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Milestone Achieved on Mohmand Dam
Two Portions of Diversion Tunnel Connected
The Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) has achieved yet another major milestone towards completion of river diversion system of Mohmand Dam Project, as two portions of Diversion Tunnel 2 of the project have been connected with precision. The project management achieved this milestone today during the mining operation at the diversion system by breaking through two portions of Diversion Tunnel 2 - one from the access tunnel side while the other from outlet portal.
WAPDA Chairman Lt Gen Muzammil Hussain (Retd), Mohmand Dam General Manager and Project Director Muhammad Javed Afridi, representatives of the consultants - Mohmand Dam Consulting Group - and the contractors - China Gezhouba Group Corporation (CGGC) – witnessed the event.
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Tarbela 5th Extension project (1530MW)
Tarbela Dam is one of the world's largest earth and rock-filled Dam and the greatest water resources development project. The Construction of Tarbela Dam started in 1968 and ended in 1976. With the passage of time, the extension of generating units/Powerhouse occurred.
After 4 extensions, Tarbela 5th Extension project (1530MW) will start this month (August 2021). The T5 is one of the 10 mega projects WAPDA is implementing to double the existing hydel generation with the addition of more than 9,000MW to the national grid in just eight years from 2022 to 2028/29 in a phased manner.
T5 project is being constructed on Tunnel No 5 of Tarbela Dam with an approved PC-I of $807 million. The World Bank is providing $390 million, while the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is providing $300 million.
The cumulative generation capacity of the T5 project stands at 1,530MW with three generating units of 510MW each. The project, scheduled to commence electricity generation by mid-2024, will provide 1.347 billion units of low-cost hydel electricity on an average/annum to the national grid.
The cumulative generation capacity of the T5 project stands at 1,530MW with three generating units of 510MW each. The project, scheduled to commence electricity generation by mid-2024, will provide 1.347 billion units of low-cost hydel electricity on an average/annum to the national grid.
Installed power generation capacity at Tarbela Dam will increase from 4,888MW to 6,418MW on completion of the T5 project.
Tarbela Dam is one of the world's largest earth and rock-filled Dam and the greatest water resources development project. The Construction of Tarbela Dam started in 1968 and ended in 1976. With the passage of time, the extension of generating units/Powerhouse occurred.
After 4 extensions, Tarbela 5th Extension project (1530MW) will start this month (August 2021). The T5 is one of the 10 mega projects WAPDA is implementing to double the existing hydel generation with the addition of more than 9,000MW to the national grid in just eight years from 2022 to 2028/29 in a phased manner.
T5 project is being constructed on Tunnel No 5 of Tarbela Dam with an approved PC-I of $807 million. The World Bank is providing $390 million, while the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is providing $300 million.
The cumulative generation capacity of the T5 project stands at 1,530MW with three generating units of 510MW each. The project, scheduled to commence electricity generation by mid-2024, will provide 1.347 billion units of low-cost hydel electricity on an average/annum to the national grid.
The cumulative generation capacity of the T5 project stands at 1,530MW with three generating units of 510MW each. The project, scheduled to commence electricity generation by mid-2024, will provide 1.347 billion units of low-cost hydel electricity on an average/annum to the national grid.
Installed power generation capacity at Tarbela Dam will increase from 4,888MW to 6,418MW on completion of the T5 project.
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KE and PLL Sign Gas Supply Agreement for 900 MW BQPS-III Plant
Pakistan LNG Limited (PLL) and KElectric (KE) have signed a gas supply agreement for KE’s 900 MW RLNG-based power plant at Port Qasim, Karachi.
PLL’s CEO, Masood Nabi, and KE’s CEO, Moonis Alvi, signed the agreement, securing 150 MMCFD of RLNG.
The agreement was signed after both the companies were accorded the necessary approvals, including the approval from the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA), according to a statement issued by PLL on Tuesday.
Pakistan LNG Limited (PLL) and KElectric (KE) have signed a gas supply agreement for KE’s 900 MW RLNG-based power plant at Port Qasim, Karachi.
PLL’s CEO, Masood Nabi, and KE’s CEO, Moonis Alvi, signed the agreement, securing 150 MMCFD of RLNG.
The agreement was signed after both the companies were accorded the necessary approvals, including the approval from the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA), according to a statement issued by PLL on Tuesday.
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WAPDA Chairman, Chinese Envoy discuss progress on Dasu Incident Probe
August 11, 2021: Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) Chairman Lt Gen Muzammil Hussain (Retd) today called on Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan His Excellency Nong Rong and discussed the progress on Dasu incident probe in which nine Chinese were killed.
During the meeting, the matters pertaining to the resumption of construction work and security arrangements made for the safety of Chinese nationals in the country area were discussed in detail.
The Chinese Ambassador said that the Chinese Government is thankful to Government of Pakistan for the provision of facilities and the required security in this regard.
