Thar coal can ensure Pakistan’s energy security alone: CEO SECMC

[FOOLS_NIGHTMARE]

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company (SECMC) Amir Iqbal has said that Thar coal alone can ensure the energy security of Pakistan besides reducing power tariffs significantly.

Talking to APP here, he said that unlocking indigenous Thar coal reserves could generate approximately 100,000 megawatts (MW) electricity for the next 250 years.

Coal was considered a cheap energy resource to catch up with future energy requirements of both the domestic and commercial consumers in Pakistan, adding in the last five years coal-based power production had also witnessed a significant increase, he added.


The CEO said in order to scale down fuel import costs, the country needed to shift towards local coal resources. Even in India, coal-fired power plants produce over two third of total electricity, he added.

He said India imports 200 million tons coal annually besides utilizing 500-600 million tons domestic coal while Pakistan’s coal production stood at a mere 14 to 15 million tons per annum.

Amir Iqbal said currently SECMC was extracting 7.6 million tons per annum coal from Block-II and its capacity was being expanded to 11.2 million tons.

Thar coal had total 13 blocks but presently coal was being mined from two blocks, he added.

Terming coal reserves the future of Pakistan, Amir Iqbal said Thar coal could not only be used for power generation but also in the cement and steel industries. However, he said Thar coal had not yet been connected through the railway network.

Once, Thar coal was connected with the railway network, it would not only open to the entire world but also pave the way for the economic prosperity of the country, he remarked.

In power plants, the average coal consumption is approximately 0.62kg/kWh. However, the new efficient power plants utilize 10% less coal as compared to the ordinary plants, he said.

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[Maula Jatt]

Never rely on one source of energy always diversify
Mix of coal, nuclear and hydro

 

[SaadH]

Nothing can ensure Pakistan's energy security or any security for that matter, so long as Sepoys of GHQ are around and ruling with absolute authority. Ever wonder why the successive head sepoys have failed to build any major dams since Tarbela dam was built in '76? Cause they want to keep the country unsecure in all aspects.

 

[Jango]

Ham say pichli generation ko Sui gas kay baray main yehi bataya tha, ab Thar coal agaya hai.

Anyways, our energy problems are waaayyy beyond a simple fuel source problem.

 

[hussain0216]

Nothing can ensure Pakistan's energy security or any security for that matter, so long as Sepoys of GHQ are around and ruling with absolute authority. Ever wonder why the successive head sepoys have failed to build any major dams since Tarbela dam was built in '76? Cause they want to keep the country unsecure in all aspects.

Multiple dams have been built

Biggest problem was ethno-stupidity from provinces

 

[HerbertPervert]

Pakistanis are great at misleading their countrymen with false dreams & hopes. Gwadar was one such scam. Just like Gwadar, nothing will come out of this except fairy tales like the country has largest gold, copper reserves, etc.

Gwadar was nothing more than another real estate scam. Too many people in the country are lazy and like to earn money without working. Sometimes that is done through asking bribes or commissions, stealing, and at other times, speculative real estate market.

How do you hold land and drive up it's value? By repeating the same mantra of the establishment for the last 70 years, "strategic location". So the establishment tries to sell this scam by calling it strategic, potential naval base for China. Yet, a decade has gone by and still don't see a Chinese naval base? I'm sure they would build if you offer?

Also, no one really lives in Western China. Xinjiang is just a desert. Not much industry there. Most of the population, along with industry, is in Eastern China. It's far cheaper to ship through sea than rail. Even if China were to ship through Pakistan, where is the rail connection? You can't feasibly build rail over the Khunjerab Pass. It's too high, cold, difficult to build rail or pipelines.

But even if it was strategic, why the hell would anyone invest in Gwadar? There is no railroad infrastructure to load ports. There is not much highway if any in Balochistan.

Even if you have all the necessary infrastructure, what is the point if it can be blown up or truck drivers can be shot dead at the side of the road? Better yet, why would any foreigner invest in Pakistan where thanks to the establishment's policies, anyone or anything can be blown up at anytime?

What industry exists in Balochistan? Is there any skilled labor in Balochistan? Does the manufacturing output of the entire country even produce enough goods to fill up even Karachi port? Last time I checked, the port seemed pretty empty. This country loves to build infrastructure it probably won't use.

But you will definitely find housing developments and plots of land for sale in Gwadar. You will also find that the buyers are Pakistani and that there are no foreigner buyers. We can see that after a decade, aside from seeing a few structures built by China for PR and the few Urea shipments to Afghan, Gwadar remains nothing more than a failed housing development.

 

[Thəorətic Muslim]

Never rely on one source of energy always diversify
Mix of coal, nuclear and hydro

Entire world is moving to renewables.

