Pakistan's First Coal Power Project Starts Functioning

[Windjammer]

الحمدللہ پاکستان کے لیے تاریخی دن...
پاکستانیوں کو مبارک باد...
کوئلے سے بجلی پیدا کرنے کا خواب پورا ہوا. پاکستان کے پہلے کول پاور پلانٹ نے کامیابی سے اپنا کام شروع کردیا ہے اور نیشنل گرڈ کو بجلی کی فراہمی شروع ہوچکی ہے. ان شاءاللہ وہ دن اب دور نہیں جب پاکستان کے اندھیرے اجالے میں بدل جائیں گے.
الحمدللہ یااللہ تیری کس کس نعمت کے لیے شکر ادا کریں.
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[Imran Khan]

Yeah have seen yesterday great day man

 

[I S I]

What's so great about coal power plant in 21st century? We should be getting away from this shit.. We are doing the opposite.

Yeah i know they produce less emissions than old generation plants but still poison is poison doesn't matter if it served in less quantity.

 

[CriticalThought]

Masha Allah. Alhamdulillah.

 

[Devil Soul]

Thar coal plant begins pumping power into national grid
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Engro expects its power generation and coal mining projects to total $1.6bn in foreign exchange savings a year. ─ Photo courtesy SECMC Twitter

Engro Powergen Thar Limited's (EPTL) lignite coal power plant in Thar has started pumping 330MW of electricity generated by domestic coal into the national grid.

The first of two 330MW units of the 660MW project located in Thar Block II was tested and energised on Monday, a press release issued by the company stated.

EPTL CEO Ahsan Zafar Syed told Reuters by telephone that the company is running the plant on 100 per cent local coal. The second 330MW unit will be connected to the national grid in April, he added.

Together, the mining and power projects managed by Engro are expected to rack up a total of $1.6 billion in foreign exchange savings a year since power will be produced using indigenous coal, the press release stated.




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Power generation from Thar coal started. Look at the jubilation of Pakistani and Chinese engineers.

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Construction on the country's first 660MW power plant, an early harvest China-Pakistan Economic Corridor project, commenced in April 2016. It was to begin generating 660MW of power by December 2018.

The EPTL power plant will utilise 3.8MTPA of coal supplied by Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company (SECMC) as both projects achieve their commercial operations date by June 2019.

Engro claims that once the projects are running, they will rake up an average of $1.6 billion in yearly foreign exchange savings. Post-COD, the plant is expected to transmit 660MW of electricity through a 282-km long 500 kV double circuit quad-bundle transmission line from EPTL plant to Matiari.

 

[Peaceful Civilian]

Great news. Congratulations.

 

[Eagle_Nest]

Hope summers are better this year in terms of load shedding!

 

[Max]

Great, local coal should be used in existing coal plants as well.

@Windjammer Its not first coal based plant, Its first Thar coal plant using local coal.

 

[Enigma SIG]

What's so great about coal power plant in 21st century? We should be getting away from this shit.. We are doing the opposite.

Yeah i know they produce less emissions than old generation plants but still poison is poison doesn't matter if it served in less quantity.

Long term effects of radioactive by-products and the hazards associated with safe operation is an impediment of adoption of nuclear power plants. We should be looking more towards solar power generation. Balochistan and Sindh have huge empty areas which could be used for the purpose.

 

[VCheng]

Engro Powergen Thar Limited's (EPTL) lignite coal power plant in Thar has started pumping 330MW of electricity generated by domestic coal into the national grid.

The first of two 330MW units of the 660MW project located in Thar Block II was tested and energised on Monday, a press release issued by the company stated.

EPTL CEO Ahsan Zafar Syed told Reuters by telephone that the company is running the plant on 100 per cent local coal. The second 330MW unit will be connected to the national grid in April, he added.

@Arsalan This is a great achievement, one that I am happy to recognize as a step forward. If sustained, this will help Pakistan's energy situation and reduce energy imports at the same time. Bravo!

 

[Baby Leone]

whole world is moving from coal while we are moving towards it

 

[VCheng]

whole world is moving from coal while we are moving towards it

But it is a domestic source, free from international price fluctuations and does not cost foreign exchange to use. Those advantages make it possible to overcome its quality issues.

 

[Baby Leone]

But it is a domestic source, free from international price fluctuations and does not cost foreign exchange to use. Those advantages make it possible to overcome its quality issues.

i dont think the issue is cost, the issue is quality of life just ask those countries like China and the reason why they are moving from coal.

 

[Yaseen1]

it will result in high smog and temperature rise in our region so it should be temporary solution until dams are build

 

[VCheng]

i dont think the issue is cost, the issue is quality of life just ask those countries like China and the reason why they are moving from coal.

Lack of energy also causes severe quality of life issues that this plant can help address.