Hydropower projects: Wapda envisages 42,000 megawatts installed capacity by the end o

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Hydropower projects: Wapda envisages 42,000 megawatts installed capacity by the end of 2016​

LAHORE (October 04 2008): The Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) is vigorously carrying out feasibility studies and engineering designs for various hydropower projects with accumulative generation capacity of more than 25,000 MW and most of these studies are at an advanced stage of their completion. These studies, which are under way, include Bunji (5,400 MW) and Kohala (1,100 MW).

After the completion of these projects, the installed capacity is expected to be around 42,000 MW by the end of year 2016, sources told Business Recorder on Friday. Sources said Pakistan had been blessed with ample water resource, but it could develop only 13 percent storage capacity of the annual flow of its rivers, and that too were fast depleting due to sedimentation.

Under the Wapda's National Water Resource and Hydropower Development Programme - Vision 2025 - five mega hydropower projects are to be completed by 2016 with the generation capacity of 9,500 MW. Two projects were ready for awarding construction works, while three projects were in the stage of feasibility studies and preparation of tender documents, the sources added.

According to the sources, Neelum-Jhelum hydropower project has 969 MW installed capacity and will generate 5.15 billion KWh of annual energy. The project is expected to be completed in 2016. Diamer Basha Dam project, having total capacity of 4,500 MW, will produce annual energy of 16.7 billion KWh. The project had a live storage of 7.9 billion m3. The expected year of commission was 2016 with an approximate cost of 9.5 billion dollars, the sources said.

The sources said that today, the total generation capacity exceeded 17,366 MW and all big cities, towns, and a large number of big villages had the benefit of electricity. The number of consumers had also gone up to over 17.7 million, the sources said, adding that length of the lines had crossed the figures of 447,349 kilometres and the number of grid stations had increased to with 601 transmission capacity of more than 12,745 MVA.

To bridge the supply-demand gap and to do away with the load shedding, the Wapda on its part was taking many a corrective measures, which included improvement in power plants efficiency, energy loss-reduction through erection of extra high tension lines of 500 KV capacity and replacing old and worn out and overloaded distribution lines and transformers with that of high capacity etc, the sources said. According to sources, the Wapda's SCARP programme has raised new hopes for the control of the twin menace of salinity and water logging, which had gathered menacing proportions as a result of the unlined irrigation system.

 

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How interesting, now that Mushy is gone we see some reasonable economic planning. Why was nothing like this done while Mushy was sitting on his kursi for 8 years? In fact why did he create a power DEFICIT?

 

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How has all this dam construction affected the rivers in Pakistan?

I'm guessing flow has seriously been reduced affecting water for agricultural use.

 

[Spring Onion]

How interesting, now that Mushy is gone we see some reasonable economic planning. Why was nothing like this done while Mushy was sitting on his kursi for 8 years? In fact why did he create a power DEFICIT?

The vision 2025 had already been coined by Musharraf government and the feasibility studies and engineering designs for various hydropower projects with accumulative generation capacity of more than 25,000 MW are at an advanced stage of their completion while studies for include Bunji (5,400 MW) and Kohala (1,100 MW) are underway and will be completed in days to come as the report said.
Now dont tell me that these studies has been completed in last 2 months by Ghadari government.

But i guess you are still a victim of having obsession with mushy.
vision DEFICIT????

 

[Spring Onion]

1,100 megawatts Kohala hydropower project: Chinese company keen to invest


ISLAMABAD (October 10 2008): A Chinese company, Sinohydro Corporation, has showed interest in investment in Pakistan by constructing 1100 MW Kohala Hydropower project. The company official said this during a meeting with Minister for Water and Power, Raja Pervez Ashraf here on Thursday.

The company gave a detailed presentation to the minister about their ongoing projects and briefed him on the company's expertise in the construction of hydropower projects. Water and Power Minister said that the government would remove all bottlenecks to facilitate the foreign investors to invest in the water and power sector in Pakistan as there are great opportunities in this sector.

He said that the foreign investment in the hydel power generation will help to meet the country's future power requirements at affordable prices. The Minister also informed the company's delegation that Pakistan was embarking on construction of multipurpose dams, which would meet the power needs on a long term basis.

The delegation also informed that it is working on 156 hydropower projects in various countries of the world. The company is already constructing Gomal Zam dam, Khan Khawar hydropower project and Dubair Khawar hydropower project in Pakistan.

The Minister appreciated their interest of the company to invest in the hydel power generation and said that international consultants have been appointed for detailed engineering, designs and tendering documents for Kohala Hydropower project, which are in final stages.

He expressed the hope that the company would take opportunity to participate in the international competitive bidding to be held for Kohala Hydropower and various other water and power projects. He said that the government will provide complete assistance to the Chinese companies to invest in this sector. He stated that the confidence of the foreign investors would gain new heights and the economy would be made more stable through adopting rational policies to remove all hindrance and bottlenecks in this respect.

The pace of work on various ongoing Wapda projects being constructed by the Sinohydro Corporation was also discussed during the meeting. Adviser to Ministry, Chairman Wapda, Additional Secretary and other senior officials of the Ministry and Wapda were also present. Later, the Minister expressed his deep sorrow and grief over the tragic death of Chinese engineer, who died while working in the Gomal Zam dam project last month.

Business Recorder [Pakistan's First Financial Daily]


Thats like a all weather friend.

I wish if Chines Company is awarded thie project.