LAHORE: Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday reviewed pace of work on 1320 MW Coal Power Project, Qadirabad, Sahiwal district.
The project consists of two plants of 660 MW each while the total cost of the project is USD 1.8 billion.
The entire investment of the project is being made by Chinese bank through the Chinese Independent Power Producers (IPPs) executing the Sahiwal Coal Power Project. The project is sprawled over 1700 acres.
The project was started six months ago and Huaneng Shandong Group China is to complete 51 percent of the project while the remaining 49 percent work will be completed by Shandong Rayi Science China.
The first 660MW plant will start power generation by December 31, 2017 and the other of 660MW by June 30, 2018.
The project also entails 9.5 kilometres transmission line of 500kv to be connected with nearby 500kva Grid Station at Yousafwala.
The project will consume 4.48 billion tonnes of coal annually to be imported from South Africa and Indonesia.
In Pakistan, the imported coal will be off-loaded at Port Qasim, Karachi from where it will be transported to Sahiwal Coal Power Plant through special train service. For this purpose, 20 locomotives are being purchased from China.
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