Hydropower project Updates

[ghazi52]

Kurram Tangi Dam

Location

The project is located across Kurram river in North Waziristan Agency about 14 KMs upstream of Kurram Garhi Headworks and 32KMs North of Bannu City in Federally Administrated Tribal Area (FATA).

Salient Features

· Dam Height 322 ft

· Gross Storage 1.20 MAF

· Live Storage 0.90 MAF

· Installed Capacity 83.4 MW (350 Gwh)



New Command Area (84,380 acres)

(Sheratalla Canal 12,300 acres, Spaira Ragha Canal 4,080 acres, Thal Canal 68,000 acres)

Supplementing Existing Civil 107,500} 170,500}
& Marwat Canals 278,000 acres

Stage-I

Kaitu Weir Works and its allied structures are to be constructed across, Kaitu River, which is located near Spinwam, 28 KM from Mirali Tehsil H.Q. of North Waziristan Agency.

Salient Features of Stage-I



· Kaitu Weir Height 18 ft
· Feeder Tunnel Discharge Capacity 633.4 cusecs

· Spaira Ragha Canal (CCA) 4,080 acres

· Sheratalla Canal (CCA) 12,300 acres

· Installed Capacity 18.9 MW


Commenc. Date (Stage-I) July 2016


Completion Date April 2019

Supervision Consultant ............... M/s MM Pakistan – PES - DMC Joint Venture

Project Contractors......... M/s FWO-DESCON Joint Venture

 

[ghazi52]

1410 MW Tarbela 4th Extension HydroPower Project.

The construction work on 1410 MW Tarbela 4th extension hydropower project is in full swing at Tarbela dam. The first unit of 470 MW of 4th Extension Power Project of Tarbela was inaugurated on 10th March 2018.
The project is being constructed on tunnel No 4 of Tarbela Dam with three proposed units with an installed capacity of 470 MW each. The second unit of the project is scheduled to be commissioned in May 2018 and the third unit by the end of June 2018.

 

[ghazi52]

The Mangla Dam is a multipurpose dam located on the Jhelum River in the Mirpur District of Azad Kashmir in Pakistan. It is the seventh largest dam in the world. The dam got its name from the village of Mangla with a capacity of 1150 MW.

The New Bong Escape Hydropower Project is a privately owned 84 MW run-of-the-river project located on Jhelum River 7.5 km downstream of the 1,000 MW Mangla Dam, a major multi-purpose water storage project commissioned. It is about 120 km from Islamabad, the capital city of Pakistan. The Project commenced commercial operations on 23 March 2013 and has the distinction of being Pakistan and AJ&K’s first hydropower IPP. By developing a bankable framework this trendsetting project has paved the way for rapid and full scale development of Pakistan and AJ&K’s hydropower potential.

The Neelum–Jhelum Hydropower Plant is part of a run-of-the-river hydroelectric power scheme in Pakistan, designed to divert water from the Neelum River to a power station on the Jhelum River. The power station is located in Azad Kashmir, 42 km (26 mi) south of Muzaffarabad, and has an installed capacity of 968 MW. Construction on the project began in 2008 after a Chinese consortium was awarded the construction contract in July 2007. After delay of many years, the first generator was commissioned in April 2018 and the entire project is expected to be completed in July 2018 and will generate 5,150 gigawatt per year at the levelised tariff of Rs 13.50 per unit for 30 years.

The Karot Hydropower Project is an under construction run-of-river concrete-core rockfill gravity dam in Pakistan with an installed capacity of 720 MW. The Karot Hydropower Station in Pakistan is the first investment project of the Silk Road Fund, is part of the much larger CPEC China–Pakistan Economic Corridor[1], and is expected to be completed in 2020.

The Azad Pattan Hydropower Project is a proposed 700 MW hydroelectric power station on the Jhelum River roughly 7 km upstream of Azad Pattan Bridge in the Sudhanoti District of Azad Kashmir and 90 km from Islamabad, the capital city of Pakistan.

