Thar Coal: Engro to install 200MW coal plant in Sindh

[Hyde]

Thar Coal: Engro to install 200MW coal plant in Sindh​

KARACHI: Engro Company has initiated work and intends to install another power plant of 200 megawatt with collaboration of a Chinese team.

Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah disclosed this at the 27th meeting of the Sindh Coal Authority Board was held on Saturday. He said, after a period of about 40 years, the federal government under the authority of president and prime minister decided and transferred control and development of Thar coal to the Sindh government and Thar Coal and Energy Board was established. He said work of mining coal deposits is in progress in eight blocks.

Engro has initiated to install 1,000 megawatts power plant, besides, M/s Al Abbas Group is also working in Badin district, while an agreement will be undertaken with them for the purpose of power generation within a period of 24 months, he added. Sindh CM maintained, “We are going ahead and by mining coal, power plants will be installed, while Sindh possesses resources of 100 years where about 50,000 to 60,000 people will work in a single power plant of a block.” He added there is an investment of about $1.5 billion at present while 3 to 4 more companies are working there. Sindh CM added the coal reserves of Lakhra, Thatta and Badin would also be utilised for power generation. Sindh Secretary for Coal and Energy Department Aijaz Ali Khan informed the scheme of ICB for hydrological study of 22,000 square kilometres of Thar area was approved at a cost of Rs 176.722 million, which has now been tagged with TCAP of World Bank. He said procurement and installation of 25 reverse osmosis (water desalination) plants in districts of Badin, Jamshoro and Dadu at a cost of Rs 39.150 million, was in progress and installation and commissioning will complete by June 2010. The meeting approved the memorandum of understandings signed with various investors for development of coal in Sindh that include, South East of Naukot (District Tharparkar); block-V of Thar coal fields, Thar Block-VI and Golarchi (District Badin), and study for the development of Additional Blocks-VII and VIII at Thar coal field which have been completed.

The meeting reviewed progress of construction of Thar airport near Islamkot, installation of Reverse Osmosis (Desalination) Plant, construction of Thar lodge at Islamkot, construction of road from Islamkot to Thar Airport site, development of Coal blocks VII, VIII, IX and X; establishment of central Rescue Station at Tharparkar, exploration of coal and hydro-geological studies near Khorwah, exploration of coal resources and development of additional block at Sonda-Jherruck coalfield (in Thatta District). app

 

[jagjitnatt]

So finally its happening. I can already see smiles on Pak faces here, huge ones.

Congrats.

 

[Patriot]

Good Good.We need more and more electricity.

 

[Hyde]

So finally its happening. I can already see smiles on Pak faces here, huge ones.

Congrats.

yes 100MW + 1000MW + 200MW are three seperate projects so far. There are many more approved projects and will start construction soon. 100MW is expected to be completed by December this year and as per Samar Mubarakamand this pilot project will lay foundation of Power generation with Coal in Pakistan and will pave the way to install another mega projects of 1000MW+ each from Thar Coal

 

[afzalismail]

time is near when we will come out from black clouds.

 

[Samlee]

time is near when we will come out from black clouds.

We Should use more advanced clean coal technologies because we would be better off.For Example if we use a fluidised bed boiler instead of conventional thermal power plant,we can produce 50% more electricity without causing pollution.clean coal technologies can be imported from United States(were fighting there war we should get Something in Return)

 

[faisaljaffery]

Could any body share further progress on Coal based power projects???