Hydro power plants updates

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Suki Kinari Hydropower Project located on Kunhar River in the beautiful valley of Kaghan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,
It will generate over 884 MW of electricity and is expected to be completed by end of 2023.

 

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World Bank to fund two hydropower projects in Swat​

Bureau Repor
August 6, 2022

PESHAWAR: The World Bank will fund two hydropower projects of 245 megawatts in Swat district in the current year. The initiative will generate an annual income of more than Rs13 billion for the province, said a statement issued here.

The projects were discussed during a meeting between a delegation of the World Bank Mission led by senior energy specialist Mohammad Saqib with provincial energy and power secretary Syed Imtiaz Hussain Shah.

The other participants included chief executive officer of the Pakhtunkhwa Energy Development Organisation Naeem Khan, KHRE programme chief engineer Shah Hussain, Gabral Kalam power project director Asif Kamal, Maiden power project director Mustafa Kamal and feasibility studies and management project director Mohammad Faraz.

The meeting was informed that with the financial support of World Bank, work on two hydropower projects in Swat district would start in the current year for the development of energy sector in the province. They include 157MW Maiden and 88MW Gabral Kalam hydropower projects.

An agreement of $450 million has been signed by the WB and provincial government for the purpose. The projects will be completed by 2027 generating more than Rs13 billion annual income for the province.

In the meeting, power secretary Imtiaz Hussain Shah appreciated the World Bank’s steps for funding the development of energy sector in the province and hoped that foreign investment would come to the province from the above mentioned projects, which will help the province.

Pedo chief executive Naeem Khan assured the World Bank delegates that he would do his best to resolve problems regarding energy projects, especially land acquisition.

Published in Dawn, August 6th, 2022

 

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Karot Hydropower Project –
First CPEC Project under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. The Project was put into full commercial operation on 29th June 2022. With a designed installed capacity of 720 MW, and annual generation is 3.2 billion kilowatt-hours.

 

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Construction works for the 3.5-kilometer-long right bank and access tunnel have been initiated at the Mohmand Dam and Hydropower Project (MDHP).

“The right bank with a one-kilometer long tunnel which will supply water to a proposed small power plant that can generate electricity up to 4.3 MW,” an official of MDHP told Gwadar Pro, adding that the right bank will also help water agriculture land in the area. The right bank is part of MDHP which is expected to add 800 MW to Pakistan’s installed hydropower capacity and generate approximately 2,862 GWh annually.

MDHP will also provide nearly 13.32 m3/second of potable water to two million inhabitants in Peshawar city, help irrigate and initiate agricultural activities on 6,773 ha of new land and increase the existing cropping area from 1,517 ha to 9,227 ha.

After operation, the Mohmand Dam will be the 5th highest Concrete-Face-Rock-Filled Dam (CFRD) in the world and create an active storage reservoir of approximately 1,594 million m3 of capacity. The first power-generating unit is scheduled to be operational by December 2025.

 

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Construction work on multipurpose Mohmand Dam Hydropower Project has been carrying out day and night. Resultantly, the project is moving ahead with a good pace and WAPDA is confident to complete the project during high flow season in 2025 as per the timelines.

It will store about 1.2 million acre feet (MAF) of water, generate 800 megawatt (MW), contribute 2.86 billion units of low-cost hydel electricity annually to the National Grid and help mitigate floods in Peshawar, Charsadda and Naushera.

Besides supplementing 160,000 acres of existing land, about 16,700 acres of new land will also be irrigated because of Mohmand Dam. In addition, 300 million gallons water per day will also be provided to Peshawar for drinking purpose. Annual benefits of the project have been estimated at Rs. 51.6 billion.

 

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Karot Hydropower Project –
First CPEC Project under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. The Project was put into full commercial operation on 29th June 2022. With a designed installed capacity of 720 MW, and annual generation is 3.2 billion kilowatt.

 

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Suki Kinari hydropower project

BEIJING, Aug 21 (APP): The last stator frame at the Suki Kinari hydropower project has been hoisted successfully and lowered into the unit pit.