Meanwhile, WAPDA Chairman assured the Chinese Ambassador to provide a safe and more secure environment in the project area for the safety of Chinese workers. He said that we are taking all necessary measures to ensure foolproof security of Chinese nationals working on WAPDA projects.
It is pertinent to mention that a bus of the Chinese construction company China Gezhouba Group Corporation (CGGC), carrying 41 persons including 36 Chinese, 2 FC personnel and 3 other Pakistanis, met an accident on July 14 on the way to construction site of Dasu Hydropower Project from the contractor's camp. Consequently, 9 Chinese, 2 FC personnel and 2 other Pakistanis died, while 28 were injured. The rescue operation was immediately started by Dasu Hydropower Project authorities and the district administration, Upper Kohistan.
In the wake of the incident, the civil administration, WAPDA and CGGC decided with mutual consultation to suspend construction on the project for a few days so that the matter could be re-organized and construction may be resumed in a more secure atmosphere.
Courtesy: WAPDA
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Karot hydropower plant installs rotor for its power unit NO.2
By Fatima Javed | Gwadar Pro
Aug 17, 2021
ISLAMABAD, Aug. 17 (Gwadar Pro) - Pakistani Karot hydropower plant, funded by China Three Gorges Corporation (CTG), completed the rotor installation for power unit No.2. The project has installed 4 hydraulic generators with a rated power of 180 MW.
Rotors have a diameter of 13.04 meters and a height of 1.84 meters, and the hoisting weight of a single rotor and lifting appliance reaches almost 700 tons.
The 700-ton rotor is the heaviest mechanical and electrical component for hoisting within the entire power unit. The power unit No.2 now enters the final assembly stage after the rotor was hoisted, laying a solid foundation for commissioning the hydropower plant on schedule.
Karot hydropower plant has an installed capacity of 720 MW and a total investment of more than ＄ 1.7 billion. Once completed, the dam will supply more than 3.2 billion kilowatt-hours of clean energy to the South Asian nation every year, which is expected to cut carbon dioxide emissions by 3.5 million tons per year.
The hydropower plant will boost Pakistan's energy industry, social and economic development and optimize its energy mix, contributing to the global goal of carbon neutrality.
By Fatima Javed | Gwadar Pro
Aug 17, 2021
ISLAMABAD, Aug. 17 (Gwadar Pro) - Pakistani Karot hydropower plant, funded by China Three Gorges Corporation (CTG), completed the rotor installation for power unit No.2. The project has installed 4 hydraulic generators with a rated power of 180 MW.
Rotors have a diameter of 13.04 meters and a height of 1.84 meters, and the hoisting weight of a single rotor and lifting appliance reaches almost 700 tons.
The 700-ton rotor is the heaviest mechanical and electrical component for hoisting within the entire power unit. The power unit No.2 now enters the final assembly stage after the rotor was hoisted, laying a solid foundation for commissioning the hydropower plant on schedule.
Karot hydropower plant has an installed capacity of 720 MW and a total investment of more than ＄ 1.7 billion. Once completed, the dam will supply more than 3.2 billion kilowatt-hours of clean energy to the South Asian nation every year, which is expected to cut carbon dioxide emissions by 3.5 million tons per year.
The hydropower plant will boost Pakistan's energy industry, social and economic development and optimize its energy mix, contributing to the global goal of carbon neutrality.
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PRINTNeed for generation licences for small-scale renewable energy-based systems eliminated
Naveed Butt
21 Aug 2021
ISLAMABAD: The Cabinet Committee on Energy (CCoE) approved the proposal of the Power Division for eliminating the need for generation licences for small-scale Renewable Energy (RE) based systems (up to 25 kW) for net metering.
A meeting of the CCoE was held under the chairmanship of the Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar, Friday.
The Petroleum Division also presented the Draft Pakistan Oil Refinery Policy 2021 for approval of the CCoE.
While briefing the CCoE, the Power Division told that the measure would greatly facilitate consumers who wish to install small-scale solar systems for their homes and businesses and avail the facility of net metering.
The Power Division briefed the committee on issues hampering the progress of transmission line providing interconnection to 660 MW Lucky Electric Power Company Limited (LEPCL) Power Plant.
The Committee was informed that all the technical issues had been examined and resolved.
The Committee noted that there were no restraining orders from any legal/regulatory forum regarding the execution of the project.
The Committee, therefore, directed that the project activities be carried out without any delay.
According to the sources, the beginning of commercial production by Lucky Cement's 660-megawatt local coal-fired power project worth over $1 billion has faced a delay of around five months due to inability of the government to finish construction of transmission lines on time in the wake of the Covid-19.