In addition these are also in different stages of planning

Mahl Hydropower Project........ 590 MW
Chakothi-Hattian Hydropower Project..... 500 MW
Athmuqam Dam........................ 350 MW

 

[ghazi52]

Mangla Refurbishment Project

Location: Mangla, Azad Jammu & Kashmir

Cost: Rs 52.224 Billion

Current Capacity: 1000 MW

Enhancement: 310 MW

Estimated Date Of Completion:

"First two units will be refurbished by December 2018, the next two by December 2019 and the other two by December 2020. Refurbishment of all the 10 generating units will be completed by the year 2024, he remarked."

 

[ghazi52]

Hydroelectric power generation crosses 7,500MW for first time in history

Published: September 18, 2018

WAPDA's plants produced more than 7,500MW in mid-Sept. PHOTO: FILE

LAHORE: Hydroelectric power stations, owned and operated by the Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda), generated the highest-ever electricity during peak hours of the past two days as production crossed 7,500 megawatts for the first time in Pakistan.

According to a statement issued on Tuesday, Wapda’s hydroelectric power plants supplied 7,571MW and 7,513MW to the national grid during peak hours on September 16 and 17 respectively. This showed an increase of about 1,000MW compared to previous years.

It came following commencement of power generation by the Tarbela 4th extension project and Neelum-Jhelum hydroelectric power project.

“In accordance with outflows from the Tarbela Dam and availability of water in Neelum River, two units of the Tarbela 4th extension and one unit of Neelum-Jhelum project are providing electricity to the system,” the statement said.

On September 17, the Tarbela hydel power station generated 3,461MW, Tarbela 4th extension 770MW, Ghazi-Barotha 1,450MW, Mangla 920MW, Warsak 185MW and Neelum-Jhelum 243MW. Other hydel power stations cumulatively supplied 484MW to the national grid.

Wapda owns 19 hydel power stations with cumulative generation capacity of 6,902MW. In addition to these, three hydroelectric power projects have been completed this year which included the Tarbela 4th extension, Neelum-Jhelum and Golen Gol with cumulative installed capacity of 2,487MW.

“These projects are in their defect liability period and generating electricity in accordance with the prescribed standard operating procedure. The electricity generated by them is also being injected into the system,” the statement said.

Hydroelectric power is the cheapest source of energy and is also environment friendly. On average, Wapda provides about 31 billion units of hydel electricity to the national grid annually.

 

[ghazi52]

The Karot Hydropower Station 720 MW, the first hydropower project of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor successfully closed the river on Sept 22, marking the beginning of the comprehensive construction phase

 

[Peregrine_Falcon]

River Closure CeremonY of Karot hydro Power Pakistan Power Project to be operational in April 2021

 

[ghazi52]

Neelum–Jhelum Hydropower Plant | 969 MW

 

[ghazi52]

Kurram Tangi Dam | 83 MW .......... KP.
Updates 27/10/2018.

Kaitu Weir KTDP Stage-I.

 

[ghazi52]

102 MW Gulpur Hydropower Plant (GHPP) is an under construction, run-of-the-river hydroelectric generation project located on Poonch River a major tributary of Jhelum River near Gulpur in Kotli District of Azad Kashmir Pakistan.

 

[Pakistansdefender]

**** hydropower.
You kids continue to post dams that were made by some military dictator even before your parents were born.
And all the other are just in papers and nothing in ground.
Elect ppp and pmln. They would sort you really well.
They would make dams for you all right.
The day Imran khan started cases against Zardari, from that day you see protest from sindhi nationals in UK, us.
OK and yes India is behind that, but our dear ppp highlight it and pour fire in it.
Great Pakistanis should die and elect ppp and pmln. And let them reign forever.

 

[ALi Rizwan]

**** hydropower.
You kids continue to post dams that were made by some military dictator even before your parents were born.
And all the other are just in papers and nothing in ground.
Elect ppp and pmln. They would sort you really well.
They would make dams for you all right.
The day Imran khan started cases against Zardari, from that day you see protest from sindhi nationals in UK, us.
OK and yes India is behind that, but our dear ppp highlight it and pour fire in it.
Great Pakistanis should die and elect ppp and pmln. And let them reign forever.

