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Thar coal project set to start running ahead of schedule
ISLAMABAD / KARACHI: Pakistan’s first Thar coal-based power plant has been 90% completed almost five months ahead of schedule.
The 660-megawatt Lignite Coal Power Plant is expected to start functioning and supply power to the national grid by December 2018.
Engro Powergen Thar Limited (EPTL) and Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company (SECMC) are making the largest private investment under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) – the only investment which is 95% made by the Pakistanis.
EPTL connected the power plant with the national grid to receive back-feed power supply for the plant on August 1, 2018. “The next part will be achieved by December 2018, when first electron from Thar coal will be added to the national grid. The COD (commercial operation date) is expected to be achieved by May/June 2019,” said Engro Energy Limited Director Mining and Operation Syed Murtaza Azhar Rizvi
ISLAMABAD / KARACHI: Pakistan’s first Thar coal-based power plant has been 90% completed almost five months ahead of schedule.
The 660-megawatt Lignite Coal Power Plant is expected to start functioning and supply power to the national grid by December 2018.
Engro Powergen Thar Limited (EPTL) and Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company (SECMC) are making the largest private investment under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) – the only investment which is 95% made by the Pakistanis.
EPTL connected the power plant with the national grid to receive back-feed power supply for the plant on August 1, 2018. “The next part will be achieved by December 2018, when first electron from Thar coal will be added to the national grid. The COD (commercial operation date) is expected to be achieved by May/June 2019,” said Engro Energy Limited Director Mining and Operation Syed Murtaza Azhar Rizvi