K-Electric begin to set up a 500 kV grid station at Hawkes Bay

[ghazi52]

40 acres of Hawkes Bay land to be given to KE

Power utility directed to begin working on setting up 500kV grid station on the land


July 15, 2020

Sindh government vowed on taking every possible step to aid the relevant institutions in providing electricity to the citizens of Karachi.


KARACHI: As much as 40 acres of land at Hawkes Bay Beach will be allotted to K-Electric (KE) to set up a 500 kilo volts grid station.

The decision was made during a meeting chaired by Energy minister Imtiaz Ahmed Shaikh on Tuesday.

Directing KE officials to begin working on the project at the earliest, the minister maintained that the Sindh government was taking every possible step to aid the relevant institutions in providing electricity to the citizens of Karachi.

The meeting also discussed issues pertaining to the land reserved for the laying Sui Southern Gas Company's pipeline networks. To this end, Shaikh directed the relevant officials to ensure that problems and hindrances in the way of the projects were removed as soon as possible.

Shaikh also directed Umerkot and Tharparkar deputy commissioners to ensure that corporate social responsibility was maintained in all initiatives under Thar Engro Coal Power Project, so that locals in Jamshoro, Gharo and Jhampir could benefit from the project.

Governor writes to NEPRA on KE overbilling

Sindh Governor Imran Ismail sent a letter to the National Electrical Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) regarding the increasing complaints of overbilling by KE in Karachi.

The letter states that numerous citizens and industrial consumers have filed complaints against overbilling. Ismail has asked the NEPRA to carry out an audit on the complaints against KE and the order the refund of money to the citizens whose complaints are found valid. He has also asked the NEPRA to issue directives in this regard immediately.

 

[Syed1.]

Would over countries guard their beaches and coastlines as national treasures and here we are giving it to KE. They could have set up the grid station at a 100 different places instead of Hawkes Bay.


Hum se ab samandar bhi cheen lo, jaan o maal tu cheen hi liya hai

 

[Cliftonite]

Would over countries guard their beaches and coastlines as national treasures and here we are giving it to KE. They could have set up the grid station at a 100 different places instead of Hawkes Bay.


Hum se ab samandar bhi cheen lo, jaan o maal tu cheen hi liya hai

Relax jani. Hawkes bay badly needs electricity. Kisi hut pe jao, generator pe guzara karna parta hai. No electricity till now. This will kickstart development. Karachi needs to expand westward, not northward now.

 

[Bilal.]

Would over countries guard their beaches and coastlines as national treasures and here we are giving it to KE. They could have set up the grid station at a 100 different places instead of Hawkes Bay.


Hum se ab samandar bhi cheen lo, jaan o maal tu cheen hi liya hai

I believe this is being constructed to induct power from the K2 and K3 nuclear power plants being competed near the same area.

 

[BATMAN]

I believe this is being constructed to induct power from the K2 and K3 nuclear power plants being competed near the same area.

and who's the VIP consumer in the area?

 

[Bilal.]

and who's the VIP consumer in the area?

500 KV grids are not for local consumption, this would be interconnection point to induct the power into the entire transmission/distribution system of KE for whole Karachi.

look at the item number 2 under grids and transmission. It’s for inducting 500 MW from new nuclear plants at 500KV:
https://www.ke.com.pk/our-business/tenders/project-procurement/

Similarly, they have been asked to build another 500 kV grid station in order to lift 1000MW being offered by federal government from the national grid:

https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2020/07/12/ministry-refutes-short-fuel-supply-claim-of-k-electric/

 

[BATMAN]

500 KV grids are not for local consumption, this would be interconnection point to induct the power into the entire transmission/distribution system of KE for whole Karachi.

look at the item number 2 under grids and transmission. It’s for inducting 500 MW from new nuclear plants at 500KV:
https://www.ke.com.pk/our-business/tenders/project-procurement/

oh... i didn't read the OP, so many thing running in my head considering it's Pakistan and anything is possible, but there it's wrongly written 500kW.
So again, why don't they built this 500KV SS right next to the generation? BTW, where are the generation station?

 

[Bilal.]

oh... i didn't read the OP, so many thing running in my head considering it's Pakistan and anything is possible, but there it's wrongly written 500kW.
So again, why don't they built this 500KV SS right next to the generation? BTW, where are the generation station?

K2 and K3 power plants near/at hawkes bay, so the this grid station pretty much next or very near to the power plants.

 

[BATMAN]

K2 and K3 power plants near/at hawkes bay, so the this grid station pretty much next or very near to the power plants.

Grid tie stations should be part of Power Plant design, here they are searching for land!
Don't know what's the status of the generating stations, construction.

 

[Bilal.]

Grid tie stations should be part of Power Plant design, here they are searching for land!
Don't know what's the status of the generating stations, construction.

For national grid as part of the power project it would already be there. This particular grid station is for KE that has its own generation/Transmission/distribution setup. And now plans to lift power from K2/3 to augment it’s generation in order to meet future growing demand.

 

[The Accountant]

Would over countries guard their beaches and coastlines as national treasures and here we are giving it to KE. They could have set up the grid station at a 100 different places instead of Hawkes Bay.


Hum se ab samandar bhi cheen lo, jaan o maal tu cheen hi liya hai

Bro this is probably for connectivity of nuclear plants. Both are expected to get online in 2021 and 2022