1000 MW Qaid-e-Azam Solar farm | Updates & Discussions.

[Kompromat]

LAHORE, Oct 12 (APP): Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said that the project of Quaid-e-Azam Solar Energy Park in Bahawalpur will bring an investment of more than Rs. 200 billion in the area which is the biggest investment in the history of the country. The Chief Minister said that 1000 megawatt electricity will be generated in the first phase of solar energy park spread over an area of 11 thousand acres whereas the supply of hundred megawatt solar energy will be started before March 31, 2014. He was addressing a gathering of people and elites of the area after inspecting the site of Quaid-e-Azam Solar Energy Park and briefing, at Mouza Noorsar district Bahawalpur Saturday.

Shahbaz Sharif said that the electricity to be generated from solar energy park set up at Bahawalpur will be provided not only to Bahawalpur but other districts of South Punjab and the entire Punjab will benefit from this historic project. He said that 11 thousand acre land will be allocated for Quaid-e-Azam Solar Park and will not be allowed to be used for any other purposes. He said that local youth will be given preference for the jobs in Quaid-e-Azam Solar Park. Shahbaz Sharif announced that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will soon lay the foundation of this gigantic project. Shahbaz Sharif said that Nawab Sir Sadiq Muhammad Khan Abbasi was an enlightened leader of this area who carried out invaluable development work in this area.

Earlier, Commissioner Bahawalpur Capt. Retd. Asad Ullah Khan, Provincial Secretary Energy and Secretary Communication gave briefings about the project. Federal Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination and Tourism, Mian Riaz Hussain Pirzada, Minister of State for Education Baligh-ur-Rehman, Provincial Minister for Cooperatives Malik Iqbal Channar, Provincial Minister for Energy Sher Ali, Members National and Provincial Assemblies Ali Hassan Gillani, Parveen Masood Bhatti, Najib-ud-Din Awaisi, Shoaib Awaisi, Sabeeha Nazir, Afzal Gill, Khalid Jajja, Qazi Adanan Farid, Khalid Waran, Iftikhar Gillani, Fouzia Ayub Qureshi, Haseena Begum,PML-N eader Saood Majeed, Sami Ullah Ch. and others were present.

Meanwhile, CM inaugurated newly constructed 125 bedded District Headquarters Hospital and computerized Land Record Information Centre at Lodhran. The district headquarters hospital is spread over an area of 170 kanal and has been constructed at a cost of Rs.50 crore. After inauguration of the hospital, the Chief Minister inspected its various wards.
After inauguration of computerized land record information centre, the Chief Minister while expressing his satisfaction over the arrangements said that due to the historic steps of PML-N, people will rid of the painful and obsolete system of centuries and will get the Fard of land within 30 minutes.

Later, addressing a public meeting at New Sports Stadium Lodhran, Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif said that Quaid-e-Azam Solar Park being set up at Bahawalpur will help overcome energy crisis and provide new job opportunities to the people of the area. He said that land record computerization work will be completed in 36 districts of the Punjab at a cost of Rs.11 billion till 2014.

Members National Assembly Abdul Rehman Khan Kanju, Siddique Khan Baloch, Members Provincial Assembly Zubair Khan Baloch, Amir Iqbal Shah, Malik Sajjad Hussain Joya, Sultan Jehangir Bhutta, and Ahmed Khan Baloch, Chairman Punjab Bait-ul- Mal Suleman Mangla and President Muslim League-N Lodhran Tahir Amir Ghauri were also present on this occasion.

Associated Press Of Pakistan ( Pakistan's Premier NEWS Agency ) - Shahbaz Sharif visits Quaid e Azam Solar park in Bahawalpur

 

[shuntmaster]

What about the electric power demand during night or when its cloudy?

 

[Bilal.]

What about the electric power demand during night or when its cloudy?

It's part of an overall power mix which will include coal power plant, gas combined cycle plants, nuclear for base load and Hydroelectric, solar and wind, etc for peak load.

 

[Cheetah786]

What about the electric power demand during night or when its cloudy?

Gemasolar, the concentrated solar power plant in Spain designed to supply power 24/7 — yes, even at night.

 

[cloud_9]

Gemasolar, the concentrated solar power plant in Spain designed to supply power 24/7 — yes, even at night.

Capacity - 19.9 MW
Cost - £260million

Rest is mathematics

 

[Cheetah786]

Capacity - 19.9 MW
Cost - £260million

Rest is mathematics

Cost of the fuel to generate clean energy compare to fossil fuel operated power plants? IT is indeed about mathematics long term gains for short term pains

 

[Chak Bamu]

Cost of Solar cells has dropped fast in the last few years. It is now the cheapest source of electricity via Solar means.

