PESHAWAR: The Balakot hydropower project would add 300 megawatt to the national grid besides generating about Rs1.3 billion revenue per annum and providing ample employment opportunities.Malik.
Khyber Pakthunkhwa Energy and Power Department has proposed three mega hydropower projects (HPPs) costing Rs177.244 billion for annual development programme of the upcoming budget 2021-22 to address the problem of energy shortfall. These hydropower projects include construction of 96 MW Batakundi costing Rs40 billion, 188MW Naran costing Rs70 billion in Manshera district and
311 hydroelectric power projects completed while 672 more to begin
National
February 27, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Out of 332 hydroelectric power projects, 311 projects have been completed in the Northern Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province.
Whereas, 672 more power projects are to be initiated in the second phase of Prime Minister’s Access to Clean Energy Investment Program (PM ACENIP), Gwadar Pro reported on Friday.
Malik Luqman, Senior Planning Officer, KP Energy Department said earlier that PM ACENIP’s Phase-I would be completed in the current financial year wherein out of 332 mini macro power projects of about 32 MW capacity, 311 such projects completed so far and the rest would be completed by June this year. Work on Phase-II to construct 672 mini macro HHP having capacity 53MW has already been launched and is going to be completed by 2023, from which will benefit almost 1 million people.