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we need huge dams

There is one however the Current Govt is not paying any attention to it right now.

Bunji Dam is proposed large hydro-power project on Indus River in Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan.

The feasibility study of the project was carried out by joint consultant firms Artelia of France & Mott MacDonald of UK. The Gravity RCC dam will be 190 m high and will have an installed capacity of 7100 MW. In 2009, Pakistan and China signed a MoU for the construction of Bunji Dam. The accord was signed between Ministry of Water and Power, Pakistan and Three Gorges Project Corporation, China.

Current Status: The Project has been principally cleared by CDWP on 02.12.2015 for approval of ECNEC.
 
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TARBELA 4TH EXTENSION PROJECT


Background:
TARBELA 4 is the extension of existing TARBELA DAM which is done on Tunnel #4 which was originally reserved for Irrigation purposes.

Installed Capacity: 1410 MW (3 Units of 470 MW)
Annual Energy Generation: 3840 GWh
Contractors: M/s Sinohydro Group of China & M/s Voith Hydro of Germany & China.
Donars: World Bank & WAPDA
Estimated Completion Date: 14 August 2017 (Unit 17)


With a view to carrying out construction work to modify the intake tunnel in accordance with its new design, a concrete coffer dam was built in the Reservoir. Height of the coffer dam i.e. 1512 feet above mean sea level was ascertained in consultation with Indus River System Authority (IRSA) and keeping in view the water inflow pattern to the reservoir, where construction work can be continued until the reservoir level is reached 1483 feet.

It is pertinent to mention that water from Tarbela can be released through spillways once the reservoir attains the level of 1505 feet. Prior to this level, water flows out of the reservoir from tunnel No. 1, 2, 3 and 5.


Maximum capacity to release water from tunnel 1, 2, 3 & 5 is 1,90,000 cusecs, whereas current inflows are in the range of more than 2,50,000 cusecs.

Problems: Due to the high water inflows, once the reservoir will attain the level of 1483 feet each year the work on intake of tunnel 4 will have to be stopped due to overlapping of coffer dam. Depletion of excessive water from the Reservoir will take an estimated 4-6 weeks.

Resolution of this Problem: A committee led by WAPDA chairman made the following decision that the construction work on intake of tunnel 4 be expedited to the maximum in the remaining days till water attains the level of 1483 feet. The World Bank(Financer of the project) was informed of the new decision and they approved this decision and agreed to bear the extra cost for this new decision.

Current Status: 68.54 % (as per WAPDA website)

Conclusion: Timely completion of TARBELA 4 Extension will ensure the starting of TARBELA 5 Extension on time whose Financing is already approved by World Bank and Asian Development Bank.
 
Govt to construct Bhasha Dam with own resources


ISLAMABAD


- A parliamentary committee was yesterday informed that the government is taking various steps to construct 4500 MW Diamir Bhasha Dam from its own resources and several proposals are under consideration in this regard.

“Bhasha Dam is our necessity, therefore, we cannot wait for the ADB and World Bank to fund it, and the government is planning to finance it from its own resources,” Secretary Water and Power, Yunus Dhaga, expressed these views while briefing the meeting of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Water and Power. The committee was presided over by its chairman Arshad Khan Laghari.

A comprehensive briefing made by the Alternative Energy Development Board on the projects under taken by the Board from 2013 to enhance the production of electricity in the country, their date of commencement, present status and expected date of completion, present status of development Projects/Schemes of National Transmission Dispatch Company (NTDC).

“Out of Rs 100 billion of PC-I Rs 56 billion have already been spent on the land acquisition,” Yunus Dhaga said. The technical work on the dam will be completed next year, he maintained.

Regarding solar tariff secretary water and power said that in 2014 the cost of per unit solar electricity was Rs 17 and now the government wants it to decrease it to Rs 9 per unit.

Abid Sher Ali, Minister for State Water and Power, briefly apprised the Committee about different power projects of hydel, solar, wind, coal etc, which were initiated by the present government to overcome the shortfall of the electricity. He said that there is no issue in the initiation of power projects and provision of funds by the federal government to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. “The federal government has already deposited the project funds in the provincial government account,” Abid Sher Ali said. It is the provincial government which is responsible for the delay in the execution of power projects, he said. The KP government in not taking adequate steps for the execution of the projects, he added.

The Committee directed the ministry to ensure the timely completion of the projects in order to overcome the shortfall of the electricity.

Managing Director NTDC, Fayyaz Ahmad Chaudhry, while briefing the committee said 50 new transmission projects were started during the past three years. For the new projects around 2000 kilometer of new transmission lines will be laid, he added. He said that by 2018 12000 MW will be added to the system. He said that NTDC is going to do work in three years what it has not done in the previous 40 years. He said that NTDC has not so many contractors to start work on all the production projects at the same time. Due to lack of capability, electricity generation in not being increased as par the demands of next three years, he said.

The AEDB CEO informed that currently work on 35 projects is underway. Similarly projects with the combined generation capacity of 295 MW are being executed under the CPEC umbrella projects. The first power project under CPEC will start generation next month, CEO, Alternative Board, informed.

