World's largest power ship arrives in Karachi

Will this end the load-shedding in Karachi? Will it provide uninterrupted power supply to Karachiites throughout the year? And at what cost?Recommend

Great…Recommend

Glad to see some good news for a change! let’s hope the ‘kundas’ are kept OFF this grid.Recommend

Total Power Generation Capacity of Pakistan (including all sources) is 19,855 MW and the electricity demand (as of April 2010) is 14,500 MW and PEPCO is merely generating 10,000 MW.

So it is obvious that shutdowns in most parts of the country are not because of the lack of generation capacity but due to the incompetency and failure of the successive Government.

The Power generation companies are not buying furnace oil from PSO by saying they don’t have money to do that but the subcribers/consumers are paying the electricity bills without default.Recommend

How much it gonna cost?Recommend

Inauguration ceremony for what? Get to work guys!!!Recommend

Welcome.Recommend

if they can get help from turkey than why not from china ?Recommend

“Vessel is docked in the open sea between Korangi———-”
On TV the vessel was shown docked at Karachi port. Small fact but ET should get things right.Recommend

Not a good idea. What about solar, 500-megawatt solar thermal power can accommodate 200,000 – 300,000 homes in KHI. KHI needs marshall plan for today and future. We have taken enough short cuts.Recommend

Another temporary solution to resolve electricity issue.Recommend

Now they will power it up after the stipid VIPs attend a variety program on board! Start the damn plant now and do the party later !Recommend

@Akhtar: “Friendship” has nothing to do with it – it is such a misnomer in our press when talking about relations.

This is pure business.Recommend

we have all natural resources in abundance to fulfill our requirements…but now this…wondering if this will really work and our government will make it happen to work for common people of Pakistan…@ shemrez two countries and one nation…are Pakistanis really showing themselves as one nation?sensitive topic which has now become a joke for everyone around the world…Recommend

pakistan is the best country in pakistan there is many facilites proveded. may our country got precious progress ameanRecommend

pl send the details of that company who installed this power plant to pakistan this is great pleasure on pak peoples thxRecommend

God! In this world the most expensive way of producing the electricity is by means of burning oil. I wonder when will we look forward to harness electricity via Renewable Energy. Pakistan has enough potential to materialize this idea. We have a wonderful sunshine from South to North, wind factor too is good in Pakistan to have wind farms, and the wave energy that we could have from the big big sea we own — the sea that we only use for fishing perhaps. Darn! Fish too is also expensive in Pakistan!Recommend

I wish we could build a ship like this. Unfortunately we cannot even make a pamper by ourself.Recommend

I’m a bit confused about the hapiness of that solution which for me can only be seen as temporary and be used for pick-load as the generation cost is very high.
This way of approaching the electricity problem shows a clear lack knowledge in how to built the a reliable power network for Pakistan.
Long term, midterm and shortterms strategies have to be developed.
Long terms:
1/ optimise the hydro-generation buy building as many dams as possible: Pakistan has to open eyes and look to country like France, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway where they have exhausted areas to built dams. Dams allow you to use water as a free row materiel to generate electricity. Some country has developed a system of 2 reservoirs (dams), one on top of each other, during the pick time you empty the upper reservoir to the bottom by selling it at high price and in the night when you have a surplus of power you pump that water back to upper reservoirs (Canadians are going that with the US :) ).
2/ Nuke: Currently Pakistan is negotiating with the Chineese gouvernement for the supply of 1000MW class NPP. China is currently building a large number of nuke a year with a transfer of technology from Europe. As an exemple France has 58 NPP generating 78% of its power generation…. the largest in operation since the late 90′ is 1550MW, the next generation (EPR) will be 1750MW…..
Mid terms:
1/ Combine cycles with Gas turbines: Pakistan has lot of gaz, so install gaz turbines, one can generate up to 250MW
2/ Coal: again country has to adapt the generation capacity to what they have. Pakistan has coal. This way of producing polutes but CO2 capture features are now available, therefore country like Germany are building Coal Plants
3/ renewables : solar and wind shall be developped.
Short term:
fuel…… expensive for Pakistan and poluting

Hope that one day technocrates will lead Pakistan….Recommend

It is a big shock for me that electricity purchased from Turkish plant will cost 16 cents a unit. It seems a typical RPP scam likely to bring bad nameto Turkey.

I also fail to understand why WAPDA has been made sole buyer of electricity when KESC is actually the buyer.

I also fail to understand diapproval by pepco, an entity which should have been closed down by this time as per the decision of government.

I also fail who and how the payments will be made to Turkish company when KESC/WAPDA do not have funds to pay the fuel suppliers/Recommend

This message is for people of Pakistan to understand the great game going on in rental power scam .The important thing worth mentioning over here is that the Goverment is commited to buy expensive MWs in order to fulfill the power & Supply Gap.There are number of options available like Hydel, Wind, Coal , Duel fuel ,Nuclear or importing from Iran or China but such power plant takes a minimum of 3 years to complete and to get opeartional. A Rental Power station is a intermediate solution to accomodate a period when your hydel power projects are in progress because it takes a 7 to 8 years time to get completed and become operational.The problem lies in negotiation of contarcts with the companies on tariff negotiation since nobody understands what is the reason of buying such an expensive solution from Turkey which will cost approximately arouns Rs.20/unit.This solution will further tormant the condition of WAPDA since they will be buy the electricity at higher rates and sell it in lower price to KESC.I firmly request the Chief justice to take note to such activites.Recommend