Energy Projects...Updates

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102MW Gulpur Hydropower Project, Kotli , AJK. Built on River Poonch, a tributary of River Jhelum. It commissioned in March 2020 and is the Third Hydro IPP of Pakistan after New Bong Escape and Patrind HPP.

 

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Rs10bn approved for 220KV grid station in Kohat
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KOHAT: Federal state minister Sheharyar Afridi has claimed that the government has approved Rs10 billion for a new 220KV grid station to be built in Kohat by the National Dispatch and Transmission Company to solve the longstanding problems of loadshedding and low voltage in the division.

Talking to journalists at the Commissioner House on Friday, he said a committee led by him and comprising MPs from Kohat, Karak, Hangu and Orakzai would meet federal minister for water and power Umer Ayub on coming Thursday to discuss matters regarding the construction of the grid station.

The grid station would be constructed in Togh Bala area to address the problems of loadshedding in Kohat, Orakzai, Hangu and Karak districts, Mr Afridi said.

He asked the commissioner, Kohat division, Syed Abdul Jabbar Khan to find state land for the grid station and submit a report within one week.

The state minister said that transformer repair workshops had been approved for Hangu, Orakzai,Thall and Karak districts. Earlier, there was only one workshop in the whole of Kohat division, he added.

Sheharyar Afridi said federal minister for water and power Umer Ayub had approved the 220KV grid station and transformer repair workshops during a meeting with him. He said people had to pay Rs20,000 to get the transformers repaired at private workshops as Pesco took days for the purpose.

Similarly, the federal minister said he had asked the relevant officials to prepare PC-1 so funds could be approved for fixing the loose transmission lines.

He said during repair of the transformers in Kohat trolley-transformers of 200KV, 100KV and 50KV would be provided to keep the power running without suspension.

He said as Kohat had 37 feeders which were overloaded four more for Patiala, Gumbat, Express Highway and Kharmato had been sanctioned.

Mr Afridi said there would be no loadshedding where recovery rate was above 70 per cent.

He said the Kohat SDO construction, who previously sat in Peshawar, would now be shifted to Kohat. He said that a committee of officials and MPs would resolve the issue of power theft and the kunda system which badly damaged transformers and transmission lines.

https://www.dawn.com/news/amp/1568443

 

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Pakistan’s plan to add four hydropower projects under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor CPEC at a cost of $7.5 billion in the next six years is expected to reduce its reliance on foreign oil and gas

 

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Hingol Dam Project




Location
On Hingol River at a distance about 19 km on North of Makran Coastal Highway and about 248 km from North-West of Karachi in Lasbela District of Balochistan.


Salient Features

• Type of Dam
  

Earth & Rockfill

• Height of Dam...

174 ft

• Gross Storage...

1.206 MAF

• Live Storage...

0.658 MAF

• CCA ...

65,000 Acres

• Power Generation
  

1.37 MW (5.6 GWh)

Scope of Work

Detailed Engineering Design

Donor Agency Govt. of Pakistan

Commencement Date -

Completion Date -
Financial Status (Rs. Million) Local Foreign Total
Original PC-II Cost 272.824 - 272.824



Status:-

• A feasibility study completed by M/s NESPAK in 1992-93.
• Detailed Engineering Design and Tender documents of Hingol Dam Project with Dam Site at Aghor, 1 km u/s of Makran Coastal Highway Bridge completed in 2009.
• Hindu Community raised objections due to the submergence of their Holy Places. Hence, the site of the proposed dam was shifted 16 km upstream of Aghor Site.
• A meeting was held on 01.09.2016 between WAPDA and Project Consultants wherein it was decided that:
• Project Consultants will revise the scope of work and complete the Detailed Engineering Design of the Project as per the Consultancy agreement.
• WAPDA will arrange the financing for the Project and clear the pending liabilities of the Consultants after verification of their invoices and approval of PC-II Proforma.
• Consultants will take up this additional assignment after the clearance of their pending liabilities.
• On directions of MoWR, WAPDA requested Govt. of Balochistan on 28.12.2017 to accord priority to the project.
• On the order of Balochistan High Court, Govt. of Balochistan issued NOC/Project Priority in favor of WAPDA to carry out Detailed Engineering Design on 08.05.2019.
• Accordingly, MoWR issued Project authorization on 13.05.2019 and directed to submit updated PC-II.
• PC-II Proforma for Detailed Engineering Design, Preparation of Tender Documents & PC-I amounting to Rs. 421.372 Million submitted to MoWR on 28.10.2019.
• FFC, MoWR cleared the PC-II & submitted for the approval of DDWP on 07.01.2020.

