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83.4 MW Kurram Tangi Dam Some pics of KTDP STAGE 1..

 

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PESCO replacing old cables with insulated ones

Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco) will complete replacing of old electricity cables with aerial bundled cables (ABC) in and around Peshawar.

Pesco and the National Transmission and Dispatch Company (NTDC) have started the replacement of all obsolete electric supply cables with ABC and will complete the processes in and around Peshawar soon.

This was informed in a high level meeting regarding problems and issues in electricity supply in different areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa co-presided over by the Chief Minister Mahmood Khan with Federal Minister Umar Ayub Khan in Islamabad Friday evening.

 

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New renewable energy policy to help reduce carbon footprints

Pakistan’s new renewable energy policy will help reduce carbon footprints drastically by increasing its share to 30% from the existing 4% by year 2030, said Federal Minister for Power Omar Ayub Khan.

In meeting with European Union Ambassador Jean-Francois Cautain on Wednesday, he said the government plans to increase the share of renewable energy to 30% till year 2030. He added that the share of hydel component in the energy mix is also near 30%, which means that by year 2030 more than 60% of the country’s electricity will be from clean and green resources.

Khan informed the ambassador that Pakistan seeks to slash its carbon footprints with these measures. The government is planning a seminar on energy conservation in April, in which it aims to promote clean and green energy. While on the other side, it will focus on energy conservation to help further reduce carbon emissions.

 

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As per the State of Industry Report 2017, published by the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra), coal is currently contributing 3% to the energy mix for power generation in Pakistan and is expected to rise to 18% by the year 2021, once all coal-based power plants come online.

 

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Thar coal project starts electricity production

• The Thar Coal project has started electricity generation of approximately 330 megawatt.
• On the occasion, Minister of Energy for Sindh, Imtiaz Sheikh confirming the electricity generation from Thar Coal project congratulated Pakistan People’s Party leadership
• He also stated that Thar coal project will help eradicate the energy crisis from country

The Thar Coal project has started electricity generation of approximately 330 megawatt. The power supply to national grid station has also commenced from the power plant.

The project's workers celebrated the power generation to national grid station.

 

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The first 330 MW power plant based on Thar coal synced with National Grid.

 

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China has successfully inserted a 120-meter straw, more commonly known as steel pipe, into the Himalayas to control silt deposit, enabling increase of power generation capacity in Tarbela dam.

The silt at the bottom of the hydropower station was an impediment that needed to be removed before expansion the dam that was announced in 2013. To combat the issue, Chinese engineers decided made use of airlift for silt removal by inserting a 120 meters’ long pipe, the largest in the world, into the bottom of the hydropower station. The due process took four months to remove about 14,000 cubic meters of sludge.

In 2013, Pakistan had decided to expand the Tarbela Hydropower Station under Chinese assistance as per the initiates of BRI. Tarbela hydropower station is located in the fault zone of the Himalayas, which greatly increases the difficulty of the extension project due to a large inflow of sediments. However, the newly-inserted steel pipe helps to airlift the sediments, increasing approximately 1.41 million kilowatts of electricity subsequently.

The Tarbela 4th extension hydropower station is currently the largest power supply base in Pakistan, with an average annual power generation of 11.5 billion kWh, quoted Chinese media on Monday in local paper.

It also quoted that despite Chinese Three Gorges Dam being the largest hydropower station in the world and the largest hydropower construction project ever undertaken in China, its annual power generation is about 100 billion kWh, amounting to 20% of the national hydropower generation. However, Chinese engineers did not face such an issue with these dams relating to removal of soil or sediment at large.

Regarding the matter, Pakistan Minister for Water Resources Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiar told Senate earlier that the total sediments deposited in Tarbela reservoir from 1974 to 2017 amount to 4.731 Million Acre Feet (MAF).

 

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WAPDA formally awards Mohmand Dam contract to Descon, CGGC

Upon completion, the project will store about 1.2m acre-feet of water, generate 800MW of low-cost hydel electricity and help mitigating floods in KP

Following the World Water Day which was celebrated last week, Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) has taken a giant leap forward for development of precious water resources in the country by awarding the delayed-for-decade contract for civil and electro-mechanical works of Mohmand Dam Project to a joint venture (JV), comprising the China Gezhouba Group of Companies (CGGC) of China as the lead firm and Descon of Pakistan as its partner.

The final contract is worth Rs 183.523 billion, saving Rs18 billion from the approved PC-I.

The contract agreement signing ceremony was held on Tuesday at the WAPDA House, wherein the representatives of WAPDA and CGGC-DESCON JV signed the contract agreement on behalf of their organizations.