Your PTI is also no different.
Will they support instead of opposing KB Dam?
will their provincial government surrender any right/claim on any existing and future dam loyalty because of damages they caused to Pakistan?
You should also remember your PTI was also among those idiots who asked for more Highways and more tax free industrial cities instead of resolving core issue of Pakistan (Water + cheap electricity = Mega Dams)

 

[ghazi52]

NEPRA grants license for 11.80MW hydel power plant in KP.

The proposed project is being set up on Khan Khwar river (one of the right tributaries of the Indus River) at Karora village near Besham, district Shangla, in the province of KPK and will have an installed capacity of 11.80MW.

ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has granted the power generation licence to Pakhtunkhwa Energy Development Organization (PEDO) for its 11.80MW Karora Hydel Power Plant located on Khan Khwar river at Karora village near Besham, District Shangla, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).

The proposed project is being set up on Khan Khwar river (one of the right tributaries of the Indus River) at Karora village near Besham, district Shangla, in the province of KPK and will have an installed capacity of 11.80MW consisting of two horizontal-axis Francis turbines (5.90MW each).

The said generation facility will have a very high head of up to 152 meters with a maximum design discharge of 9.75 m3/s. The project will result in a mean annual energy of 71.39 GWh at plant factor of 69.06 per cent. The total cost of the project will be around Rs 3263.278 million with a debt to equity ratio of 75 per cent and 25 per cent of the project cost.

Earlier, PEDO carried out a detailed feasibility study of the project.

The Authority duly considered the GIS for the dispersal of electric power from the proposed generation facility/Hydel Power Plant. According to the said study, the dispersal of electric power will be made at 132 kV voltage level. The dispersal/interconnection arrangement will be consisting of a 132 kV Double Circuit (D/C) transmission line (measuring about ten (10) kilometer on twin bundled ACSR Rail conductor) for making an in-out of one circuit of 132 kV D/C transmission line from Ranolia Hydel Power Plant to Khan Khwar Hydel Power Plant.

It is pertinent to mention here that the National Transmission and Despatch Company Limited (NTDC) has already approved the said dispersal/interconnection arrangement of the generation facility/Hydel Power Plant.

NEPRA’s decision also stated that the Authority is satisfied that the proposed generation facility/Hydel Power Plant of PEDO will be utilising water which is a renewable energy (RE) source. However, the Authority has observed that the power plant may cause some environmental concerns including soil pollution, water pollution, and noise pollution.

The Authority has observed that PEDO carried out the required IEE Study and submitted the same for the consideration and approval of the Environmental Protection Agency, Govt. of KPK (EPAGoKPK). In this regard, the Authority is satisfied that EPAGoKPK has issued a NOC for the construction of the project, said NEPRA.

The province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) is blessed with huge potential for hydropower projects. In order to harness the same, the provincial government has set up the Pakhtunkhwa Energy Development Organization (PEDO). And, PEDO has identified around 6000 MW hydropower potential at various sites all over the province. The identified/selected sites are at different stages of implementation. In this regard, PEDO has planned setting up 11.80 MW hydel based generation facility in district Shangla.

PEDO applied for the grant on December 29, 2017. The registrar of NEPRA examined the application and the Authority considered the matter and found the form and content of the application in substantial compliance with Regulation-3 of the Licensing Regulations. Accordingly, the Authority admitted the application on January 24, 2018, for consideration of the grant of generation licence.

Similarly, the Authority approved an advertisement to invite comments of the general public, interested and affected persons in the matter as stipulated in Regulation-8 of the Licensing Regulations. Accordingly, the advertisement was published in one (01) Urdu and one (01) English newspapers on February 02, 2018 respectively.

In addition to the above, the Authority approved a list of stakeholders for seeking their comments for its assistance in the matter in terms of Regulation-9(2) of the Licensing Regulations. Accordingly, letters were sent to different stakeholders as per approved list on February 02, 2018, soliciting their comments for the assistance of the Authority.

In response to the above, the Authority received comments from three (03) stakeholders. These included Indus River System Authority (IRSA), Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB) and Ministry of Planning, Development & Reform (MoPD&R).

