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Work on mega hydropower projects underway to overcome energy crisis, KP CM says
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan, while stressing the need of optimum utilization of hydropower potential of the province, has said that the provincial government is working on a number of mega hydropower projects to overcome energy crisis.
Chairing a performance review meeting of the Energy and Power Department held on Saturday, the CM said that upon completion, these projects would not only help overcome the energy crisis in the province, but would also give impetus to industrial and economic activities and help create new employment opportunities in the province.
Briefing the meeting about the progress made so far on various developmental projects of the department, the committee was informed that 94pc work on Jabori Hydropower Project, Mansehra, had been completed while the remaining work would be completed by the end of this year.
The project, on completion, will generate more than 71GW electricity per annum. Similarly, 88pc work on Karora Hydropower Project, Shangla, had been completed and the remaining work would be completed by January next year, and the project will have a power generating capacity of 72GW electricity per annum.
It was further informed that 85pc work had been completed on 40MW Kotu Hydropower Project, Lower Dir, whereas physical progress on 84MW Matiltan Hydropower Project is 47pc.
The meeting was told that the Executive Committee of National Economic Council had accorded approval to 157MW Madayan and 88MG Gabral Hydropower Projects to be executed under the Khyber Pakhtinkhwa Hydropower and Renewable Energy Programme. Work on 300MW Balakot Hydropower Project will be started next year, the meeting was informed.
Expressing his satisfaction on the overall performance of the department, Mehmood Khan directed the high ups of the department for result oriented steps to ensure timely completion of all the ongoing projects and to ensure progress on the new projects as per the given timelines.
It was told that the newly established Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Transmission and Grid System Company had been formally registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP). The company has been set up with the aim to have a separate and independent transmission and grid infrastructure of the provincial government for the supply of locally produced electricity to the local industries, Special Economic Zones, and other commercial consumers on incentivized rates.
Regarding the micro hydel power projects it was apprised that in the first phase 307 projects had been completed in 11 districts of the province having a total production capacity of 25000 Kilowatt whereas 672 micro hydel power projects would be started in the second phase.
With regard to the solarization programme of the department, it was informed that 300 mosques had been solarized in the newly merged districts, and work has been started on the solarization of 4,000 more mosques in the province. Tenders have also been issued for the solarization of 8,000 schools and 187 Basic Health Units across the province.
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PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan, while stressing the need of optimum utilization of hydropower potential of the province, has said that the provincial government is working on a number of mega hydropower projects to overcome energy crisis.
Chairing a performance review meeting of the Energy and Power Department held on Saturday, the CM said that upon completion, these projects would not only help overcome the energy crisis in the province, but would also give impetus to industrial and economic activities and help create new employment opportunities in the province.
Briefing the meeting about the progress made so far on various developmental projects of the department, the committee was informed that 94pc work on Jabori Hydropower Project, Mansehra, had been completed while the remaining work would be completed by the end of this year.
The project, on completion, will generate more than 71GW electricity per annum. Similarly, 88pc work on Karora Hydropower Project, Shangla, had been completed and the remaining work would be completed by January next year, and the project will have a power generating capacity of 72GW electricity per annum.
It was further informed that 85pc work had been completed on 40MW Kotu Hydropower Project, Lower Dir, whereas physical progress on 84MW Matiltan Hydropower Project is 47pc.
The meeting was told that the Executive Committee of National Economic Council had accorded approval to 157MW Madayan and 88MG Gabral Hydropower Projects to be executed under the Khyber Pakhtinkhwa Hydropower and Renewable Energy Programme. Work on 300MW Balakot Hydropower Project will be started next year, the meeting was informed.
Expressing his satisfaction on the overall performance of the department, Mehmood Khan directed the high ups of the department for result oriented steps to ensure timely completion of all the ongoing projects and to ensure progress on the new projects as per the given timelines.
It was told that the newly established Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Transmission and Grid System Company had been formally registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP). The company has been set up with the aim to have a separate and independent transmission and grid infrastructure of the provincial government for the supply of locally produced electricity to the local industries, Special Economic Zones, and other commercial consumers on incentivized rates.
Regarding the micro hydel power projects it was apprised that in the first phase 307 projects had been completed in 11 districts of the province having a total production capacity of 25000 Kilowatt whereas 672 micro hydel power projects would be started in the second phase.
