In the modern world, cheaper and economical renewable energy is a vital resource for the progress of every nation. It is essential to have sufficient and appropriate energy generation resources to underpin the institutions of a country, which enable them to address the energy-related issues of the people.
Thus, it is a mandatory subject to eliminate the white elephants of the IPPs, which not only pose a serious threat to the environment but also become unbearable & cumbersome for the nation due to their evolving financial issues. Over the past seven decades, almost all governments established by various political parties, including those of some robust dictators, have also been incapable of addressing the increasing energy crisis issue by seeking proper and appropriate energy sources.
It is a commendable gesture that, over the last couple of years, the central and provincial governments have taken numerous solid and effective initiatives to generate sufficient renewable green energy, thereby mitigating the country’s energy shortfall. Among them, at the country level, the most prominent under-construction projects are the Diamir Basha Dam, Dasu Hydel Power Project, Sukhi Kenary, and Mamond Dam. It is hoodoo, for the entire Nation in general and for the GBiens, in particular that despite being gifted to them by the Sabaoth abundance of natural renewable power generating resources in (Gilgit-Baltistan) GB province most probably owing to financial constrains, their governments till to date failed to make these green energy resources lucrative for their populous and they are generally facing acute energy crises in the rest of the area at large.
A report reveals that Gilgit-Baltistan has the potential to produce more than 50,000 MW of renewable electricity from its natural resources, water, wind, and solar. now it decerns a ray of light that at some extent the ossified state of affairs has come to its culmination, it almost near to grin ear to ear the habitants of GB getting a good and encouraging news, at last the GB Government has awaken up from deep slumbering to quest some congruous solutions to the long awaiting demand of the dwellers of this strategically significant region of the world. Nevertheless, it came to the knowledge of this writer that in very near past they signed an accord with N.Pak which is a subsidiary organization of a Tajik registered company, Pamir Energy to erect a 15MW Power project on the run of river Hunza near Passu area District Hunza, including an another power project which is currently under construction at the site of Hanzal district Gilgit which is expected to be completed shortly.
There are several small and medium-sized renewable and non-renewable power units in numerous locations in the region are already producing a total power of 285 MW in the province. While the demand and consumption of the entire GB have reached approximately 863 MW. however the incumbents of the GB power organisation have their first time to take initiatives for the large-scale generation of green energy like solar and hydel power projects across the GB, including integration of currently generating renewable energy in the region into newly built power Grid-station; in accordance of the decision the rich electrical power generating plants like solar and hydel power produced in the various areas of GB, will be connected with the major consumption areas of the region from Grid-station.
Such initiatives enable the organisation to rectify or at least mitigate the constraints and successfully maintain an uninterrupted flow of electricity to large-scale power consumption areas. beside the decision to construct an electric grid station & the planning of building new power units in GB, aiming to integrate the entire renewable generating power, is indeed a very positive step on behalf of the government and the authorities of the electric power company. The Notables, along with a visible number of different segments of society, hailed the decision of the GB government and said that it would certainly be a stepping stone for the future progress of their region.
Besides the construction of renewable power-generating projects, the concerned authorities also revealed that the government prefers to lay down the essential Transmission Line from major renewable power-generating areas to the main consumption areas, while they claim that the work in this respect is already in progress. It is for the general information of readers that the basic function of an electric grid station is to consolidate the entire power generated in various locations, and subsequently, distribute it to the more electricity-consuming areas of the region. It also reduces high-voltage electric power to its utilisation capacity and ensures the supply of electricity to more consumers according to their needs.
The post Discomfiting energy crises of GB will be over shortly appeared first on The Financial Daily.
