PESHAWAR
\nSecretary Energy and Power, Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah has said that Pakhtunkhwa Energy Development Organization (PEDO) is a profitable organization and earning more than Rs.32 billion per annum for the province. The profitable institution, he said, will be further rejuvenated with the support of experts and team work.
\nHe expressed these views while presiding over a high-level briefing given to him after assuming charge as Secretary Energy & Power here on Tuesday. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) PEDO Engr. Naeem Khan gave him a detailed briefing and told that currently work is ongoing on 42 energy projects including hydro and solar is underway under the supervision of the organization.
\nHe was further told that PEDO has successfully completed 7 hydropower projects, which generate 161 MW of electricity and earn an income of Rs.4 billion per annum for the province.
\nSimilarly, work on 12 projects, including 300 MW Balakot Mansehra, 157 MW Madyen Swat, 88 MW Gabral Kalam, 84 MW Matiltan Swat, 69 MW Lawi. (Chitral), 40.8MW Koto (Dir), 11.8 MW Karora (Shangla), 10.5 MW Chapri Charkhel (District Kuram) and 6.9 MW Mujahideen HPP Torghar are in progress.
\nOn completion these projects will generate a total of 778 MW of electricity and earn an annual income of more than Rs. 45 billion for the province.
\nThe CEO PEDO said that most of these projects are in the final stages of completion. Likewise, the projects of transferring 4,400 mosques, 8,000 schools, 187 basic health units to solar energy have also been successfully completed, which is saving millions of rupees annually to the province in terms of electricity bills.
\nIn addition, 316 mini micro hydel stations have also been constructed in 12 in far-flung districts lacking access to electricity. These mini-micro hydel stations are generating a total of 29MW electricity. Electricity generated by these projects is being provided to the local community, while in the second phase, 291 mini micro hydel stations would be constructed to generate 47MW cheap electricity.
\nFurthermore, donor agencies, including the World Bank and Asian Development Bank are also working on several energy projects through private investment. In the next 10 years, the goal of generating 1,000 megawatts of cheap electricity has been set.
\nApart from this, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Transmission and Grid Company (KPT&GC) has been established for the first time to improve the electricity system in the province and to enable the delivery of its own electricity.
\nA number of power projects have also been successfully completed in the merged tribal districts of the province, which has improved the power transmission system there to a maximum extent.
\nAt the end of the briefing, the Secretary Energy expressed his satisfaction on the overall performance of PEDO and said that the problems faced with the Federation in some energy projects will be resolved on a top priority basis at high-level forums.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PESHAWAR Secretary Energy and Power, Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah has said that Pakhtunkhwa Energy Development Organization (PEDO) is a profitable organization and earning more than Rs.32 billion per annum for the province. The profitable institution, he said, will be further rejuvenated with the support of experts and team work. He expressed these views while presiding […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":334481,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-334456","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-peshawar"},"yoast_head":"\n