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Power generation from Thar coal to start next year
ISLAMABAD: The country will start generating electricity through Thar coal gasification by next year, official sources said. A project has almost been finalised to produce electricity by utilising Thar coal reserves, which are one of the five largest coal reserves in the world, sources said. The Thar coal reservoirs have the potential to generate 5,000MW electricity for at least 800 years to meet the growing energy demand of the country.
A technical team comprising experts of Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission and National Engineering and Scientific Commission is all set to achieve the national goal as the project has been approved by the concerned quarters. During next eight to ten months the process of making gas from coal would be started, while the electricity generation through coal gasification would hopefully start by the next year. Under the project the coal would not be mined rather plants would be installed on the deposits to produce gas in a most sophisticated manner. Pakistan Mineral Development Corporation said country would become self-sufficient in power sector within two to three years besides it has a potential to generate $1 billion every month. staff report
Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The country will start generating electricity through Thar coal gasification by next year, official sources said. A project has almost been finalised to produce electricity by utilising Thar coal reserves, which are one of the five largest coal reserves in the world, sources said. The Thar coal reservoirs have the potential to generate 5,000MW electricity for at least 800 years to meet the growing energy demand of the country.
A technical team comprising experts of Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission and National Engineering and Scientific Commission is all set to achieve the national goal as the project has been approved by the concerned quarters. During next eight to ten months the process of making gas from coal would be started, while the electricity generation through coal gasification would hopefully start by the next year. Under the project the coal would not be mined rather plants would be installed on the deposits to produce gas in a most sophisticated manner. Pakistan Mineral Development Corporation said country would become self-sufficient in power sector within two to three years besides it has a potential to generate $1 billion every month. staff report
Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan
