INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Senior officials from Afghanistan&s power utility company Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) met Wednesday with directors of Bayat Power
to discuss enhanced cooperation in generating electricity for the country. According to a statement issued by DABS, their CEO Abdul Bari
Omar met with Ali Kasemi, Bayat Power&s CEO, in Kabul
Omar expressed gratitude for the company&s contributions as a national investor.Bayat Power is Afghanistan&s largest private Electric Power
Production and Development Company. The company owns and operates Bayat Power-1, the first in a new generation of Gas to Electricity power
generation plants that provide affordable, reliable and environmentally sustainable electric power to homes and businesses in
Afghanistan. During the meeting, Omar highlighted the growing interest from investors in power generation while Kasemi &affirmed his
commitment to cooperate with DABS and indicated his intention to expand production capacity.&DABS said this move was welcomed by Omar, who
said in turn that Bayat Power&s services had a positive impact on the Afghan people. Omar also outlined various opportunities within
Afghanistan&s power generation sector and encouraged Bayat Power to pursue further investments as a national investor.&The meeting
underscored a shared commitment to enhancing electricity services and growth in energy sector,& DABS said in its statement.Phase 2 of Bayat
Power-1 on the cardsIn August, Bayat Power officials said they are hoping to start work soon on Phase 2 of Bayat Power-1 in northern Jawzjan
province in order to increase electricity production output for Afghanistan.Company officials said at the time they were in discussions
with relevant government departments to start the project.Mohammad Shoaib Sahibzada, the technical head of Bayat Power, said that once Phase
2 is complete, electricity production will increase from 40 to 100 megawatts.Sahibzada said Bayat Power&s natural gas to electricity
generation project will eventually produce up to 250 megawatts of electricity once Phase 3 is complete.&Currently, it has a production of 40
megawatts, and in the second phase, it will produce 100 megawatts
Bayat Power is in contact with the relevant officials regarding the start of the second phase, the discussions are ongoing,& said
Sahibzada.Bayat Power has produced over one billion kilowatt hours of electricity in just under five years after starting commercial
operations in late 2019.Sahibzada said that over the past five years, the company has also worked on capacity building of its technical
employees.Leading the wayAfter 40 years, Bayat Power is the first private company to produce electricity from natural gas in the country and
the multi-million dollar plant uses Siemens Energy&s SGT-A45 mobile gas turbine for its economic efficiency, flexible deployment, and power
density.Currently providing electricity to hundreds of thousands of end-users and generating more than 300 million kWh annually, the project
was structured as an innovative public-private partnership between Bayat Power, Siemens Energy, and Afghanistan government entities such as
the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum, the Ministry of Energy and Water, and the General Directorate of Afghan Gas Corporation Company, Da
Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS), and international partners.The Bayat Group is the largest private investor in Afghanistan and Bayat
Power is currently the only gas-powered plant in the country
The Siemens Energy&s SGT-A45 mobile gas turbine used by the company is the only one in operation in the world. The post Bayat Power&s CEO
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