300MW Gwadar plant’s inauguration in first week of November

[Kabira]

ISLAMABAD - Vice chairman of National Development and Reforms Commission (NDRC) China will inaugurate 300MW coal power plant at Gwadar during first week of November.



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The meeting of Joint Cooperation Committee of CPEC is scheduled during first week of November and the vice chairman of National Development and Reforms Commission (NDRC) China will be arriving to Pakistan one day ahead of the meeting, said Zafar Hassan secretary Planning Development and Reforms.

He said that they will take Vice Chairman NDRC to Gwadar where he will perform the ground breaking of 300 MW coal based power plant. The establishment of power plant is crucial to make Gwadar self sufficient in electricity, as it is currently relying on the 100 MW imported electricity from Iran. Zafar Hassan said that the plan for connecting Gwadar and Makran regions with the national grid is already underway. Work on Southern Grid has already been started which is PSDP funded project with an allocation of Rs 17.5 billion during current fiscal. Regarding pace of work on the Southern Grid, he said that under the release pattern 20 percent each of PSDP being released during first two quarters and 30 percent during last two quarters; however for the speedy implementation of Gwadar Grid 50 percent amount of the allocation has already been released.


Secretary Planning further said that Vice Chairman NDRC will also visit Gwadar Airport, which is the biggest airport of the country, and we hope it will help in further acceleration of work on the airport.
https://nation.com.pk/25-Oct-2019/300mw-gwadar-plant-s-inauguration-in-first-week-of-nov

 

[Kabira]

300MW plant and connecting Gwadar with national grid, game changer for the city.

 

[Mandalorian_CA]

do something about diesel first

 

[GHALIB]

do something about diesel first

water supply for gwader

 

[khansaheeb]

When you have cheap gas in next door Iran, even cheap electricity from Iran, why go for coal?

 

[GHALIB]

When you have cheap gas in next door Iran, even cheap electricity from Iran, why go for coal?

coal means pollution .

 

[khansaheeb]

coal means pollution .

Coal better burnt in someone else's back yard.

 

[GHALIB]

Coal better burnt in someone else's back yard.

this coal will be brought from china ?

 

[khansaheeb]

this coal will be brought from china ?

They will dig it up from somewhere and then cry about global warming.

 

[Talwar e Pakistan]

this coal will be brought from china ?

Pakistan has emerged as one of the leading countries—seventh in the list of top 20 countries of the world after the discovery of huge lignite coal resources in Sindh. The economic coal deposits of Pakistan are restricted to Paleocene and Eocene rock sequences. It is one of the world's largest lignite deposits discovered by GSP in 1990s, spread over more than 9,000 km2. comprise around 175 billion tonnes sufficient to meet the country's fuel requirements for centuries.

 

[Max]

local coal or imported coal?