Electricity import from India a priority for Nawaz

[Bobby]

yes... and the money can be utilized to make new dams.. This will be very interesting..

Yes make more...these dams can be thousand times more deadly than any nuclear bomb

 

[jha]

Yes make more...these dams can be thousand times more deadly than any nuclear bomb

These Dams are for flood control and hydroelectricity. Any added advantage or, disadvantage is purely coincidental.

 

[American Pakistani]

A ghulam remains ghulam forever.

 

[Amaa'n]

But do we have enough dollars to buy around 1000MW of electricity?

Dont worry they will get enogh frm us, uae, ksa..... If anything left than they will freeze our fca like they did in 98

 

[Amaa'n]

How woudld your power issues be sorted out in "a months time"?? The issue is poor power infrastructure and, more worryingly, a lack of power generating capacity. Even with no debt crisis it would/will take Pakistan the best part of a decade to meet the power generation needs of today let alone those of the future. Power generation schemes are incredibly expensive- how do you propose Pakistan funds them? Construction of projects takes a LONG time too so how will all of Pakistan's woes be sorted out in 28 days?



The point is states geographically close to Pakistan like Gujarat and Punjab produce significant power surpluses which could quite easily be sold to Pakistan but, like I said, the window for this is only ~2 years as by 2014 India's full-scale National Grid will be up and running meaning the surpluses of the likes of Gujarat and Punjab will be sent to the Southern states of India.

Oh bhai do you know what is the current electricity generating capacity of our plants is? Its 21,000......the current requirement is 14000, it will shoot to 170000in month of july and august, the current generation is 9,700 it is all because if debt, and kunda system,
Talking about the actual capacity of all the plants than it is around 28000

 

[Rajput_Pakistani]

Fuel shortage and delayed monsoon in southern India led to peak power shortage of 12,295 MW in the country during December last year, says a report.

According to the report by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA), the peak demand in December was 1,28,689 MW, of which 1,16,394 MW was met in the country.

Southern region, comprising Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, was the worst hit with a shortage of 17.4 per cent or 6,120 MW during the month.

"Coal and gas shortage, delay in commissioning of plants and delayed monsoon in South India are the main reasons for power shortage in the country," a CEA official said.

Interestingly, power-deficit state Punjab and union territory of Chandigarh were able to meet their demand of 5,336 MW and 216 MW respectively, the data said.

But the overall picture of the northern region was not very bright as it witnessed a deficit of 3,087 MW or 8.2 per cent, including 103 MW shortage in Delhi.

In the nine-month period (April-December), the peak power deficit, in the country, stood at 9 per cent or 12,159 MW, the data stated.

At least over 30 power stations had less than a week's stock of fuel at their disposal in December, according to CEA report.

As many as eight stations in the northern region comprising Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan faced severe fuel scarcity on account of inadequate

availability of domestic coal, on an average in December.

In the western region (Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra), 13 power stations suffered fuel shortage. Five power plants in the Southern region comprising Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala faced scarcity mainly on account of less receipts from Mahanadi Coalfields, a unit of Coal India.

- See more at: India faced over 12,000 MW power shortage in Dec 2012: CEA - Indian Express

India faced over 12,000 MW power shortage in Dec 2012: CEA - Indian Express

 

[Rajput_Pakistani]

Don’t expect your electricity problems to be solved in a hurry. With the ministry of power indicating that the country would face a shortfall of 238 million tonnes (MT) of coal in the 12th five year plan period (2012-2017), power woes will continue in the coming days too, and also trip the efforts to achieve 9 per cent GDP.

Coal-fired plants form 55 per cent of the country’s installed capacity of power generation.

As per the ministry working group draft for the 12th plan, coal availability will be 604 million tonnes against the required 842 MT for the country’s power utilities. To meet the shortage, the ministry says the power producing companies will have to import 159 MT immediately.

The ministry has set the target of building a generation capacity of 75,785 MW in the 12th plan period, of which about 85 per cent i.e., 62,695 MW production comes from coal-based source. As coal shortage is imminent, meeting the target will be difficult, sources in the ministry told Deccan Herald.

Besides, costly import makes power more expensive ultimately leading to distribution entities which sell power to jack up the prices, sources added.

In its 11th five-year plan ending March 2012, India will add only 52,000 MW against its target of adding 78,000 MW due to shortage of fuel.

Despite India having about 10 per cent of the world’s coal reserves, the country struggled to supply sufficient fuel to the power sector due to hurdles in land acquisition and environmental clearances for mining.

According to the power ministry, about 75,785 MW of new generation capacity will have to be built in 12th plan achieve 9 per cent economic growth rate. This calculation has been worked out on the basis of the fact that the 11th plan period (mid-term appraisal) saw a capacity addition of 62,374 MW.

The ministry also suggested opening up the domestic coal sector to private sector investment by removing the monopoly of the state-run Coal India and its subsidiaries.