- Cabinet Committee on Energy approves Power Division's proposal
Naveed Butt
21 Aug 2021
ISLAMABAD: The Cabinet Committee on Energy (CCoE) approved the proposal of the Power Division for eliminating the need for generation licences for small-scale Renewable Energy (RE) based systems (up to 25 kW) for net metering.
A meeting of the CCoE was held under the chairmanship of the Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar, Friday.
The Petroleum Division also presented the Draft Pakistan Oil Refinery Policy 2021 for approval of the CCoE.
While briefing the CCoE, the Power Division told that the measure would greatly facilitate consumers who wish to install small-scale solar systems for their homes and businesses and avail the facility of net metering.
The Power Division briefed the committee on issues hampering the progress of transmission line providing interconnection to 660 MW Lucky Electric Power Company Limited (LEPCL) Power Plant.
The Committee was informed that all the technical issues had been examined and resolved.
The Committee noted that there were no restraining orders from any legal/regulatory forum regarding the execution of the project.
The Committee, therefore, directed that the project activities be carried out without any delay.
According to the sources, the beginning of commercial production by Lucky Cement's 660-megawatt local coal-fired power project worth over $1 billion has faced a delay of around five months due to inability of the government to finish construction of transmission lines on time in the wake of the Covid-19.
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CCoE approves power generation capacity expansion plan
Khaleeq Kiani
August 27, 2021
PLANNING Minister Asad Umar presiding over a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Energy.
ISLAMABAD: Amid provincial concerns, the Cabinet Committee on Energy (CCoE) on Thursday approved the Indicative Generation Capacity Expansion Plan (IGCEP) 2021-30 with the focus on pursuing renewable and nuclear energy projects.
A meeting of the CCoC, presided over by Planning Minister Asad Umar prevailed over the agitating provincial representatives while approving the IGCEP for submission to the Council of Common Interests (CCI) with the promise that the provinces’ projects currently under implementation would be completed as per the commitments.
The power division put on record that if projects being pushed by the provincial governments, particularly Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and the Strategic Plan Division (SPD) were included in the 10-year plan, the federal exchequer would have to bear an additional burden of Rs1.353 trillion and electricity tariff would have to be increased by about Rs1.30 per unit.
It was, therefore, agreed with consensus to follow “the principle of least cost based capacity addition” as originally advocated by the National Transmission and Dispatch Company and consented to by the federal cabinet in April this year. “Such planning will target optimum future capacity addition at the most affordable cost, ensuring the cheapest electricity for consumers”, an official statement said.
Informed sources said the SPD was advocating three new nuclear power plants for future under government-to-government arrangement with China but these could not be accommodated for completion in this round, except for K-3 currently under implementation. The power division insisted that the original set of IGCEP assumptions approved by the federal cabinet on April 27 should form the basis of its approval by the CCI.
The Planning Commission said the IGCEP approved on Thursday would mean that 88 per cent of the total capacity addition from 2022 to 2030 would come from indigenous fuel and the remaining 12pc from those projects which were committed before the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf came to power. “Fossil fuel has more than 50pc share of generation capacity right now, however, in the 2022-2030 period the share of fossil will be only 25pc,” the Planning Commission said, adding all new project commitments were based on indigenous fuel.
Under the approved IGCEP, the generation mix of 2022, which is dominated by fossil fuel, will shift to clean energy (hydel, solar, wind, nuclear) by the year 2030. Moreover, during the same period, indigenous fuel-based generation against imported fuel-based generation is going to improve from 69pc to 87pc of total fuel-based generation.
Informed sources said Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Finance Minister Taimoor Jhagra was protesting till the end of the meeting that KP’s hydropower projects had not been accommodated but then Sindh representatives said that their province had relaxed its stance in the larger interest and KP should also not push for project-specific debates.
Minister Asad Umar told the KP finance minister that the federal government had facilitated his province to a maximum possible level.
The meeting was told that the IGCEP would now be a yearly iterative process and the concerns of the provinces regarding their projects would continue to be discussed for the next iteration of the IGCEP and hence the current document should be cleared with further debate to secure World Bank loan next month. It was also explained that the methodology and criteria for strategic projects would be finalised in consultation with the provinces under the national electricity policy within two months.
The CCoE also decided that apart from the least cost principle, the projects only approved by the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council would be included in the rolling IGCEP in future. This was based on the power division’s strong position that “provincial public sector projects with secured financing be included in committed projects subject to agreement of the planning commission”.
Published in Dawn, August 27th, 2021
Khaleeq Kiani
August 27, 2021
PLANNING Minister Asad Umar presiding over a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Energy.
ISLAMABAD: Amid provincial concerns, the Cabinet Committee on Energy (CCoE) on Thursday approved the Indicative Generation Capacity Expansion Plan (IGCEP) 2021-30 with the focus on pursuing renewable and nuclear energy projects.
