Nandipur power plant handed over to US company

[Arsalan mehmud]

Why US company. Why not Chinese?

They are too busy in CPEC works...

 

[wiseone2]

This equipment was rotting at the port for more than 10 years and suddenly they though it was good idea to put it to use and save face temporarily. Obviously machienes were in very poor condition when they were assembled and pakistan had no clue how to fix them. A power plant usually requires 6 months test run at minimum to be declared functional and safe. But pakistan mangement started pumping electricity out from day one at max capacity so old machienery just couldnt take strain and broke like a twig.

GE obviously is looking into the prospect of taking over the plant. Nawaz government being in awakward position will be ready to sell it even half the price.

I do not know what you mean by taking over the plant.

GE is not in the business of owning power plants. They sell power generation equipment and offer maintenance/consulting services associated with it. It is one of their core areas of expertise.

 

[Pandora]

I do not know what you mean by taking over the plant.

GE is not in the business of owning power plants. They sell power generation equipment and offer maintenance/consulting services associated with it. It is one of their core areas of expertise.

By taking over i meant servicing and operations aspect of the plant.

 

[Arron Bert]

Nov 26th 2015,

GUJRANWALA: Operations of Nandipur Power Project on Thursday were given in supervision of United States (US) company.

According to reports, General Electric and its subcontractor Albario Engineering Private Ltd. has taken charge of the project.

At least 144 foreigners have reached the site to manage operations.

At least 425 Mega Watt (MW) electricity would be generated through the plant.

It should be mentioned here that Nandipur project’s Managing Director (MD) was sacked few weeks earlier for slackness and poor performance.

The government had entered in talks with foreign companies following the MD’s removal from the post.

Meanwhile, project director, Shahid Suhail was also removed for work shirking.

The decision was taken even before the inquiry of alleged malpractices and corruption was called.

The decision was taken on advice of the Board of Directors of the Genco-III, Ministry of Water and Power.

The ministry had appointed Shahzada Akbar as the new Project Director.
Nandipur power plant handed over to US company

I think all of the power plants and other related companies should be handed over to US Companies like G.E to manage the power supply in Pakistan.

I'm 100% sure that USA Companies can better manage these resources with ample supply to the citizen of Pakistan:
Power
Clean Water
Good Sewerage System

Even they can play a vital role in the transportation department as well; like in:
PIA
PNSC
PR
NLC