Pakistan Electricity: Solutions and Ongoing Projects

Written by Afreen Baig http//economicpakistan. wordpress. com/2008/01/05/electricity/ autobiography After the construction of the Hydro- voltaic Tarbela dkm and the Mangla jam, by world-wide Ayub Khan and General Yahya Khan in the 1960s, our g eachplacenments failed to call back and initiate major electricity regards. The inept governing bodys of PML-N and PPP, that understood consider themselves vital to democratic dialogue at heart the provinces, failed to create dialogue within provinces, on the close important issue facing Pakistans elan vital survival the Kalabagh Dam. Their governments failed to plan for the future growth and capacity requirements.Recently the government of PPP has scraped the assure altogether. unexpected Economic Boom & button Consumption in the last 10 days Pakistans $75 zillion economy boomed into a $160 billion economy, with the consumption of gas, electricity and coal increasing one-year to an average rate of 7. 8 pct, 5. 1 portion an d 8. 8 percent, respectively. The number of electricity consumers grew from 15. 9 one thousand million in 2005-06 to 16. 7 million in 2007, cover a growth of or so 70 percent over the last 10 years. The major Energy consumption sectors of the country be Industrial (38. percent), transfer (32. 8 percent), Residential and Commercial (25 percent), Agriculture (2. 5 percent) and others (2. 2 percent). As regards Electricity, the Household sector has been the largest consumer over the last 10 years, on average devour 44. 8 percent, followed by Industrial sector (29. 4 percent), Agriculture (12. 2 percent), Commercial sector (5. 9 percent), Street lights (10. 6 percent), the officials say. Record Sales of electronic Items Recently, we got good in the buffs from Pakistan Haier. In May, Pakistan Haier made new RECORD air-conditioner, refrigerator monthly out baffle.The sale masses reached all time high, the year-on-year sale increase of Air-conditioner, Refrigerator, washables mac hine, Micro wave and TV are 136%, 58%, 180%, 210% and 106% respectively. Similarly, many other Electronic Companies grow created record sales. Projects executed and under Construction The world-class unit of 290-megawatt of Ghazi Brotha Hydel Project (GBHP) went into operation in June 2003, and contributed most 50mw of electricity to the national grid. Four more units were played every quarter, and by 2004 the GBHP was contributing 1,450 mw. atomic office staff found Chashma-2, go out soon come on-line, and go away add another 300MW to the national grid. Mangla Dam uprising willing give another 644 GWh of part. Gomal Zam Dam is under closing stage of construction, and upon completion it will produce 17. 4MW In 1999, our installed capacity was merely 15,860 MW. (With Hydel 4826 + Thermal 10,897 + Nuclear 137) In 2005-06, our installed capacity increased to become 20,495 MW. (With Hydel 6499 + Thermal 13,534 + Nuclear 462) Concrete steps under the PML-Q Government prexy Pe rvez Musharraf launched the Rs 130 billion (US 2. 6 billion) Neelum-Jhelum hydroelectric project aimed at producing 969 MW ply. Work on 11 projects with an accumulative position propagation capacity of more than 12,000MW would suck in by 2009. These projects include Bunji (5,400MW), Dasu (4,000MW), Kohala (1,100MW), Spatgah and Palas Valley (1,230MW). swan and Solar Technology Pakistan is seeking to explore substitute sources of vim production and use Wind and solar technologies with the aim to produce 9,700 MW current of air creator by 2030, thereby providing electricity to 7,874 off-grid villages in Sindh and Baluchistan. 25 wind water pumping systems have been installed in Balochistan. Over one hundred forty micro wind turbines of 500 Watts each are operational in Sindh and Balochistan, providing electricity to 691 houses in 18 remote, off-grid villages. Hydel Power The government is giving top precession to Hydel power with the potential of producing 40,000 MW Power of which plainly 15 percent had been exploited so far. In 2001, the body of water and Power Development Authority of Pakistan identified 22 sites for launching Hydropower projects to jar against the ever-increasing demand for cheap power.It indicated that slightly 15,074 mw could be generated on the completion of these projects, which would also meet the water irrigation requirements for the growing agriculture sector. Pakistan Sugar mill Association (PSMA) has certain the government that sugar mill apprize produce 2,000MW of electricity in the future(a) five years. Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) has refractory to establish an Engineering Design Organization (EDO) for the original development of nuclear power plants (NPPs) in the country.The PAEC informed authorities that it was planning to add about 1,260MW through and through Hydel power, 880MW from Alternate energy, 4,860MW from Gas, 900MW from coal and 160MW from Oil by 2010. The Karachi Electric Supply Corporat ion (KESC) is investing in a new 220-megawatt power plant that will care control the power shortages in the city, said. The plant will start generating 192MW by March and the remaining 28MW will start being distributed by December 2008. Thar Coal The government has decided to develop the Thar coal for power generation on a priority rear to overcome energy crisis following.Out of six heterogeneous companies that inked MoU with concern authorities to establish coal power projects two companies have started drilling work in their respective areas. Confirmed estimates that its reserves were analogous to at least 850 Trillion Cubic Feet (TCF) of gas about 30 times higher than Pakistans turn out gas reserves of 28 TCF. By utilise only 2% of the existing coal reserves, we can generate around 20,000 MW (20 GW) for almost 40 years These estimates were confirmed by separate bankable feasibility studies conducted by Chinese and Russian experts. 85 cardinal net tons of coal deposits i n Pakistan were second only to 247 Billion Ton reserves in the united States and much higher than 157 and 115 Billion Ton reserves of Russia and China, respectively. Thar coal reserves were equivalent to at least 400 Billion Barrels of petroleum equivalent to oil reserves of Saudi Arabia and Iran put together. One estimate puts Pakistans coal energy at 576 Billion Barrels of oil which is equivalent to the combined oil reserves of the 3 largest producers.The government is planning to set up 5,000-megawatt power generation facilities using coal as fuel within next few years. current Power Projects The Ongoing Power Projects for which allocations have been made in 2007-08 Budget, are Mangla Dam Raising Project (Rs 20 billion), Mirani Dam (Rs 500 million), Sabakzai Dam (Rs 200 million), Kurram Tangi Dam (Rs 2. 84 billion), Sadpara Multipurpose Dam Rs (900 million), Gomal Zam Dam (Rs 1. 8 billion), the great Thal Canal Phase I (Rs 8. 5 billion), the greater Thal Canal Phase II (Rs 2. billion), construction of 20 small dams in NWFP (Rs 870 million), Bhasha/ Diamer Dam (Rs 500 million), Khan-Khawar hydro project (Rs 1. 3 billion), Dubir Khawar hydro project (Rs 2. 1 billion), transmission arrangements for power dispersal of Ghazi Barotha (Rs 1. 67 billion) and Neelam-Jhelum hydro project (Rs 10 billion). naked as a jaybird projects for the next fiscal year include the Sukkur bombardment Rehabilitation and Improvement project (Rs 100 million), Akhori Dam PC I (Rs 200 million), construction of Jaban Hydroelectric Power mail service and Jaban Hydroelectric Power Station (Rs 40 million). Upcoming Immediate Projects Three renting power houses would start generating 1,067 megawatts of electricity by last of year 2008, respectively. Agreements had been signed with China to establish power plants at Nandipur and Chichu ki Malian, and tenders had been issued for two 500MW power plants at Dadu and Faisalabad which would be run by gas and furnace oil. An 800MW power pl ant would be set up at Guddu. (c) ECONOMIC PAKISTAN and PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF http//economicpakistan. wordpress. com/2008/01/05/electricity/ http//presidentmusharraf. wordpress. com/