IRSA in its comments desired that PEDO may be directed to provide a copy of PC-I along with feasibility study and approach it for No Objection Certificate (NOC) for the project.

AEDB supported the grant of generation licence to PEDO for its proposed 11.80 MW hydel project; and the ministry of planning, development and reform (MPD&R) stated that the proposed hydel project is in line with the vision 2025, according to which it proposed to enhance the share of indigenous resources.

The ministry supported the grant of the generation licence to PEDO but stressed on timely completion of the project to avoid the escalation of cost.

In view of the above, the Authority decided to proceed further in the matter as stipulated in the NEPRA Licensing (Generation) Rules, 2000 (the “Generation Rules”) and the Licensing Regulations.

The existing energy mix of the country is heavily skewed towards thermal power plants, mainly operating on imported fossil fuel. In this regard, the Authority is of the opinion that use of imported fossil fuel for power generation is not only an environmental concern but also creates pressure on the precious foreign exchange reserves of the country. Therefore, the Authority considers that in order to achieve sustainable development, it is imperative that all indigenous resources especially RE including hydel, wind, solar and other RE resources are given priority for power generation and their development is encouraged

 

[Pakistansdefender]

Your PTI is also no different.
Will they support instead of opposing KB Dam?
will their provincial government surrender any right/claim on any existing and future dam loyalty because of damages they caused to Pakistan?
You should also remember your PTI was also among those idiots who asked for more Highways and more tax free industrial cities instead of resolving core issue of Pakistan (Water + cheap electricity = Mega Dams)

Yeah Pti is not good. Reflect ppp and pmln. They must be really good for you.
If you want Imran khan to make kaalabagh why are you and likes of you so hesitant to give him vote. Why not give him 2/3 majority? Can he do anything with this thin majority. Anyways what we have done with. Kalabagh is done.
And please kiddo, do some research.
America was interested in building diamer bhasha dam. World Bank too was interested in building diamer bhasha dam. In 2013, go see the interviews of ishq dar and American and world Bank interviews.
But they put a condition. To take permission from India. Wtf yes.... They do.
They don't ask India to take permission from Pakistan to built dam on Pakistani rivers. Why?
Because they are making dams from their own resources.
Then we went to China. The Chinese were also ready. But their conditions are so hard that chairman wapda gave a foolish interview and refused in the most undamocratic manner. The Chinese could be persuaded to soften conditions but no.
And hence we cannot built the dam.
REASON....
WHY NO ONE WAS READY TO INVEST IN DIAMER BHASHA DAM IN GILGIT BALTISTAN?
BECAUSE GILGIT BALTISTAN IS DISPUTED TERRITORY AND UNTIL AND UNLESS PAKISTAN GAVE THE STATUS OF A PROVINCE TO GILGIT BALTISTAN, NO. INVESTMENT CAN COME TO GILGIT BALTISTAN.
This is the main reason why we are not able to attract investment.
And the same world Bank who is not funding diamer bhasha dam, is funding dasu dam, which is chitral in kpk and azad kashmir.
They are fine investing in that.
Now what Imran khan can do is look for industrialisation to generate jobs and taxes enough to built the dam on its own.
And its always good to Diversify.
Put Pakistani ho na ap....
Doodh bhi do mengni daal ke...
Her cheez main nuqus zaror nikal Gay.
Not your problem it's in your dna.

 

[ALi Rizwan]

Yeah Pti is not good. Reflect ppp and pmln. They must be really good for you.

Read my post on PMLN and PPP first.

If you want Imran khan to make kaalabagh why are you and likes of you so hesitant to give him vote. Why not give him 2/3 majority? Can he do anything with this thin majority. Anyways what we have done with. Kalabagh is done.

Wow amazing logic. My family supported and voted for him. But it does not give him blank cheque.
Link rest of Mullah Brigade you failed to read before commenting.
Now please do me a favour and read again did i ask to built or did i ask to Support KB dam. Musharraf didn't built it but he was supporter and advocate of it. PTI is KP supporting KB dam mean opposition from KP is gone.

