Chinese organisation offers bid for CASA delivery line contract
Electrical appetite pylons of high-tension electricity appetite lines are seen during sunset. PHOTO: REUTERS
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has perceived a singular bid from Chinese association Tebian Electric Apparatus (TBEA) that is meddlesome in laying a appetite delivery line as partial of a Central Asia-South Asia (Casa) 1,000 electricity supply project, contend officials.
TBEA manufactures appetite transformers and other electrical apparatus as good as develops delivery projects.
The delivery line is estimated to be widespread over 750 km, 16% of that will pass by Tajikistan, 75% by Afghanistan and 9% by Pakistan.
According to officials, a bid was non-stop on May 11 and it was going by a technical analysis process.
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TBEA has also participated in a behest routine instituted for environment adult dual converter stations in Pakistan and Tajikistan for electricity delivery underneath a Casa-1,000 project. It is now being evaluated and after financial bids will be invited.
For this project, a Islamic Development Bank will yield financial assistance. The bank has concluded to extend $35 million initially, though after it will yield a compulsory financing.
An central pronounced a technical bids invited for environment adult a converter stations – that modify approach stream into swapping stream or a retreat – were non-stop on May 15. Five companies done offers to win a agreement including Alstom of France, GE (United States), Siemens (Germany), ABB (Sweden-Switzerland) and TBEA.
“A technical analysis is going on and Pakistan and Tajikistan wish to open financial bids by a center of August,” a central said.
He suggested that Afghanistan had also perceived bids from Indian companies for building a delivery line, though Pakistan objected and asked Kabul to stop a process.
He pronounced Islamabad initial wanted to finish a routine for a endowment of agreement for a dual converter stations before endeavour a delivery line project.
The World Bank has affianced some financing for a converter hire in Pakistan and will also yield some-more supports compulsory for a project.
He forked out that former member appetite of a Planning Commission had underlined a need for laying an subterraneous delivery line, though a member was private after and a elect had privileged a project.
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The plan will now be tabled before a Executive Committee of National Economic Council (Ecnec) for approval.
The regulator – National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) – has authorized a tariff of 9.41 cents per section for electricity import from a Central Asian states – Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan.
This includes 5.15 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh) in appetite charges, 2.91 cents per kWh in delivery charges, 1.25 cents per kWh in movement price for Afghanistan and 0.10 cent per kWh in wheeling charges for Tajikistan.
Pakistan and Tajikistan have also shaped a corner operative elect that was also operative on a second delivery line around northern areas of Pakistan. This will be called second Casa appetite import plan that will accommodate serve appetite needs of Pakistan.
Tajikistan is one of a richest countries in terms of hydroelectric appetite resources. Four per cent of a world’s hydroelectric appetite resources and 53% of a resources in Central Asia go to Tajikistan.
At present, hydroelectric appetite prolongation intensity of a nation stands during 527 billion kWh annually, though usually 4-5% of that is being used. Thus, one of a solutions for a appetite problem is a construction of a hulk Rogun hydroelectric appetite plant.
Published in The Express Tribune, Aug 3rd, 2017.
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