Quaid-e-Azam Solar Park
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 Location of Quaid-e-Azam Solar Park in Pakistan
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| Country | Pakistan |
| Location | Bahawalpur, Punjab |
| Coordinates | 29°19′8″N 71°49′25″E / 29.31889°N 71.82361°ECoordinates: 29°19′8″N 71°49′25″E / 29.31889°N 71.82361°E |
| Status | Phase I (100 MW) completed Phase II (300 MW) commissioning Phase III (600 MW) planned |
| Construction began | End 2014 |
| Commission date | 2015 (phase I) |
| Construction cost | $150 million (phase I) |
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| Type | Flat-panel PV |
| Collectors | 392,158 (phase I) |
| Site area | 6,500 acres (2,600 ha) |
| Site resource | 1920 kWh/m2/yr |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 400 MW |
| Nameplate capacity | 1000 MW (planned) |
| Average generation | 1530 GW·h (expected) |
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Website qasolar.com |
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The Quaid-e-Azam Solar Park is a photovoltaic power station under construction in Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan, named in honor of Quaid-e-Azam, the founder of Pakistan. Once fully completed by the end of 2016 it will have the capacity to generate 1,000 MW.
The first 100 MW were commissioned in May 2015, and were completed by Tebian Electric Apparatus, a subsidiary of Xinjiang SunOasis. The remaining 900 MW capacity will be installed by Zonergy under the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor. Carbon emissions are expected to be 90,750 tons less than if the 1,000 MW of electricity were generated by conventional fossil fuel sources. Another 300 MW were connected to the grid in June 2016.
The first 100 MW project is owned 100% by the Quaid e Azam Solar Power Pvt. Ltd. The project is purely in IPP mode and the financing is obtained from a local bank the Bank of Punjab. The turnkey contractor for the project is TBEA Xinjiang SunOasis Co. Ltd. The installation of the plant was completed within a record time of 3 months (Nov 2014 to Jan 2015).
The phase I, 100 MW site is 500 acres (200 ha), hosting 392,158 solar modules of 255 Wp each, 100 centralised inverters 1 MW each, 100 transformers 1 MVA each at 33kV. And 2 transformers 100 MVA each at 132 kV in a 100 MVA substation. The electrical output is being connected to a 132kV transmission line that runs through the Solar Park. Currently the transmission line has a capacity of up to 400 MW and the utility company is in the process of upgrading its capacity to 1,000 MW.
The project started generating 100 MW of power in April 2015. The first phase was built for a cost of about $131 million. Once completed, the project will generate more than the current 550 MW installed capacity in the Topaz Solar Farm and the Desert Sunlight Solar Farm in California. The project's expected completion in 2016 would make it the largest photovoltaic power station.
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