With regard to the solarization programme of the department, it was informed that 300 mosques had been solarized in the newly merged districts, and work has been started on the solarization of 4,000 more mosques in the province. Tenders have also been issued for the solarization of 8,000 schools and 187 Basic Health Units across the province.
Work on mega hydropower projects underway to overcome energy crisis, KP CM says
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan, while stressing the need of optimum utilization of hydropower potential of the province, has said that the provincial government is working on
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Please create a new sub-forum "Infra-structure Development in Pakistan" and create a separate thread for each project
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Two Diversion Tunnels named as Diversion Tunnel A (L=1.5 KM) & Diversion Tunnel B (L=1.3 KM), as shown in the pictures, are being constructed at 4320 MW #Dasu Hydropower Project by using Drill & Blast method in 4 lifts (layers) of different heights.
Excavation section of the diversion tunnel is adopted a “D” section. The dimensions of excavation section are 24.6m×27.3m at inlets & outlets while 20.4m×24.2m in main underground Tunnels. To avoid flood during flood season and safe construction, gravity concrete dyke in diversion tunnel inlet and outlet was constructed.
The main underground excavation of the tunnel is divided into four layers. The excavation height of the layer I is 8.2m, the height of the layer II is 5m, and the excavation height of the layer III is 8.0m, the height of the layer IV is 3.0m.
Credits: Engr. Tufail
Excavation section of the diversion tunnel is adopted a “D” section. The dimensions of excavation section are 24.6m×27.3m at inlets & outlets while 20.4m×24.2m in main underground Tunnels. To avoid flood during flood season and safe construction, gravity concrete dyke in diversion tunnel inlet and outlet was constructed.
The main underground excavation of the tunnel is divided into four layers. The excavation height of the layer I is 8.2m, the height of the layer II is 5m, and the excavation height of the layer III is 8.0m, the height of the layer IV is 3.0m.
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600 Mln Rupees 132 KV Sarai Saleh Grid Station Tender Notice Issued
Wapda Saturday issued a tender notice for the construction of 132 Kilowatts Sarai Saleh Grid station after receiving Rs 600 million released by the Federal Minister for Power Omer Ayub Khan
HARIPUR, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 7th Nov, 2020 ) :Wapda Saturday issued a tender notice for the construction of 132 Kilowatts Sarai Saleh Grid station after receiving Rs 600 million released by the Federal Minister for Power Omer Ayub Khan.
Despite political and ministerial engagements federal minister Omer Ayub Khan also paid special attention to the issues of the constituency, focused on developmental projects and timely released the amount for the promised 132 KV Grid Station.
The people of Sarai Saleh were pleased and appreciated the minister for fulfilling his election promise.
During the last six months owing to the comprehensive strategy of Federal Minister Omer Ayub Khan 16 feeders have been completed in district Haripur and he also released 12 billion rupees for 4 grid stations. Huge allocations for electricity provision and improvement would revolutionize the development of district Haripur.
Omer Ayub Khan has started billions of rupees schemes and projects including, roads, hospitals, schools, water supply, sui gas and electricity provision where earlier Haripur electricity feeder was built with the cost of 600 million rupees.
Construction work on 132 KV Khanpur Grid Station is also near to completion, besides these two grid stations Wapda teams have also identified land for Gandaf 132 KV grid station and Hattar 220 KV grid station with the cost of 8.5 billion those would be started in soon.
After completion of Khanpur 132 Kilowatt grid station, the day-to-day issues of load shedding and low voltage in Tehsil Khanpur, Haripur and Sarai Saleh would also be resolved.
Last year Federal Minister also approved 132 KV grid stations for Mansehra districts which has provided a huge relief to not only Haripur but also some areas of the district Haripur.
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NTDC Increases Transmission Length Of Both 500kV, 220 KV In FY-2019-20
ISLAMABAD, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 18th Nov, 2020 ) :National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC) has increased length of both 500kV and 220 kV transmission lines from 6,417 km to 7,238 km and 11,219 km to 11,281 km respectively during FY 2019-20.
According to official data, one Power Transformer has been added at 500/220 kV level while three transformers at 220/132 kV level in NTDC system during the said period.
The NTDC- the National Grid Company and its transmission network is spread all over the country except the area served by K-Electric.
