Our Mission: Afghan Power For Afghan Progress:
Our mission at Bayat Power is clear and vital: we’re committed to providing Afghanistan with the affordable, reliable and environmentally sustainable electric power we need to build better lives for our families, our communities and our nation.
Afghanistan’s need for new sources of electric power is tremendous. Presently, Afghanistan imports more than eighty-percent of its electricity. This power is purchased by the Afghan Government using precious foreign reserves, which imposes a significant burden on our nation’s economy.
Yet, even with this imported electricity, power shortages are still common throughout our country. The electricity produced by Bayat Power-1—Afghanistan’s first completely new gas power plant in almost forty years— not only helps reduce our country’s dependence on imported electricity, but also creates jobs here in Afghanistan. Our project is simultaneously contributing to better Afghanistan’s economic and energy security.
Bayat Power-1 also helps forge the development of a domestic power generation industry, which will help Afghanistan achieve energy independence.
The vanguard of Afghanistan’s domestic power generation industry, Bayat Power-1 is the first of a new generation of privately funded, Afghan based and Afghan owned power plants. Increased domestic power generation—and the growth of an Afghan owned and led domestic energy industry—will generate more economic growth and additional opportunities for Afghans to succeed.
Building an Afghan led domestic energy industry, producing electricity that promotes our nation’s energy security and economic growth: This is the mission that Bayat Power is proud to undertake—and we’re determined to achieve.
Bayat Power: Our Five Founding Principles:
Every day, every member of the Bayat Power Community is committed to empowering Afghans to build a better future through:
- Providing affordable, reliable electric power to the people of Afghanistan
- Developing of Afghanistan’s energy resources in an environmentally sustainable and responsible manner
- Ethical and lawful conduct of our business affairs
- Building an Afghan led energy industry by investing in the education and professional development of a new generation of Afghan Engineers and Technical Specialists
- Working with our partners at The Bayat Foundation, to provide the residents of Jowzjan—and all Afghans—with the Healthcare, Education and Development assistance enabling to live better lives and build stronger communities