Besides, it also suggested expeditious clearances for development of coal mining projects and improving the productivity by Coal India and its subsidiaries by upgrading mining equipment.

On Wednesday, a delegation of top private power producing company executives including Ratan Tata and Anil Ambani met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and urged him to address the problems of coal shortage, high fuel prices and delayed green clearances.

The delegation also requested the prime minister to reduce the customs duty on imported coal in the backdrop of rising coal prices in the international market.

Shortage of coal to worsen power woes

 

[Rocky25]

Don’t expect your electricity problems to be solved in a hurry. With the ministry of power indicating that the country would face a shortfall of 238 million tonnes (MT) of coal in the 12th five year plan period (2012-2017), power woes will continue in the coming days too, and also trip the efforts to achieve 9 per cent GDP.

Coal-fired plants form 55 per cent of the country’s installed capacity of power generation.

As per the ministry working group draft for the 12th plan, coal availability will be 604 million tonnes against the required 842 MT for the country’s power utilities. To meet the shortage, the ministry says the power producing companies will have to import 159 MT immediately.

The ministry has set the target of building a generation capacity of 75,785 MW in the 12th plan period, of which about 85 per cent i.e., 62,695 MW production comes from coal-based source. As coal shortage is imminent, meeting the target will be difficult, sources in the ministry told Deccan Herald.

Besides, costly import makes power more expensive ultimately leading to distribution entities which sell power to jack up the prices, sources added.

In its 11th five-year plan ending March 2012, India will add only 52,000 MW against its target of adding 78,000 MW due to shortage of fuel.

Despite India having about 10 per cent of the world’s coal reserves, the country struggled to supply sufficient fuel to the power sector due to hurdles in land acquisition and environmental clearances for mining.

According to the power ministry, about 75,785 MW of new generation capacity will have to be built in 12th plan achieve 9 per cent economic growth rate. This calculation has been worked out on the basis of the fact that the 11th plan period (mid-term appraisal) saw a capacity addition of 62,374 MW.

The ministry also suggested opening up the domestic coal sector to private sector investment by removing the monopoly of the state-run Coal India and its subsidiaries.

Besides, it also suggested expeditious clearances for development of coal mining projects and improving the productivity by Coal India and its subsidiaries by upgrading mining equipment.

On Wednesday, a delegation of top private power producing company executives including Ratan Tata and Anil Ambani met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and urged him to address the problems of coal shortage, high fuel prices and delayed green clearances.

The delegation also requested the prime minister to reduce the customs duty on imported coal in the backdrop of rising coal prices in the international market.

Shortage of coal to worsen power woes

Nuclear power and Solar Power is the answer, Still miles to go before sleep!

 

[Edevelop]

Well its not finalized. Besides India, they will also consider Iran and Central Asian republics as per news report

The import of electricity is being considered temporary. Until we hook up coal fire powered plants, build more dams, solar power projects, wind turbines, etc we won't hopefully ever need it.

 

[Langda Tyaagi]

India is as unreliable as a mood swinging teenage girl..
Such an important import will only last until your politicians throw their next tantrum against Pakistan or Shiv sena gets their next orders from Bhagwaan......

Well that will happen only after some terrorists blow themselves up in India in the name of allah. Till then we can be best buddies and no problemo.

 

[Guynextdoor2]

These Dams are for flood control and hydroelectricity. Any added advantage or, disadvantage is purely coincidental.

This kind of irresponsible talk does more damage than any real threats we pose. The best thing about GOI is that it has rarely deviated from Indus Water treaty under all circumstances.

 

[Safriz]

Well that will happen only after some terrorists blow themselves up in India in the name of allah. Till then we can be best buddies and no problemo.

or if India loses a cricket match..
or a few text messages trigger mass migrationpoint being India cannot keep trade sports and politics in seperate books..
that's why dealing with them is way more complicated than dealing with any other nation including Iran.
so better trade with Iran than waste time on a stuck up India.

 

[Goodbye!]

If we rewind a bit, Vaypayee/Sharif circa 1999, it was Pakistan that was the power surplus country and India was looking to import anywhere between 400 to 2000 MW of electricity from Pakistan. Dont know if that ever went through esp as MFN was not granted and of course the commando jumped in with his own plans. But how the tables have turned!

We shouldn't get anything from India. They will turn the lights off as soon as LeJ does some fireworks.

In that case whether the lights are turned off or not is really in your hands. Ensure no fireworks.

 

[nair]

Do we have excess electricity in india to sell out??????? As far as i know most of the states have shortage of electricity..... I would suggest first make ourself energy sufficient before selling it out....

I would welcome if we can help pakistan to come out of this crisis...... but only if we have excess power in india

 

[jha]

This kind of irresponsible talk does more damage than any real threats we pose. The best thing about GOI is that it has rarely deviated from Indus Water treaty under all circumstances.

it does no damage at all.... I am not here to patch things up with pakistanis. Plus the statement was not to be taken seriously as I added a emoticon to it .