NTDC is maintaining 16 grid stations of 500 kV with a transformation capacity of 23,400 MVA and 45 grid stations of 220 kV grid stations with transformation capacity of 31,900 MVA in the country.
According to the data, number of planned outages at 500 kV and 220 kV levels witnessed decrease during FY 2019-20 as compared to FY 2018-19.
As many as 547 planned outages recorded on 500 kV transmission lines and 1774 on 220 kV during the said period as compared to 723 outages on 500kV and 2082 on 220 kV lines during 2018-19.
Similarly, number of forced outages on 500 kV and 220 kV also witnessed considerable decrease. As many as 131-360 outages were recorded on 500 kV and 220 kV transmission lines respectively in FY-2019-20 as compared to 203 and 556 during FY-2018-19.
Like bringing reforms on power generation side, the government has also equally focused on the transmission side and enhanced capacity by 5500 MW during the last two years.
Earlier, the system could only transmit 18,000 MW electricity but now owing to up-gradation 25,000 MW could easily be transmitted it. Over 23,000 MW electricity was successfully transmitted during the peak summer.
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Gilgit-Baltistan Signs Its First Ever Public-Private Partnership Project
In a historic move, the Gilgit Baltistan government signed its first public-private partnership (PPP) deal with Industrial Promotion Services Company NPak, a commercial arm of AKDN, to build the first river power project in Gilgit Baltistan (GB), a 2.8 MW project in Hunza.
Talking to the media, the Advisor Finance government of Gilgit Baltistan Waqar Abbas Mondoq said that private sector engagement is pivotal for the development in Gilgit Baltistan. This is the first run of the river project in GB, and if it succeeds, the government will replicate future projects on the same model.
Gilgit-Baltistan has the potential to produce more than 45,000 megawatts of hydroelectricity. Pakistan’s total electricity demand from both residential and industrial is 25,000 MW. If the hydropower potential of GB is realized, it will not only meet all requirements of the country but put Pakistan in a position to export electricity to neighboring countries.
This milestone will unlock the massive opportunities available in this region. Through the private sector-led growth model, the Gilgit Baltistan government will facilitate private sector investments in the region. Due to no legal cover for private sector investments, Gilgit Baltistan so far did not have any large scale investments. PPP will now provide a legal framework and facilitate large-scale investment in the region.
Gilgit Baltistan is currently relying on a 100 percent federal grant. The rollout of PPP will strengthen the revenue base of the GB government as well as reduce its dependency and burden on the federal government budget. The Advisor Finance further added that a significant number of investments will be routed to the region through PPP mode in tourism and other sectors.
Wapda Saturday issued a tender notice for the construction of 132 Kilowatts Sarai Saleh Grid station after receiving Rs 600 million released by the Federal Minister for Power Omer Ayub Khan
HARIPUR, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 7th Nov, 2020 ) :Wapda Saturday issued a tender notice for the construction of 132 Kilowatts Sarai Saleh Grid station after receiving Rs 600 million released by the Federal Minister for Power Omer Ayub Khan.
Despite political and ministerial engagements federal minister Omer Ayub Khan also paid special attention to the issues of the constituency, focused on developmental projects and timely released the amount for the promised 132 KV Grid Station.
The people of Sarai Saleh were pleased and appreciated the minister for fulfilling his election promise.
During the last six months owing to the comprehensive strategy of Federal Minister Omer Ayub Khan 16 feeders have been completed in district Haripur and he also released 12 billion rupees for 4 grid stations. Huge allocations for electricity provision and improvement would revolutionize the development of district Haripur.
Omer Ayub Khan has started billions of rupees schemes and projects including, roads, hospitals, schools, water supply, sui gas and electricity provision where earlier Haripur electricity feeder was built with the cost of 600 million rupees.
Construction work on 132 KV Khanpur Grid Station is also near to completion, besides these two grid stations Wapda teams have also identified land for Gandaf 132 KV grid station and Hattar 220 KV grid station with the cost of 8.5 billion those would be started in soon.
After completion of Khanpur 132 Kilowatt grid station, the day-to-day issues of load shedding and low voltage in Tehsil Khanpur, Haripur and Sarai Saleh would also be resolved.
Last year Federal Minister also approved 132 KV grid stations for Mansehra districts which has provided a huge relief to not only Haripur but also some areas of the district Haripur.