He further said that energy projects with a combined generation capacity of 864 MW will be completed by the end of 2018.

Similarly, the Board is waiting for the Nepra decision on power tariff for 17 solar power projects, he maintained. Besides 1044 MW bagasse based electricity will be added to national grid and 140 MW has already been added, CEO maintained.

It was informed by MEPCO that Kissan Itehad has to pay Rs 6.1 billion for the electricity bills of 2015 and Rs 2.1 billion in 2016. The Committee directed the ministry to focus more on FATA and tribal areas by initiating different projects of electricity to eliminate the factor of load shedding.

MNAs Junaid Anwaar Chaudhry, Malik Ihtebar Khan, Rana Afzaal Hussain, Pir Muhammad Aslam Bodla, Rao Muhammad Amjal Khan, Syed Ghulam Mustafa Shah, Malik Ghulam Rabbani Khar, Junaid Akbar, Salim Rehman, Syed Waseem Hussain, Maulana Muhammad Gohar Shah, Dr. Syed Ghazi Ghulab and Sahibzada Muhammad Yaqub attended the meeting, besides officials of the ministry.

Published in The Nation newspaper on 28-Oct-2016

http://nation.com.pk/newspaper-picks/28-Oct-2016/govt-to-construct-bhasha-dam-with-own-resources
 
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An ambitious Asian Development Bank program could add 1,000 micro-hydropower plants to Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, following the approval of a US$325 million loan announced in November.

ADB said the financing will help enhance energy security by allowing for the construction of off-grid areas. Less than 20% of the population has access to power in some of the province's districts, making the local

"The project will help meet the growing energy demand to fuel economic activities and increase access to sustainable and more reliable electricity services, particularly for vulnerable communities," said Adnan Tareen, Senior Energy Specialist with ADB's Central and West Asia Regional Department.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is one of Pakistan's largest provinces with a population exceeding 28 million -- and one of its poorest -- according to the bank.

In addition to micro-hydro, ADB's funding will also be used to install solar panels on 23,000 schools and 2,500 healthcare facilities in both Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab. The program is part of the bank's commitment to doubling its annual climate change financing to $6 billion for the Asia-Pacific region by 2020.

HydroWorld.com reported in October that the Pakhtunkhwa Energy Development Organization had approved funding for five projects designated as priorities under the Pakistani province's power development program. The country also said earlier this year that it intends to bolster Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's small hydropower program via its Hydel Development Fund, which has a goal of adding 350 plants.
http://www.hydroworld.com/articles/...-plants-in-pakistan-s-khyber-pakhtunkhwa.html
 
Hydro power, is cheap and clean. Pakistan needs to construct as many of these projects as possible. This needs to be taken as matter of national security.

Pakistan also needs Dams and Reservoirs to store as much water as possible. Also Desalination plants along the coastal cities of Karachi and Gwader are required.
 
Hydro power, is cheap and clean. Pakistan needs to construct as many of these projects as possible. This needs to be taken as matter of national security.

Pakistan also needs Dams and Reservoirs to store as much water as possible. Also Desalination plants along the coastal cities of Karachi and Gwader are required.
What size desalination plants? 500,000 cubic meters?
 
Hydropower generation and water sector projects are being put on a strategic path to rope in shy private investors.

The new draft policy paradigm, now in its initial phase, also supports net hydropower profit payments to all regional and provincial stakeholders, where these natural resources are located.

The private sector that has so far been reluctant to invest in long-gestation projects — having burnt its fingers in the past —would now be offered comfort through collaboration with the government, or its entities (such as Wapda).

The private sector that has so far been reluctant to invest in long-gestation projects would now be offered the option of collaboration with the government or its entities
A long standing grievance of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province over Net Hydropower Profit (NHP) has been effectively addressed through a backlog settlement of more than Rs75bn (being charged to consumers through the power tariff).

Similarly, an agreement has been reached with Punjab for the payment of Rs82bn by Wapda, on account of NHP for the Ghazi Barotha Hydropower Project, due since 2005. This will raise consumer tariff by 33paisa per unit countrywide.

Of this, Rs38bn would be settled upfront and the remaining Rs44bn would be paid in the next three fiscal years at a rate of about Rs14.5bn per year. Wapda will continue to pay Rs9.5bn to Punjab every year for the productive life of the project. Punjab would get Rs1.10 on each unit of electricity produced by the GBHP — the same rate paid to KP for Tarbela.

Two other stakeholders — Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir — however may not benefit equally despite being major sources of hydropower, because of constitutional reasons, but may be compensated on the basis of equity.

Taking a leaf out of a draft policy for the development of mega hydropower projects, which is expected to be formally approved by the Council of Common Interest (CCI) in its coming meeting, the prime minister recently agreed, in principle, to divide the Diamer-Bhasha Multipurpose Project in to two.

This would allow that the dam portion of the project to be funded through the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) allocations and Wapda generated resources, while financing for power generation will be arranged on a commercial basis through Wapda or by leasing its existing projects.

The policy is drawn from on past experience when private investors would lose their breath with time consuming preparatory work, which in addition to feasibility studies and engineering design, involved other legal and regulatory formalities like tariff approvals and competitive bidding.

