Energy Projects...Updates

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Budget Allocation 91 Billion for water security..........


Dasu Hydropower Dam........................ 57 billion PKR
Diamer Bhasha Dam............................. 23 billion PKR
Mohmand Dam....................................... 6 billion PKR
Neelum Jehlum Hydropower Project... 14 billion PKR

 

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Power subsidies raised by over 300pc
Mushtaq Ghumman
12 Jun 2021

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has increased power sector subsidies by over 300 percent to Rs 510 billion for fiscal year 2021-22 as compared to Rs 124 billion allocated in budget for 2020-21, which was later revised upward to Rs 350 billon.

Of this, an amount of Rs 136 billion has been earmarked for the Independent Power Producers (IPPs).

The government recently paid Rs 89.2 billion to 20 IPPs as per revised agreements and increased allocations for Power Holding Private Limited (PHPL) by 152.6 per cent to Rs 118 billion against revised allocations of Rs 46 billion during 2020-21. Allocation for inter-Disco tariff differential has been enhanced by 67 per cent to Rs 184 billion for 2021-22 as compared to budget allocations of Rs 110 billion in 2020-21 and revised estimate of Rs 191.830 billion. This implies that inter-Disco tariff differential subsidy has been reduced by over 4 per cent vis-à-vis revised allocations.

Allocation for subsidy to Karachi Electric (KE) has been massively enhanced by 450 per cent to Rs 85 billion for 2021-22 as compared to budget allocation of Rs 15.5 in 2020-21 which was revised to Rs 16 billion.

KE will get a subsidy to Rs 56 billion as tariff differential in 2021-22 which is 460 per cent higher than budget allocation of Rs 10 billion in 2020-21 and 250 per cent higher than revised allocation of 2020-21. An amount of Rs 7 billion has been earmarked for KE's tariff differential for agriculture tube wells in Balochistan. KE will also get Rs 22 billion as industrial support package in 2021-22 which is higher by 340 per cent against Rs 5 billion of 2020-21. Tariff Differential Subsidy (TDS) for agri tub-wells in Balochistan has been increased to Rs 4.4 billion for 2021-22 against budget allocation of Rs 3 billion, which was later revised to Rs 7 billion. An amount of Rs 7.6 billion has been earmarked to pay to Wapda/ Pepco receivables of ex-FATA. However, no amount has been allocated to pay to Wapda on account of tariff differential for AJ&K, despite the fact that an amount of Rs 1 billion had been allocated for 2020-21 which was revised upward to Rs 27 billion. An amount of Rs 2 billion has been earmarked for tariff differential to AJK as compared to revised allocation of Rs 36.537 billion.

Allocation for payment of Discos receivables of merged districts of KP has been enhanced by 80 per cent to Rs 18 billion for 2021-22 against Rs 10 billion in budget estimates, which was later on revised to Rs 15 billion.

For Industrial Support Package (ISP) an amount of Rs 15 billion has been earmarked in budget of 2021-22 while Rs 26 billion has been allocated for zero rated industries subsidy.

 

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Mohmand Dam Hydropower Project - 800 MW
Under Construction since September 2019

 

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Pakistan’s cement manufacturer, Flying Cement Company Limited, has installed a coal-based power plant to meet its energy needs.

“We announce that the company has successfully completed the installation of new captive power plant of 12MW at its site in district Khoshab and its trial operations are expected to be started during next month,” stated the company on Thursday in its filing to the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX).

Flying Cement manufactures, markets, and sells cement at its manufacturing plant located at Khoshab in Punjab province, with an annual capacity of 686,000 tons of clinker and 720,000 tons of cement.

The company said that the start of this captive power plant will eliminate its dependency on Wapda, the major power provider in the country, and will enable the company to be self-reliant in power consumption.

This will also result in significant cost savings on account of power going forward.

The cement sector has shown impressive growth after resumption of activities after the strict lockdown that was imposed upon the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic.

In the month of May, total cement dispatches stood at 3.947 million tons against 2.634 million tons dispatched during the same month last fiscal year, a growth of 49.86 percent.

According to the data released by All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association, domestic cement dispatches during the month of May 2021 increased to 3.201 million tons from 2.271 million tons in May 2020, depicting an increase of 40.95 percent.

Exports also massively increased by 105.56 percent, from 363,174 tons in May 2020 to 746,550 tons in May 2021.

 

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CCI forms body to finalise power policy draft

Committee to present plan in next meeting on Monday

June 17, 2021

ISLAMABAD: The Council of Common Interests (CII) on Thursday formed a committee including chief ministers and federal ministers to review in detail and finalise the draft of the National Electricity Policy 2021.

According to a statement issued by the PM’s Office, a meeting of the CII was held under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Imran Khan in which the chief ministers of the four provinces and federal ministers participated.

The committee will finalise the draft and present it in the next meeting of the CCI on Monday.
The body includes the finance minister, energy minister, law minister, the special assistant to the PM on energy and the chief ministers of the four provinces.

In April this year, the Cabinet Committee on Energy (CCoE) had endorsed the proposed draft National Electricity Policy 2021 and issued directions to the power division to incorporate the agreed recommendations and submit them to the cabinet and CCI for final approval.

The energy ministry was advised to include the opinion of the law division on certain observations raised by the participants during the meeting.

The cabinet body was informed that the National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC) was mandated for preparation of the IGCEP on an annual basis for review and approval of the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra), under the provisions of the Nepra approved grid code. The NTDC prepared the IGCEP 2047 and submitted the same to Nepra on April 20, 2020.