 

[Pak_Sher]

2.2 Billion Dollars - > Only 1050 MW

Kala Bagh Dam -> 5 Billion -> 4000 MW -> You get water storage + free savings

Sound like we are wasting 1 Billion dollars

Good numbers, but not at the cost of Pakistan. Solar Energy can help Pakistan to reduce the power shortages quicker than the hydro route. In the long term the solar cost will come down.

 

[HumanJinn]

We have to Build Solar and Wind Energy Generators in Industrial Zones like Karachi, Lahore, Fasailabad, Hyderabad etc. Instead of building them where there is no Industry, Building them in Baluchistan is not reliable as threats of BLA Terrrorist there! Near Karachi and Lahore are two Ideal places where they should build them!

 

[Chak Bamu]

We have to Build Solar and Wind Energy Generators in Industrial Zones like Karachi, Lahore, Fasailabad, Hyderabad etc. Instead of building them where there is no Industry, Building them in Baluchistan is not reliable as threats of BLA Terrrorist there! Near Karachi and Lahore are two Ideal places where they should build them!

Did you think about what you are writing before posting?

So, as you say, we build wind and solar energy 'generators' in cities. The wind and solar irradiation required, not to mention land to build these on, Abbajan lay kar ayengay? Kissi Jinn ka Abba bhi yeh kaam nahin kar sakta.

Rest easy dude, people smarter and more knowledgeable than you are making correct decisions.

 

[HumanJinn]

Did you think about what you are writing before posting?

So, as you say, we build wind and solar energy 'generators' in cities. The wind and solar irradiation required, not to mention land to build these on, Abbajan lay kar ayengay? Kissi Jinn ka Abba bhi yeh kaam nahin kar sakta.

Rest easy dude, people smarter and more knowledgeable than you are making correct decisions.

Karachi, Hyderabad, Lahore, Faisalabad, Sindh, Punjab have thousand of Barren Lands so Write before you have some Knowledge of Land Mass of Pakistan 2 Big Provinces like Sindh and Punjab even Puktoonkhawa Province have lot of land available so write before you know about Geography of Pakistan!

 

[Chak Bamu]

Karachi, Hyderabad, Lahore, Faisalabad, Sindh, Punjab have thousand of Barren Lands so Write before you have some Knowledge of Land Mass of Pakistan 2 Big Provinces like Sindh and Punjab even Puktoonkhawa Province have lot of land available so write before you know about Geography of Pakistan!

I live in Lahore kid. I have been to most of the places you write about. Plus I am an Engineer. Believe me you do not know what you are writing about. I could try to explain, but you do not seem the type who might make a genuine effort to understand.

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

We have to Build Solar and Wind Energy Generators in Industrial Zones like Karachi, Lahore, Fasailabad, Hyderabad etc. Instead of building them where there is no Industry, Building them in Baluchistan is not reliable as threats of BLA Terrrorist there! Near Karachi and Lahore are two Ideal places where they should build them!

Bacha have you ever been to those cities? where will you build these solar zones i Karachi,lahore,Faislanad or Hyderabad?..........As for Baluchistan... not every district of Baluchistan is threatened by BLA... even if ur still not satisfied try the pashtun belt... from bolan toward zhob.. no threats there...

 

[niaz]

Cost of the fuel to generate clean energy compare to fossil fuel operated power plants? IT is indeed about mathematics long term gains for short term pains

Hon Cheetah.

You are absolutely correct. After initial capital cost, maintenance and operating costs of solar & wind power; when compared with fossil fuel operating costs; is negligible. However there is an extremely vital item called cash flow.

It is just like buying a car on Hire Purchase where interest rates of as much as 20% are charged but people still buy cars on HP. Mainly because they just don’t have the money to pay it in one go. The same argument applies to power plants. If you have $1-billion to spend, you can either build a solar power plant to produce 200 MW or CC Gas turbine plant to produce 1000 MW. Depends what your priorities are.

When you compare levelized costs (that is including Capital costs) Solar power costs somewhere between 15 to 22 cents per KWH. You will note from the link below that according to 2010 data Solar energy is still most expensive. I would guess that since we is always short of foreign exchange, situation in Pakistan's case will be even more onerous.

EIA - Levelized Cost of New Generation Resources in the Annual Energy Outlook 2011

 

[cloud_9]

1 MW PV farm will need 5 to 6 Acres of land and ~ PKR 15 Crore.

One thing is baffling,the absence of Chinese players along with CDB and Exim Bank of China in the Pakistani RE market.These bank are lending money overseas at dirt cheap rates.

Looking at the Pakistani market the Chinese players would should have swarmed this place.Anybody got any clues

Current Unit cost in India is quoted around INR 7 .