Official sources told APP here Tuesday that these projects were on different stages of development. Out of 12, some six projects would start generation by December 2017 while remaining would be operationalized by 2018.
The projects would start generation in first phase included 15MW Hamza Sugar Mill Limited (Rahim Yar Khan), 41MW Layyah Sugar Mills Ltd, 19MW Alliance Sugar Mills Ltd (Ghotki), 20MW Safina Sugar Mills Chiniot, 45MW Almoiz Industries Ltd Mianwali and 67MW Eatihad Power Generation Rahim Yar Khan.
Similarly, the projects which would start generation in 2nd phase included 22MW Chanar Energy Limited Faisalabad, 36MW RYK Energy Rahim Yar Khan, 32MW Shahtaj Sugar Mills Ltd Mandi Bahauddin, 30MW each Sheikhoo Power Limited Muzafargarh, Indus Energy Ltd Rajanpur and Hamza Sugar Mills Unit-II.
The sources said that four companies had already achieved commercial operation date and were generating 145.1MW electricity.
These projects included 26.35MW each JDW Sugar Mills (Unit- II) and JDW Sugar Mills (Unit-III), 30MW RYK Mills Ltd and 62.4MW Chiniot Power Ltd.
It is pertinent to mention here that the AEDB had announced the framework for power co-generation 2013 (Baggase/Biomass) in February 2013.