This led to capacity addition of over 7423MW of thermal power plants by the private sector between 1995 and 2015 against only 84MW of hydropower, despite the later being cleaner and cheaper.

On top of that, multilateral lenders had their own policies and priorities for financing development projects ‘in different regions’ along with sensitivity towards dislocating and disturbing people, loss of heritage and environmental issues.

A total of seven mega projects of 24,200MW have now been identified for development on the Indus Cascade through the new initiative and more projects will follow.

The draft policy offers two options for private sector participation. Wapda will complete the preliminary work and get a feasibility stage, upfront tariff, from the regulator at attractive commercial terms before handing over the project to private investors through competitive bidding.

Competitive bidding, however, would not be based on the lowest cost and tariff because experience suggests that Chinese companies engaged in cut throat competition to secure projects at 20-25pc lower costs than engineering estimates and subsequently delayed projects or created problems of cost escalation.

Therefore, under one option Wapda will complete a detailed engineering design by consulting firms of international repute, carry out environment impact assessment (EIA), acquire land and ensure resettlement of any to be affected persons, construct roads and infrastructure, put in place a power evacuation system, get Nepra approval on upfront tariff and engage an international panel of experts (IPE) before offering the project for competitive bidding.

The IPE would shortlist bidders on the basis of technical and financial strength who would be asked to compete on the basis of early completion of the project against a bank guarantee. Wapda would finance the IPE for supervising the construction. The actual cost would form the basis of shareholding between Wapda and the investor.

Under this option, major projects like Dasu 5,400MW, Diamer-Bhasha 4,500MW and Bunji 7,100MW have been selected and would be offered to the private sector in the first stage. For this, the construction of the main dam of the Diamer-Bhasha, and its land acquisition, would be completed by Wapda while its power generation would be offered for private-public partnership.

The second option would be applied to projects like the 4,000MW Thakot and 2,400MW Pattan where the detailed engineering designs was not ready as yet. The preference for the bidder would be on the basis of early project completion and maximum energy output.

In this case as well, the government or Wapda would complete the EIA, land acquisition and resettlement, development of roads and the power evacuation system before offering the project for bidding.

The successful bidder would be selected by IPE on the basis of technical experience and financial strength against a bank guarantee to ensure committed performance targets.

In both cases, the investor would have the incentive to complete the project before the deadline and secure additional revenue due to early power sale.

They would be guaranteed additional years of operations with a higher return on equity while providing saving of interest during construction and cost savings.

Exemptions in duties and taxes during construction phase, income tax holiday for initial five years of operation will be offered to private investors.

Published in Dawn, Business & Finance weekly, December 12th, 2016
http://www.dawn.com/news/1301972/hydropower-projects-aiding-investment
 
Under this option, major projects like Dasu 5,400MW, Diamer-Bhasha 4,500MW and Bunji 7,100MW have been selected and would be offered to the private sector in the first stage. For this, the construction of the main dam of the Diamer-Bhasha, and its land acquisition, would be completed by Wapda while its power generation would be offered for private-public partnership.

@ziaulislam maybe this new policy will work better instead of waiting for 100% foreign load to finance mega hydro projects? Only problem I see if Wapda will get enough funds considering FBR performance in tax collection.
 
@ziaulislam maybe this new policy will work better instead of waiting for 100% foreign load to finance mega hydro projects? Only problem I see if Wapda will get enough funds considering FBR performance in tax collection.

i dont think this is a serious effort though
it looks more like a PR stent that would happen just before the election which every govt from mushi to PPPP govt did
no wonder bhasha dam was inaugurated 3 times
problem is govt wants 100 financing, while foreign institutions are disappointing and irked by poor performance in NJ, tarbela and dasu
 
i dont think this is a serious effort though
it looks more like a PR stent that would happen just before the election which every govt from mushi to PPPP govt did
no wonder bhasha dam was inaugurated 3 times
problem is govt wants 100 financing, while foreign institutions are disappointing and irked by poor performance in NJ, tarbela and dasu

I agree with this sentiment.... They are pulling the whool over the eyes of the mostly ignorant populace. The only projects that seem to actually get done in Pakistan are CPEC projects which China seems to make-it-happen.

What independent of CPEC projects gas the Pak government put on track to actually getting done?... nothing of major significance. Do where are all the other revenue $$$ going you may ask?? ...

The Pak population needs to hold the gov feet to the fire and say as the Americans do... "Do more, do more, do more!"

:)
 
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I agree with this sentiment.... They are pulling the whoop over the eyes of the mostly ignorant populace. The only projects that seem to actually get done in Pakistan are CPEC projects which China seems to make-it-happen.

What independent of CPEC projects gas the Pak government put on track to actually getting done?... nothing of major significance. Do where are all the other revenue $$$ going you may ask?? ...

The Pak population needs to hold the gov feet to the fire and say as the Americans do... "Do more, do more, do more!"

:)
Just because u dnt know abt it does not mean there are none.
You will find some coal projects completing soon.
 
What Pakistan needs is hundreds if not thousands of " MICRO " Hydel projects in KPK.
 

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