 

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Mohmand Dam Project - 800MW

- Under Construction since 2019
- Annual Energy: 2,407 GWh
- Gross Storage: 1.29 Million acre-feet (MAF)
- Completion: May 2025
- Construction cost: $1.9 billion

 

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Middle Palas Valley HydroPower Project

Location:
Palas Valley (Chor Nullah) is located on the left bank of the Indus river with influence 8km upstream of Patan Town in Kohistan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The project has been planned on the left bank of Palas Velly with powerhouse, 25km from Patan Town and 335 km from Islamabad.

Salient Features

Generation Capacity 398 MW

Gross Head 685 M
Rated Net Head 649 M
Design Discharge 71 m3/Sec
Mean Annual Energy 1,716 GWh
No. & Type of Turbine 3, Pelton
Type Of Dam CFRD
Height Of Dam 81 M
Head Race Tunnel 10.6 Km
Pressure Shaft 1000 m
Construction Period 5 Years
Estimated Project Cost 521 Million US$
Status

• Pre-feasibility study has been completed in year 2008.

 

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‪A beautiful view of newly completed Daral Khwar HPP (36 MW) and its colony on main Madian Kalam Road in Swat. ‬

‪It is being operated departmentally with success and has exceeded its Annual Generation Target of 154 Million KwH by 6 million Units until May 2020.‬

Source: Pakhtunkhwa Energy Development Organization

 

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- Annual Energy: 3,000 GWh
- Highest Head in Pakistan
- Completion: Dec, 2022
- Construction cost: $1.9 billion

 

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Tarbela Dam Power House with IV Extension completed....................

 

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Dasu hydropower project (DHP) includes the construction of a 4,320 MW hydropower plant on the Indus River near Dasu town in Kohistan District of KhyberPakhtunkhwa (KP) .

The project is located approximately 74 km downstream of the Diamer Basha Dam, 240 km upstream of the Tarbela Dam, and 345 km from Islamabad.

The run-of-the-river hydropower project is being developed in two stages by Pakistan’s Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA).

A total of 12 hydropower units rated at 360 MW each will be installed, which includes six in the first phase and six in the second.

Phase one will have an annual output capacity of 12,300 GWh, while phase two completion would increase the same to 21,700 GWh.

Construction Period (PC-I) is 5 years (Stage-I) with Generation of 2,160 MW (12,220 GWh).

 

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Tarbela Dam

 

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Dasu Hydropower Project - 4320MW (2160 MW stage-I)

- Annual Energy: 21,300 GWh
- Gross Storage: 1.14 Million acre-feet (MAF)

- Completion: Early 2025 (stage I)
- Construction cost: $ 4.3 billion (stage I)

 

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Qasim Plant generates more than 5 billion kWh of electricity in 2020

Qasim Coal Power Plant, invested and constructed by Power Construction Corporation of China, has generated more than 5 billion kWh in 2020, setting a record for the annual cumulative power generation since the plant was put into operation.

In 2020, the annual generating capacity of Qasim Plant reached 5 billion kilowatts earlier than usual.The 2018 cumulative power generation reached this node in early October of that year, and in 2019 it was moved forward to August 27th.

Impacted by COVID-19 pandemic, national economy has been stuck. Under the severe context, Qasim Plant generated more than 2.264 billion kWh in the first quarter of 2020, an increase of 455 million kWh over the same period last year.

On May 22, 2020 annual power generation of the power station reached 3.5 billion kWh, and the cumulative power generation since its commissioning exceeded 20 billion kWh. As of June 10, the cumulative annual power generation of Kasim Power Station exceeded 4 billion kWh.

In this month, Qasim Plant also saw a breakthrough in expanding the coal sources. Affected by COVID-19 epidemic, South Africa and Indonesia, the two major coal sources for Qasim project, have been port locked down. The continuous operation of the plant is threatened.

In order to protect domestic own coal resources and diversify coal sources, after a long-term endeavour by Qasim project, a new coal source country was established. On July 11th, the first batch of coal imported from the new coal source country reached Qasim Port.

Qasim Coal Power Plant is reckoned as a key project under CPEC. It has an installed capacity of 1.32 million kW and uses imported coal to generate electricity. Since its commissioning, the power station has played an important role in alleviating the power shortage, improving the energy structure, promoting economic and social development and improving people's livelihood for the nation.

 

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