The stator weighed 335 tons and the task was completed with the help of bridge cranes. The project has four electricity generation units with a combined capacity of 884 megawatts.

The run-of-river facility is one of the early-harvest clean energy projects under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Gezhouba Group, China is implementing the project at around $2 billion, China Economic Net (CEN) reported.

Also, the 5-kilometre-long relocated portion of National Highway 15 (N-15) is open to traffic. The existing portion of N-15 will submerge in the reservoir of the Suki Kinari hydropower project; therefore, the new road was constructed at a higher elevation. The new road also has a 411-metre-long tunnel.

The project is expected to complete by the end of 2023 or mid 2024, an official said. He said that the powerhouse and reservoir parts of the project were at advanced stages of completion. However, the 24-kilometre-long headrace tunnel is the most challenging part of the project due to unpredictable terrain, tough weather conditions during winters and dewatering issues, he said.

Gezhouba has deployed the most skilled workforce and state-of-the-art machinery at the tunnel sites and presently excavation and lining works are underway from both upstream and downstream sides, he said.

The project will add around 3 billion units of cheap electricity into the national grid annually after completion.

 

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1530 MW Tarbela Dam's 5th Extension

Tarbela 5th Extension (T-5) To bring about Multifaceted Environmental and Economic benefits .
• Installed Capacity of Tarbela Dam to increase from 4888 MW to 6418 MW .
• T5 project will cost $807 million and will be completed by 2024.
• Provision of the 1.34 billion Units of Low Cost and Green Energy on average annually..

 

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September 16, 2022: Members of the Board of Management of Diamer Basha Consultants Group visited the Diamer Basha Dam site. Chief Executive Officer Diamer Basha Dam Company Aamir Bashir Chaudhry briefed the delegation about the WAPDA colony Thor.

 

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Karot Hydro power Plant

 

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Mohmand Dam Latest updates...

Construction work on multipurpose Mohmand Dam Hydropower Project has been carrying out day and night. Resultantly, the project is moving ahead with a good pace.

It will store about 1.2 million acre feet (MAF) of water, generate 800 megawatt (MW), contribute 2.86 billion units of low-cost hydel electricity annually to the National Grid and help mitigate floods in Peshawar, Charsadda and Naushera. Besides supplementing 160,000 acres of existing land, about 16,700 acres of new land will also be irrigated because of Mohmand Dam. In addition, 300 million gallons water per day will also be provided to Peshawar for drinking purpose. Annual benefits of the project have been estimated at Rs. 51.6 billion.

 

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Under Construction Dasu Hydropower Project

Stage-I will generate 2160MW (06 Units x 360MW each) with annual energy of 12,222GWh.
Stage-I will be completed in five (05) years. The project is being financed by the World Bank.

 

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Pakistan's Karot Hydropower Station operates safely for 100 days...
Good news came from the Karot area of Punjab province, Pakistan. The Karot Hydropower Station invested and constructed by China Three Gorges Corporation has been operating safely and stably for 100 days, with a cumulative power generation of 1.537 billion kWh.

The Karot Hydropower Station is the first hydropower investment project in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. All units were put into operation on June 29 this year.

The total installed capacity of the power station is 720,000 kilowatts, which can meet the electricity demand of the local population of 5 million, and is expected to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by about 3.5 million tons per year.
Image source: China Three Gorges Corporation

 

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I don't agree with BOT 30yrs model..it's too expensive at 7.5 levelized and 10cents in first 5yrs.

WB AB AIIBWAPDA BONDS govt PSDP and competitive bidding would have produced power more in global range which is 5-7 cents first 10 yrs and 4 cents levelized(e.g tarbela IV/V, DASU)

Cost is 100% more. If you look at NEPRA you notice why.. inappropriate return, weird expense additions like (security) and so on..

Surely it's better then our diesel but this is going to be tough to pay back.

we could have made a few things like making it 40 yrs BOT or (not a Bot at all) to reduce the cost.

I would prefer 5 cents without ever getting the project rather then playing 10cents & 7.5 cents..