropower project, 450MW Athmuqam hydropower project, 82MW Turtonas-Uzghor hydropower project, 163MW Grange Power Limited etc.

It is pertinent to mention that PPIB was created in 1994 as a “one-window facilitator” on behalf of the government to promote private investments in power sector. In 2012, PPIB was made a statutory organization through the Private Power and Infrastructure Board Act 2012 (Act VI of 2012).

Source: Pakistan Today

 

[Syed1.]

12,464MW electricity to be added to national grid through IPPs’ projects.

As many as 12,464 megawatts of electricity would be added to the national grid through 25 projects of Independent Power Producers (IPPs), which are in various stages of development.

Sources told APP that these projects were being facilitated by the Private Power Infrastructure Board (PPIB) and would be operationalised gradually between 2020 to 2028.

Giving the breakup, they said a 1,263MW RLNG project, being set up near Trimmu Barrage in Jhang, would be ready by 2020.

Similarly, five projects having an accumulative capacity of 2,047MW would be made operational in 2021. These include two 330MW Thar coal power plants, 660MW Thar coal power plant, 7.08MW Riali-II hydropower project and 720 Karot hydropower project.

Moreover, four projects with a total capacity of 2,160MW would be ready by 2022 and these would include 330MW Thar coal power plant, 1,320MW Thar coal power plant, 870MW Suki Kinari hydropower project and 300MW imported coal power plant.

Likewise, sources said 1,980MW would be added to the system through IPPs in 2023, 2,124MW in 2024, 1,172MW in 2026 and 1,710MW in 2028. The projects include 700MW Azad Pattan hydropower project, 1,124MW Kohala hydropower project, 300MW Ashkot hydropower project, 640MW Mahl hydropower project, 450MW Athmuqam hydropower project, 82MW Turtonas-Uzghor hydropower project, 163MW Grange Power Limited etc.

It is pertinent to mention that PPIB was created in 1994 as a “one-window facilitator” on behalf of the government to promote private investments in power sector. In 2012, PPIB was made a statutory organization through the Private Power and Infrastructure Board Act 2012 (Act VI of 2012).

Source: Pakistan Today

That's a lot of excess power.... Already during summer months we have about 8-10GW more than what our system can supply. Just adding power plants without upgrading the transmission capacity is like using a 50hp pump to push water through a half inch line. Sure some will go through but you are wasting all that excess power you have available.

 

[Affanakad0t.]

That's a lot of excess power.... Already during summer months we have about 8-10GW more than what our system can supply. Just adding power plants without upgrading the transmission capacity is like using a 50hp pump to push water through a half inch line. Sure some will go through but you are wasting all that excess power you have available.

Totally agree. We lose so much of our energy because of these old transmission lines

 

[Flight of falcon]

That's a lot of excess power.... Already during summer months we have about 8-10GW more than what our system can supply. Just adding power plants without upgrading the transmission capacity is like using a 50hp pump to push water through a half inch line. Sure some will go through but you are wasting all that excess power you have available.

Also we need to urgently modify the contracts which I believe is within our right to modify old and current IPP. Many have terms agreed upon by bribing during Bhutto khao and tubbar wadao time..

 

[ghazi52]

Private Power and Infrastructure Board (PPIB) inviting Expression of Interest EOI for hiring services of Engineer Consulting firms to support PPIB in developing Mechanism for Tariff based bidding of #Hydropower Project and review of Feasibility Studies of Hydropower Project under Agence Française de Développement ("AFD") Grant to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan for promoting the development of #renewable_energy plants. The #last_date of submission is 30th June, 2020 (1500hrs)

 

[Pakistansdefender]

Private Power and Infrastructure Board (PPIB) inviting Expression of Interest EOI for hiring services of Engineer Consulting firms to support PPIB in developing Mechanism for Tariff based bidding of #Hydropower Project and review of Feasibility Studies of Hydropower Project under Agence Française de Développement ("AFD") Grant to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan for promoting the development of #renewable_energy plants. The #last_date of submission is 30th June, 2020 (1500hrs)

Can you explain how it can help?