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SAARC Power Grid To Be Commissioned By Next Year - Seamless Power Transmission Across South Asia

Sad .. but true.

Finally, its the common man who bears the brunt of politics.

What would it have mattered to those in Sind who suffered from heat strokes where the electricity came that powered their fans ?

Common sense has no application here. Those same Sindhis (esp in rural areas) vehemently oppose building a dam in Punjab that could have powered those fans. Life in Karachi is subject to what tribal Sindhis like Qaim Ali Shah want.

I guess you are true...Pakistan will not import Indian power...making it confined to India-Bhutan-Nepal-Bangladesh
Pakistan can export energy to SAARC if we can get our development priorities right.
 
Common sense has no application here. Those same Sindhis (esp in rural areas) vehemently oppose building a dam in Punjab that could have powered those fans. Life in Karachi is subject to what tribal Sindhis like Qaim Ali Shah want.


Pakistan can export energy to SAARC if we can get our development priorities right.

Until I think Kashmir is solved in some form that is favorable to Pakistan's position, Pakistan would not get itself involved fully in SAARC.
 
Until I think Kashmir is solved in some form that is favorable to Pakistan's position, Pakistan would not get itself involved fully in SAARC.
I think you went off on the wrong direction here :)
My point was about lack of infrastructure development within Pakistan that would make this project feasible
 
I think you went off on the wrong direction here :)
My point was about lack of infrastructure development within Pakistan that would make this project feasible

I don't think it is infrastructure, Pakistan should have better infrastructure that Bhutan or Nepal or BD. The relationship between India and Pakistan is preventing Pakistan from getting fully involved as relations between India and Pakistan are lots of egos and counter egos
 
Daily spark missing from India's international power trade

NEW DELHI: India has emerged as a hub of south Asian transmission network but daily spark of day-ahead trading is missing in its cross-border power trade due to regulatory hurdles.

Indian power exchanges have petitioned the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission to open the doors to spot buyers from neighbouring countries as millions of units go waste at home due to busy transmission lines or poor appetite of financially stressed state utilities.

Tata Power has petitioned the regulator for permission to import power from its 126 mw Dagachhu hydel project in Bhutan through the Indian exchanges for sale in India till bilateral contracts are signed. Industry sources say there are consumers in Nepal and Bangladesh, countries with large unmet demand, willing to buy power from the Indian spot market.

But for the regulator, it is a grey area as the existing policy does not reflect the changing reality of expanding interlinks with neighbouring countries and power projects coming up in Bhutan and Bangladesh with Indian private investments. The government is examining the new reality and at least Tata Power's case is awaiting the foreign ministry's approval.

The Indian grid is connected with Bhutan, Bangladesh and Nepal. Plans for establishing interlinks with Pakistan and Sri Lanka have remained enmeshed in the complexities of bilateral politics. Trade through the existing interlinks is guided by bilateral arrangements between governments. There is no third-party transit through the Indian network. India imports power from hydel projects it has set up in Bhutan and supplies electricity from a central pool to Nepal and Bangladesh.

The Dagachhu hydel project is the first of several private power projects being built on foreign soil for supplying to local market, India or a third country. Reliance Power and Adani group recently inked deal for large power plants in Bangladesh.
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The petitions by power exchanges point out that the ground is ready for cross-border trading because of financial and regulatory similarities in electricity markets of the interlinked countries. Initially, the volumes are expected to be small due to limited interlink capacity. But with plans for their expansion, a full-on regional power market is just round the corner, much in line with the scenario in Europe.

India, with a rapidly expanding generation capacity - estimated at 2.72 gw (giga watt) at last count - and surrounded by deficit countries, can be in the driver's seat only if it moves fast.​
 
Let's hope the India–Sri Lanka HVDC Interconnection is approved by the Sri Lankan government by the year end (would only be approved by the new government after the upcoming elections) - Will be set up within five year once approved -

India–Sri Lanka HVDC Interconnection - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This $472 million - 500 MW undersea power link project will be the second project of its kind, after the transnational 2,000 MW power transmission line between Britain and France.

The line is expected to expand to 1,000 MW later. The 285-km power link, including submarine cables over a stretch of 50 km, will enable the two nations to trade surplus power.


With a proposal like road connectivity to Sri Lanka , under sea cable may not be required..

Hopefully Sri Lanka responds well..
 
Daily spark missing from India's international power trade

NEW DELHI: India has emerged as a hub of south Asian transmission network but daily spark of day-ahead trading is missing in its cross-border power trade due to regulatory hurdles.

Indian power exchanges have petitioned the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission to open the doors to spot buyers from neighbouring countries as millions of units go waste at home due to busy transmission lines or poor appetite of financially stressed state utilities.

Tata Power has petitioned the regulator for permission to import power from its 126 mw Dagachhu hydel project in Bhutan through the Indian exchanges for sale in India till bilateral contracts are signed. Industry sources say there are consumers in Nepal and Bangladesh, countries with large unmet demand, willing to buy power from the Indian spot market.

But for the regulator, it is a grey area as the existing policy does not reflect the changing reality of expanding interlinks with neighbouring countries and power projects coming up in Bhutan and Bangladesh with Indian private investments. The government is examining the new reality and at least Tata Power's case is awaiting the foreign ministry's approval.

The Indian grid is connected with Bhutan, Bangladesh and Nepal. Plans for establishing interlinks with Pakistan and Sri Lanka have remained enmeshed in the complexities of bilateral politics. Trade through the existing interlinks is guided by bilateral arrangements between governments. There is no third-party transit through the Indian network. India imports power from hydel projects it has set up in Bhutan and supplies electricity from a central pool to Nepal and Bangladesh.

The Dagachhu hydel project is the first of several private power projects being built on foreign soil for supplying to local market, India or a third country. Reliance Power and Adani group recently inked deal for large power plants in Bangladesh.
48181682.cms

The petitions by power exchanges point out that the ground is ready for cross-border trading because of financial and regulatory similarities in electricity markets of the interlinked countries. Initially, the volumes are expected to be small due to limited interlink capacity. But with plans for their expansion, a full-on regional power market is just round the corner, much in line with the scenario in Europe.

India, with a rapidly expanding generation capacity - estimated at 2.72 gw (giga watt) at last count - and surrounded by deficit countries, can be in the driver's seat only if it moves fast.

Source:- Daily spark missing from India's international power trade - The Times of India

The govt should do this ASAP
 
Would like to know the opinion of Pakistani friends on this Power connectivity grid issue !!!! :pakistan:
They'll trot out the usual line: Sort out Kashmir first! ;)
 

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