Nepra conducted public hearing on the submitted IGCEP on July 15, 2020 as part of the review and approval process. After the hearing Nepra returned the IGCEP to NTDC on August 20, 2020 with certain directions for changes in the IGCEP report, accordingly, NTDC responded to Nepra on September 4, 2020 and communicated consent to manage quick compliance, seeking clarity on certain directions and requested Nepra to review certain directions which contradict with the ARE Policy 2020, CCoE decision dated April 4, 2020 and/or certain provisions of the grid code.

The wholesale generation cost accounts for 80-85% of the end consumer costs. Therefore, the generation planning needs a clear roadmap.

 

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Prime Minister Imran Khan will visit Dasu Dam today.

Prime Minister will review the ongoing construction work at Dasu Dam.
Dasu Dam phase one will be completed in 2025 and start supplying 2160 mega watts to national grid. Dam phase two will be completed in 2029 and start supplying 4320 mega watts. The construction of the dam is going on while implementing the SOPs despite the Corona epidemic.

On this occasion, the Prime Minister will also talk to foreign engineers and workers working on the dam.

 

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CCI approves National Electricity Policy 2021

https://nation.com.pk/NewsSource/web-desk
Web Desk
7:13 PM | June 21, 2021


Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday chaired the 47th meeting of the Council of Common Interest (CCI) and approved the National Electricity Policy 2021.

The session headed by Imran Khan was attended by federal ministers, chief ministers and other concerned officials.

Federal Minister for Energy Hammad Azhar said that the Council of Common Interest has approved National Electricity Policy 2021 with a consensus of all provinces.

“The new electricity policy has been approved for 10 years,” he said, adding that people will get cheaper and environment-friendly electricity under the new power policy approved by the CCI.

The minister said in the light of the new electricity policy, policies for sub-sectors will be devised. He further said that the PTI government had allocated Rs100billion in the federal budget 2021-22 to improve the transmission system in the energy sector.

In the previous CCI meeting chaired by PM Khan on June. 18, the meeting discussed in detail the draft of the National Electricity Policy 2021 and constituted a committee to further deliberate upon the proposed policy.

 

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Under Construction Karot Hydropower Project - 720MW on Jhelum river under CPEC
- Asphalt Core Rock fill dam
- Surface Powerhouse equipped with 4 x 180 MW Francis-type units
- Expected completion date: end of 2021

 

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WAPDA awards $ 241 million contract for E&M works of Tarbela 5th Ext.HPP


June25, 2021: Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority(WAPDA) today awarded contract amounting to US$ 241.1 million for electro-mechanical(E&M) works of the 1530 MW-Tarbela 5th Extension Hydropower Project to a joint venture comprising Harbin Electric International Company and Harbin Electric Machinery Company (HEIC-HEMC) through an international competitive bidding.

The ceremony for signing of the contract was held today at WAPDA House, Lahore. The E&M contract was signed by Tarbela 5th Extension Hydropower Project Director (PD) Muhammad Azam Joya and HEIC-HEMC Vice President Zhang Yu Long on behalf of their organizations. WAPDA Chairman Lt Gen Muzammil Hussain (Retd),WAPDA Member Finance Naveed Asghar, Member Water Abdul Zahir Khan Durrani, Managing Director (Administration) Khalid Saleem, WAPDA Secretary Fakharuzzaman Ali Cheema, General Managers concerned and representatives of the Consultants also attended the ceremony. It is worth mentioning that WAPDA has already awarded contract for civil works of the project in May.

Speaking on the occasion, the Chairman said that Tarbela5th Extension is yet another WAPDA project to meet energy needs of the country with low-cost and environment-friendly hydel electricity, adding that WAPDA is committed to complete this vital project in accordance with the timelines.

Referring to the WAPDA’s strategy for improving water situation and increasing share of hydel electricity in the National Grid, he said that WAPDA is constructing 10 megaprojects in water and hydropower sectors to meet rapidly increasing requirements of water and electricity in the country.

These projects are scheduled to be completed from 2023 to 2028-29. In addition to enhancing gross water storage capacity by 11.7 million acre feet (MAF), WAPDA projects will also double the installed hydel power generation capacity from 9406 MW to 20591 MW. Likewise, WAPDA’s contribution of green and clean hydel electricity to the National Gird will also increase from the existing 37 billion units to more than 81 billion units per annum.

Tarbela 5th Extension Hydropower Project is being constructed on Tunnel No. 5 of Tarbela Dam with approved PC-I of US$ 807 million. International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) of World Bank is providing US$ 390 million, while Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) to the tune of US$ 300 million. Cumulative generation capacity of the project stands at 1530 MW with three generating units of 510 MW each.

The project, scheduled to start electricity generation by mid-2024, will provide 1.347 billion units of low-cost hydel electricity to the National Grid on the average every year. With completion of Tarbela 5thExtension Hydropower Project, installed capacity at Tarbela Dam will rise from 4888 MW to 6418

 

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The great moment of the launching of high power transmission for CPEC Matiari-Lahore HVDC Transmission project.
A brand new artery to transmit the power from south to north.

 

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Jagran-II Hydropower Project - 48MW

Under Construction civil works including weir , 5 km long tunnels , Surge Tank , Vertical Shafts and a Power house.

Currently, work is being done simultaneously on different segments of the project which is expected to be completed by 2022.