WAPDA Chairman Lt Gen (r) Muzammil Hussain, senior officers, project authorities and high ups of CGGC and Descon were also present on the occasion.

It is worth mentioning that WAPDA has been able to successfully realign Mohmand Dam Hydropower Project after a prolonged delay, removing the legal, financial and technical snags.

Addressing the contract signing ceremony, WAPDA Chairman said that Mohmand Dam Hydropower Project will phenomenally contribute towards water, food and energy security of Pakistan.

He said that WAPDA is committed to completing the project as early as possible to cope with the ever-increasing needs of water and electricity in the country. He expressed hope that Mohmand Dam would go a long way in stabilizing the national economy besides alleviating poverty and ushering in an era of development in the project area.

Mohmand Dam Hydropower Project is historic and unique in nature being constructed on River Swat in tribal district Mohmand of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The project is scheduled to be completed in five years and eight months. On completion, the project would store about 1.2 million acre-feet (MAF) of water, generate 800 megawatts (MW) of low-cost hydel electricity and help mitigating floods in Peshawar, Charsadda and Naushera.

Besides supplementing 160,000 acres of existing land, about 16,700 acres of new land would also be irrigated because of Mohmand Dam. In addition, 300 million gallon water per day will also be provided to Peshawar for drinking purpose. Annual benefits of the project have been estimated at Rs51.6 billion

 

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720 MW Karot Hydropower Project Under Construction. Pictures of Main Dam, Power House, Water Diversion Inlet.

The Karot Hydropower Station in Pakistan is the first investment project of the Silk Road Fund, is part of the much larger CPEC China–Pakistan Economic Corridor and is expected to be completed in 2020. Commission Date April 2021.

 

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Neelum Jhelum Hydropower Project achieved yet another landmark, as electricity generation from the project crossed 1000 megawatt (MW) mark today.

According to a statement of WAPDA, Neelum Jhelum Hydropower Project generated up to 1040 MW beyond its installed generation capacity of 969 MW, which reflected the efficiency standards of the power plant.

Meanwhile, WAPDA Chairman Muzammil Hussain has congratulated the Neelum Jhelum Hydropower Project authorities, the engineers on this professional high mark of efficiency.

 

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LAHORE: Major technical constraints in the 220/500 kV system have almost been removed, enabling the National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC) to ensure a trouble-free power transmission to the 120 kV network of the electricity distribution companies (Discos).

Among all provinces, Punjab will be the major beneficiary since the 220/500 kV grids and transmission system here continued to be overloaded in summer causing power breakdowns, forced shutdowns, load-shedding and management and brownouts.

“I am very hopeful that this summer will be much comfortable than the last years since we have removed several system constraints that were causing disruption in the power transmission, supply and distribution in the service areas of Lahore, Islamabad, Multan and Faisalabad based Discos,” NTDC Managing Director Zafar Abbas told Dawn on Wednesday.

“Lahore may have additional supply of over 600 MW this summer, as laying of a new 220 kV line from New Lahore (Bhai Pheru) to Wapda Town (Lahore) is about to complete within next week or so,” he said.

In the ongoing extensive assignments, the NTDC engineers have completed augmentation work at 500kV grid station (Rawat, Islamabad) with addition of a 750 MVA transformer that energised finally about two weeks before. The addition of this transformer will result in smooth power supply during summers in Rawalpindi, Islamabad and Chakwal.

Similarly, augmentation work for addition of 250 MVA transformers at 220kV Toba Tek Singh, 220 kV Lude*wala, 220kV Samundari and 220 kV Vehari Grid Stations was also completed. The addition of transformers on these grid stations will result in stable power supply, improved voltage profile for consumers of Faisalabad Electric Supply Company and Multan Electric Power Supply Company.

The 500kV Gatti grid (Faisalabad)—a very important grid station of the country’s transmission system— was facing overloading problems due to non-upgradation of work. After the installation of a transformer of 600 MVA capacity, load on this grid station will be reduced considerably.

The NTDC MD said 220kV Quetta grid was also being upgraded with addition of a 250 MVA transformer.

“The switchyard of Piran Ghaib (Multan) grid has also been refurbished. Similarly the RLNG power plant (Tareemu, Jhang) will also be connected with the national grid soon,” Abbas added.

Published in Dawn, April 18th, 2019

 

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720 MW Karot Hydropower Project Under Construction. Pictures of Main Dam, Power House, Water Diversion Inlet.

The Karot Hydropower Station in Pakistan is the first investment project of the Silk Road Fund, is part of the much larger CPEC China–Pakistan Economic Corridor and is expected to be completed in 2020. Commission Date April 2021.

 

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