A meeting of the CCoC, presided over by Planning Minister Asad Umar prevailed over the agitating provincial representatives while approving the IGCEP for submission to the Council of Common Interests (CCI) with the promise that the provinces’ projects currently under implementation would be completed as per the commitments.
The power division put on record that if projects being pushed by the provincial governments, particularly Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and the Strategic Plan Division (SPD) were included in the 10-year plan, the federal exchequer would have to bear an additional burden of Rs1.353 trillion and electricity tariff would have to be increased by about Rs1.30 per unit.
It was, therefore, agreed with consensus to follow “the principle of least cost based capacity addition” as originally advocated by the National Transmission and Dispatch Company and consented to by the federal cabinet in April this year. “Such planning will target optimum future capacity addition at the most affordable cost, ensuring the cheapest electricity for consumers”, an official statement said.
It said the IGCEP envisioned “the commissioning of a portfolio of new generation projects including many hydropower projects, Thar coal-based projects, K-3 nuclear power plant, and over 4,000MW of solar and wind-based renewable energy projects”.
Informed sources said the SPD was advocating three new nuclear power plants for future under government-to-government arrangement with China but these could not be accommodated for completion in this round, except for K-3 currently under implementation. The power division insisted that the original set of IGCEP assumptions approved by the federal cabinet on April 27 should form the basis of its approval by the CCI.
The Planning Commission said the IGCEP approved on Thursday would mean that 88 per cent of the total capacity addition from 2022 to 2030 would come from indigenous fuel and the remaining 12pc from those projects which were committed before the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf came to power. “Fossil fuel has more than 50pc share of generation capacity right now, however, in the 2022-2030 period the share of fossil will be only 25pc,” the Planning Commission said, adding all new project commitments were based on indigenous fuel.
Under the approved IGCEP, the generation mix of 2022, which is dominated by fossil fuel, will shift to clean energy (hydel, solar, wind, nuclear) by the year 2030. Moreover, during the same period, indigenous fuel-based generation against imported fuel-based generation is going to improve from 69pc to 87pc of total fuel-based generation.
Informed sources said Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Finance Minister Taimoor Jhagra was protesting till the end of the meeting that KP’s hydropower projects had not been accommodated but then Sindh representatives said that their province had relaxed its stance in the larger interest and KP should also not push for project-specific debates.
Minister Asad Umar told the KP finance minister that the federal government had facilitated his province to a maximum possible level.
The meeting was told that the IGCEP would now be a yearly iterative process and the concerns of the provinces regarding their projects would continue to be discussed for the next iteration of the IGCEP and hence the current document should be cleared with further debate to secure World Bank loan next month. It was also explained that the methodology and criteria for strategic projects would be finalised in consultation with the provinces under the national electricity policy within two months.
The CCoE also decided that apart from the least cost principle, the projects only approved by the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council would be included in the rolling IGCEP in future. This was based on the power division’s strong position that “provincial public sector projects with secured financing be included in committed projects subject to agreement of the planning commission”.
Published in Dawn, August 27th, 2021
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152 MW Sharmayi Hydropower Project
China's Sapphire Hydro and Lahore based Sapphire Group won license to develop 152 MW Hydropower Project in KhyberPakhtunhwa with an estimated cost of $400 Million according to National Electric Power Regulatory Authority NEPRA .
The Sharmayi Hydropower Project is located on River Panjkora in the less-developed northwest district of Upper Dir. The project has strategic importance for the country in view of the rising demand for clean and cheaper energy, NEPRA stated.
China's Sapphire Hydro and Lahore based Sapphire Group won license to develop 152 MW Hydropower Project in KhyberPakhtunhwa with an estimated cost of $400 Million according to National Electric Power Regulatory Authority NEPRA .
The Sharmayi Hydropower Project is located on River Panjkora in the less-developed northwest district of Upper Dir. The project has strategic importance for the country in view of the rising demand for clean and cheaper energy, NEPRA stated.
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On 6th September 2021, the last concrete has been poured for Azad Pattan Bridge located within the reservoir area of Karot Hydropower Project. The total length of the bridge is 200m & the bridge deck width is 11.5m.
The already existing bridge will be inundated in the Karot HPP Reservoir. This is another step closer, and at the same time, it laid a solid foundation for the reservoir filling goal.
The already existing bridge will be inundated in the Karot HPP Reservoir. This is another step closer, and at the same time, it laid a solid foundation for the reservoir filling goal.
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Another Milestone has been achieved at Suki Kinari Hydropower Project- 884MW
On 8th September 2021, the first Stator for Unit no.4 has been hoisted successfully and lowered into the unit pit.
The total lifting weight was 335 Tons which was accomplished with the help of the tandem operation of Bridge cranes.
On 8th September 2021, the first Stator for Unit no.4 has been hoisted successfully and lowered into the unit pit.
The total lifting weight was 335 Tons which was accomplished with the help of the tandem operation of Bridge cranes.