600 Mln Rupees 132 KV Sarai Saleh Grid Station Tender Notice Issued - UrduPoint
Wapda Saturday issued a tender notice for the construction of 132 Kilowatts Sarai Saleh Grid station after receiving Rs 600 million released by the Federal Minister for Power Omer Ayub Khan
ISLAMABAD, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 18th Nov, 2020 ) :National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC) has increased length of both 500kV and 220 kV transmission lines from 6,417 km to 7,238 km and 11,219 km to 11,281 km respectively during FY 2019-20.
According to official data, one Power Transformer has been added at 500/220 kV level while three transformers at 220/132 kV level in NTDC system during the said period.
The NTDC- the National Grid Company and its transmission network is spread all over the country except the area served by K-Electric.
NTDC is maintaining 16 grid stations of 500 kV with a transformation capacity of 23,400 MVA and 45 grid stations of 220 kV grid stations with transformation capacity of 31,900 MVA in the country.
According to the data, number of planned outages at 500 kV and 220 kV levels witnessed decrease during FY 2019-20 as compared to FY 2018-19.
As many as 547 planned outages recorded on 500 kV transmission lines and 1774 on 220 kV during the said period as compared to 723 outages on 500kV and 2082 on 220 kV lines during 2018-19.
Similarly, number of forced outages on 500 kV and 220 kV also witnessed considerable decrease. As many as 131-360 outages were recorded on 500 kV and 220 kV transmission lines respectively in FY-2019-20 as compared to 203 and 556 during FY-2018-19.
Like bringing reforms on power generation side, the government has also equally focused on the transmission side and enhanced capacity by 5500 MW during the last two years.
Earlier, the system could only transmit 18,000 MW electricity but now owing to up-gradation 25,000 MW could easily be transmitted it. Over 23,000 MW electricity was successfully transmitted during the peak summer.
NTDC Increases Transmission Length Of Both 500kV, 220 KV In FY-2019-20 - UrduPoint
National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC) has increased length of both 500kV and 220 kV transmission lines from 6,417 km to 7,238 km and 11,219 km to 11,281 km respectively during FY 2019-20. According to official data, one Power Transformer has been added at 500/220 kV level while three...
In a historic move, the Gilgit Baltistan government signed its first public-private partnership (PPP) deal with Industrial Promotion Services Company NPak, a commercial arm of AKDN, to build the first river power project in Gilgit Baltistan (GB), a 2.8 MW project in Hunza.
Talking to the media, the Advisor Finance government of Gilgit Baltistan Waqar Abbas Mondoq said that private sector engagement is pivotal for the development in Gilgit Baltistan. This is the first run of the river project in GB, and if it succeeds, the government will replicate future projects on the same model.
Gilgit-Baltistan has the potential to produce more than 45,000 megawatts of hydroelectricity. Pakistan’s total electricity demand from both residential and industrial is 25,000 MW. If the hydropower potential of GB is realized, it will not only meet all requirements of the country but put Pakistan in a position to export electricity to neighboring countries.
This milestone will unlock the massive opportunities available in this region. Through the private sector-led growth model, the Gilgit Baltistan government will facilitate private sector investments in the region. Due to no legal cover for private sector investments, Gilgit Baltistan so far did not have any large scale investments. PPP will now provide a legal framework and facilitate large-scale investment in the region.
Gilgit Baltistan is currently relying on a 100 percent federal grant. The rollout of PPP will strengthen the revenue base of the GB government as well as reduce its dependency and burden on the federal government budget. The Advisor Finance further added that a significant number of investments will be routed to the region through PPP mode in tourism and other sectors.
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The Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB) has signed implementation agreements for 11 wind power projects keeping in view the government’s vision of an increase in the share of renewable energy to at least 30% by the year 2030.
“Cumulative capacity of the 11 wind power projects is 560 megawatts and these projects will provide more than 1.8 billion units of clean energy annually,” said a statement issued on Tuesday.
An investment of around $700 million will be brought to Pakistan as soon as these independent power projects achieve financial close in the coming weeks. The projects are envisaged to come online by 2021.
At the signing ceremony, AEDB Chief Executive Officer Dr Rana Abdul Jabbar appreciated the efforts made by the private sector for bringing clean and cheaper electricity to the consumers of Pakistan. He was of the view that the growing share of renewable energy in the overall generation mix would not only bring down the overall basket tariff but would help reduce the import bills.
