Russian company keen to convert furnace oil power plants to coal

[Edevelop]

Islamabad—A Russian Engineering Company, JSC Technopromexport, has expressed “keen interest” in the conversion of existing furnace oil power plants to the coal fuel plants.

In this connection, a delegation of Technopromexports Company headed by Deputy Director General called on Minister for Water and Power Federal Khawaja Muhammad Asif at Islamabad and gave a detailed presentation on the company profile and its completed projects in Pakistan.

It was stated that the company had already constructed three Thermal Power Stations of 210 megawatts (MW) each in Muzaffargarh which are capable of functioning on liquid and gas fuel.

Khawaja Muhammad Asif, Minister Water and Power, welcomed the Russian Technopromexport company to operate in Pakistan and said that we have to convert our furnace oil power plants to the cost effective coal fuel.

He said to the delegation that a provision of electricity at affordable cost to the common and industrial sector is our government’s top most priority and every possible options will be explored to achieve this.

He directed the official concerned to look into the details of this proposal of the JSC Technopromexport and make necessary arrangements to materialize it.

Russian company keen to convert furnace oil power plants to coal

 

[Samlee]

Only Last Year Pakistan Imported Furnace Oil for Power Generation Worth $14.5 Billion

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This Is Just Going To Increase.Conversion to Thar Coal Will Result In
Import Bill Reduction Which Will Lead To Possibly a Surplus Balance Of Payments Current Account Surplus Resulting In Rising Forex Reserves and The Rupee Gaining It's Strength.People Just Seem To Think Of The Advantage Of Thar Coal In Terms of cheap Un Interrupted Power Supply They Are Not Aware Of The Massive Fiscal Benefits

 

[arushbhai]

It is very important that we stop relying on expensive oil for our economy which fluctuates every day. We need coal to do the job. Hopefully PMLN will execute the plan accordingly and we will see progress soon

 

[bangstick]

Most of the rest of the world is getting off of coal because of the whole pollution thing.