And please kiddo, do some research.

Sir more then research you had comprehension problem.

America was interested in building diamer bhasha dam. World Bank too was interested in building diamer bhasha dam. In 2013, go see the interviews of ishq dar and American and world Bank interviews.
But they put a condition. To take permission from India. Wtf yes.... They do.
They don't ask India to take permission from Pakistan to built dam on Pakistani rivers. Why?
Because they are making dams from their own resources.
Then we went to China. The Chinese were also ready. But their conditions are so hard that chairman wapda gave a foolish interview and refused in the most undamocratic manner. The Chinese could be persuaded to soften conditions but no.
And hence we cannot built the dam.

In short
1> their is nothing wrong in KB dam.
2> those who opposed false in the category of both article 62 and 6. i do hope you know what they stand for.
3> we all agree about consensuses but it does not mean PTI to remain idle and oppose or remain on KB dam.
4> we all know funds issue and world bank story nothing new in it.
5> first they oppose internationally acceptable KB dam with more water inflow and supported Diamer Basha which is expensive + difficult + more dangerous(near fault line) which don't even for construction before 2006(feasibilty+design+semsimic study and other abc jobs)
6> due to delay we now need more dams probably 2~3 more immediate work after completion of this 2 dam.
7> Water vision was billions of time more important then CPEC
8> your only edge for export is price was gone due to energy/power issue.
9> higher interest rate dam would have been more feasible then low interest cpec project.
10> your democratic govt. took loans in the name for new IPP but the fact was cost of product is higher and not that we have production capacity issue.
11> your all metros and orange cost alone could have initiated both dams.
12> punjab could have created power from run of river/canal power & chiniot dam instead of these nonsense metros.
13> our private sector asked govt to make them part of dam project. Sharing partial ownership with local business community is not bad if it speed up dam.
14> before claiming no money pls take a look where you have wasted money. Metro, new school instead of improving existing one, unnecessary govt hiring, instead of correcting police create more police force and so on.
15> biggest gift of democracy on us would have been if those huge loan were used on dam.
16> Sialkot business community built airport because they could. now ask yourself what if instead of skilled labour sialkot had airport? would it have worked?
17> even cpec didn't created much benfit because as compared to Chinese our leaders are not sincere to their country. Chinese Loan, Chinese Insurance, Chinese EPC, Chinese basic equipment and so on
When media asked govt. why higher tariff or higher govt guarantee (not sure which was on news) the govt person said because no one was willing to invest in the coal power.

REASON....
WHY NO ONE WAS READY TO INVEST IN DIAMER BHASHA DAM IN GILGIT BALTISTAN?
BECAUSE GILGIT BALTISTAN IS DISPUTED TERRITORY AND UNTIL AND UNLESS PAKISTAN GAVE THE STATUS OF A PROVINCE TO GILGIT BALTISTAN, NO. INVESTMENT CAN COME TO GILGIT BALTISTAN.
This is the main reason why we are not able to attract investment.

which is Govt. of Pakistan fault because people there demand merger instead of present Topi Drama.

And the same world Bank who is not funding diamer bhasha dam, is funding dasu dam, which is chitral in kpk and azad kashmir.
They are fine investing in that.

OK thank you. now let me know when its ready.

Now what Imran khan can do is look for industrialisation to generate jobs and taxes enough to built the dam on its own.

Sir what a joke. Most of industries specially textile is closed. instead of solving the main problem which is 24/7 and cheap electricity we give them more tax exemption &/or subsidies. on other hand cry that we don't have money.

And its always good to Diversify.

WOW without electricity????

Put Pakistani ho na ap ....
I do not even want to do it ...
His cheez
Not your problem it's in your dna.

Lol! i am the one who understand and support this inflation because what previous govt. did was fake and artificial.
But instead of only increasing cost of living your Leader shoud address the main cause of deficit.
Unnecessary and corrupt people should be kick out.
in any govt run business can't make profit shut it down or sold them simple.
Reduce elected members expense by 2/3.
mandatory for every pakistani citizen to give NOC to Pakistan investigative agencies so that they can ask for their financial records from any country.