“Cumulative capacity of the 11 wind power projects is 560 megawatts and these projects will provide more than 1.8 billion units of clean energy annually,” said a statement issued on Tuesday.
An investment of around $700 million will be brought to Pakistan as soon as these independent power projects achieve financial close in the coming weeks. The projects are envisaged to come online by 2021.
At the signing ceremony, AEDB Chief Executive Officer Dr Rana Abdul Jabbar appreciated the efforts made by the private sector for bringing clean and cheaper electricity to the consumers of Pakistan. He was of the view that the growing share of renewable energy in the overall generation mix would not only bring down the overall basket tariff but would help reduce the import bills.
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700MW Azad pattan hydropower_project nears financial close.
Pakistan and China have step another step towards achieving the financial close of the 700MW Azad Pattan Hydropower Project, which is part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), by signing more agreements in this regard on Tuesday.
“The project agreements namely ‘GoAJ&K Implementation Agreement’ and ‘GoAJ&K Water Use Agreement’ were signed by Azad Jammu Kashmir Power Secretary Zafar Mahmood Khan and Azad Pattan Power Private Limited CEO Li Xiaotao,” a statement issued by the Ministry of Energy on Tuesday read. “With an investment of over $1.35 billion, the Azad Pattan project won’t be relying on imported fuel, enabling the country to move towards cheaper and greener power generation.”
AJK Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider Khan, Federal Power Minister Omer Ayub Khan, Planning Minister Asad Umar, CPEC Authority Chairman Lt Gen (r) Asim Saleem Bajwa, AJK Chief Secretary Dr Shahzad Khan Bangash and Private Power and Infrastructure Board (PPIB) Managing Director Shah Jahan Mirza were also present on the occasion.
As per the statement, today’s development will further pave the way for achievement of financial close of the project.
Earlier, a Letter of Support (LOS) was issued by PPIB to Azad Pattan HPP, which is a Run-off-the River Scheme on River Jhelum located at dual boundary between AJ&K (District Bagh) and Punjab (District Rawalpindi). China Gezhouba Group and Laraib Group Pakistan are the shareholders of the project.
The consortium of lenders consists of China Development Bank, China Construction Bank, Industrial & Commercial Bank of China and Bank of China. Azad Pattan Project is being implemented by PPIB.
Moreover, after completion of construction work, tourism activities around reservoir/lake and water sports, fishing etc. are also associated avenues for earning valuable revenue.
Pakistan and China have step another step towards achieving the financial close of the 700MW Azad Pattan Hydropower Project, which is part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), by signing more agreements in this regard on Tuesday.
“The project agreements namely ‘GoAJ&K Implementation Agreement’ and ‘GoAJ&K Water Use Agreement’ were signed by Azad Jammu Kashmir Power Secretary Zafar Mahmood Khan and Azad Pattan Power Private Limited CEO Li Xiaotao,” a statement issued by the Ministry of Energy on Tuesday read. “With an investment of over $1.35 billion, the Azad Pattan project won’t be relying on imported fuel, enabling the country to move towards cheaper and greener power generation.”
AJK Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider Khan, Federal Power Minister Omer Ayub Khan, Planning Minister Asad Umar, CPEC Authority Chairman Lt Gen (r) Asim Saleem Bajwa, AJK Chief Secretary Dr Shahzad Khan Bangash and Private Power and Infrastructure Board (PPIB) Managing Director Shah Jahan Mirza were also present on the occasion.
As per the statement, today’s development will further pave the way for achievement of financial close of the project.
Earlier, a Letter of Support (LOS) was issued by PPIB to Azad Pattan HPP, which is a Run-off-the River Scheme on River Jhelum located at dual boundary between AJ&K (District Bagh) and Punjab (District Rawalpindi). China Gezhouba Group and Laraib Group Pakistan are the shareholders of the project.
The consortium of lenders consists of China Development Bank, China Construction Bank, Industrial & Commercial Bank of China and Bank of China. Azad Pattan Project is being implemented by PPIB.
Moreover, after completion of construction work, tourism activities around reservoir/lake and water sports, fishing etc. are also associated avenues for earning valuable revenue.
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