Since we
started work in 2016
At Bayat Power, we harness Afghanistan’s plentiful reserves of natural gas to provide reliable, affordable, and environmentally sustainable electric power to millions of homes and businesses throughout Afghanistan. Bayat Power empowers Afghans to build a brighter future for our nation.
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 will provide affordable, reliable and environmentally sustainable electric power to homes and businesses throughout Afghanistan.
Located in Sherberghan—the epicenter of Afghanistan’s natural gas deposits—Bayat Power-1 uses Siemens SGT A-45 ‘fast power’ turbines in a three-phase configuration.
When all three phases of the SGT A-45 are in operation, Bayat Power-1 can generate more than 200 megawatts of electric power.
Powering Afghanistan’s Progress Through Training, Development and Afghan Ownership:
Bayat Power is leading the resurgence of Afghanistan’s Energy Exploration, Energy Development and Gas-Fired Power Production sectors. We’re proud to invest in the promise and potential of Afghans, through educational and professional development programs that are building up a new generation of Afghan Engineers and Technical Specialists.
This emerging generation of Afghan Energy, Field Service Engineers and Technicians will unlock Afghanistan’s vast energy potential and generate the electric power which is essential to Afghanistan’s economic progress.
Bayat Power and The Bayat Group: Building a Bright Future For Afghanistan:
Bayat Power is a division of The Bayat Group. Founded in 2002 by Dr. Ehsan Bayat, for nearly two decades, The Bayat Group has been a proud and positive partner in Afghanistan’s progress, through its role as Afghanistan’s largest company, employer, investor and provider of charitable giving.
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.
Our Five Founding Principles
Principle #1
Providing affordable, reliable electric power to the people of Afghanistan
Principle #2
Developing of Afghanistan’s energy resources in an environmentally sustainable and responsible manner
Principle #3
Ethical and lawful conduct of our business affairs
Principle #4
Building an Afghan led energy industry by investing in the education and professional development of a new generation of Afghan Engineers and Technical Specialists
Principle #5
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
An Afghan Owned Company Building a Better Future For Afghanistan
Bayat Power’s Executive Team is committed to Bayat Power’s success and Afghanistan’s progress.
For almost two decades, the Executive Leadership of Bayat Power and its parent company, The Bayat Group, have dedicated themselves to building the enabling infrastructure that is essential to creating a modern, thriving Afghan economy. Bayat Power, together with its partner companies of The Bayat Group, are providing Afghans with the products, services, large-scale jobs creation and economic development, enabling Afghans to live better lives.
About Dr. Ehsanollah Bayat
Born in Kabul, Dr. Ehsan Bayat is the CEO of Bayat Power, the Founder and Chairman of The Bayat Group, and the Co-Founder and Chairman of The Bayat Foundation. The Bayat Group is Afghanistan’s largest private company and the Bayat Foundation is Afghanistan’s leading non-profit charitable organization. Dr. Bayat is the largest private U.S. investor in Afghanistan.
In 2002, Dr. Bayat founded Afghan Wireless, Afghanistan’s first wireless communications company. The company operates in all 34 provinces of Afghanistan, providing over 5,000,000 Afghan businesses and consumers with the world-class, high speed communications infrastructure, enabling Afghans to connect with the world. Also Afghan wireless was the first telecom company to bring 4G LTE in Afghanistan and has the most extensive state-of-the-art fiber network in the country, making Afghanistan the Digital Silk Road of the region.
In 2005, Dr. Bayat founded Ariana Radio and Television Network (ATN). ATN is Afghanistan’s largest privately-owned media network, reaching an audience of +35,000,000 Afghans (all 34 provinces) via terrestrial and satellite.
Dr. Bayat is the recipient of numerous honors. He is the recipient of the Leadership Award from The Afghan-American Chamber of Commerce (2018), and he was recognized as 2017’s ‘Best Media and Telecommunications CEO,’ by International Finance Magazine. Dr. Bayat received an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from American University of Afghanistan (2014). He is also a recipient of the Mother Theresa Award For Social Justice (2017). Also The Friends of South Asian American Communities and the Afghan California Business Council awarded him the 2010 Mahatma Gandhi Humanitarian Award for contributions to society on September 20, 2010 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
After decades of conflict, electricity has become a scarce commodity in Afghanistan even though the potential for power generation is huge with sufficient reserves of gas, water and wind. Long-term energy independence will help the country make a massive leap into the 21st century.
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.