In 2100 Junaid Safdar will boast about Pakistan's first "self produced" car. Meanwhile humanity will be launching rockets to Mar's colonies.

Had their been a competent policy to award a duopoly to solar panel & windmill companies in return for manufacturing.... Perhaps even Small modular reactors....

 

[SoulSpokesman]

Good development. They should also use this coal to make liquid fuels. The Chinese have the technology and expertise.

Regards

 

[fatman17]

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company (SECMC) Amir Iqbal has said that Thar coal alone can ensure the energy security of Pakistan besides reducing power tariffs significantly.

Talking to APP here, he said that unlocking indigenous Thar coal reserves could generate approximately 100,000 megawatts (MW) electricity for the next 250 years.

Coal was considered a cheap energy resource to catch up with future energy requirements of both the domestic and commercial consumers in Pakistan, adding in the last five years coal-based power production had also witnessed a significant increase, he added.


The CEO said in order to scale down fuel import costs, the country needed to shift towards local coal resources. Even in India, coal-fired power plants produce over two third of total electricity, he added.

He said India imports 200 million tons coal annually besides utilizing 500-600 million tons domestic coal while Pakistan’s coal production stood at a mere 14 to 15 million tons per annum.

Amir Iqbal said currently SECMC was extracting 7.6 million tons per annum coal from Block-II and its capacity was being expanded to 11.2 million tons.

Thar coal had total 13 blocks but presently coal was being mined from two blocks, he added.

Terming coal reserves the future of Pakistan, Amir Iqbal said Thar coal could not only be used for power generation but also in the cement and steel industries. However, he said Thar coal had not yet been connected through the railway network.

Once, Thar coal was connected with the railway network, it would not only open to the entire world but also pave the way for the economic prosperity of the country, he remarked.

In power plants, the average coal consumption is approximately 0.62kg/kWh. However, the new efficient power plants utilize 10% less coal as compared to the ordinary plants, he said.

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Hearing this crap from the last 20 years and no results. Infact expensive coal was being imported from Australia

 

[Samlee]

He Is Right I Did a Complete Thread On This

Thar Coal and The Magic That We Can Do

By The End Of This Year Hopefully, The Third Phase of Block 2 Thar Coal Will Be Completed After Which The Capacity Will Increase to 12.2 Million tons per Annum from the existing 7.6 MTPA This Will Reduce The Cost of Coal to $27/ton. Although It Is Planned To Supply This Excess Amount To Lucky...

defence.pk

 

[Dalit]

Entire world is moving to renewables.

In 2100 Junaid Safdar will boast about Pakistan's first "self produced" car. Meanwhile humanity will be launching rockets to Mar's colonies.

Had their been a competent policy to award a duopoly to solar panel & windmill companies in return for manufacturing.... Perhaps even Small modular reactors....

Pakistan is at least one century behind from the rest.

 

[ziaulislam]

Hearing this crap from the last 20 years and no results. Infact expensive coal was being imported from Australia

Because we opted to use imported coal despite PPPP strong opposition

Nawaz sharif wanted coal plant to be in punajb not thar and only way that coul have happened was high quality coal

Just like he wanted first motor way in lahore rather then karachi Hyderabad which would have added more sense

Just like orange train in lahore rather then KCR karachi which would have made more sense (given already land and planning available and being a larger port city)

Hence, people form central punjab will vote for him even though if karachi remains undeveloped and gets a trickle down effect by paralyzing all the country

Provincial govt can't fund a 2 b $ project without LOANS grantee from center

 

[Maula Jatt]

Entire world is moving to renewables.

We can't - we need cheap energy
With coal we can use domestic coal or start a rail line to import Afghan coal

Both are relatively cheap solutions to our energy problem

 

[Thəorətic Muslim]

We can't - we need cheap energy

I see, so you wouldn't mind telling me what's the price of the LNG plants, Oil plants, coal plants?

A company set up 150MW windmills, 1.7MW each, at $360M. Mind telling me what you think the total cost of maintenance would be?

https://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/project-documents/50200/50200-001-xarr-en.pdf

New wind power station in Jhimpir to produce cheap, green electricity

The Din Energy Pvt. Limited inaugurated Wind Power Station in Jhimpir. According to details, the cost of this project is $65 million USD.

www.globalvillagespace.com

2X% of generated electricity is lost in transit. Imagine if houses had even 2kW solar panels installed on their roofs how much of a strain could be removed from the system?

I'll let you read up on others and leave you with a final question, how much foreign exchange do you think is spent on fossil fuels?

 

[TheSolution]

We have poor quality coal.

Pakistan - The World Factbook

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