Recently, an article originally titled "Thanks to China, Pakistan is now an electricity-rich country" was reported in the "Pakistan Observer".
It pointed out that China has initiated a series of power projects under the framework of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor to help Pakistan meet its domestic demand for civil and industrial electricity.
Some of these projects have been completed and will contribute 5.92 million kilowatts of installed capacity to the Pakistan National Grid. At the same time, construction of some power plants with a total installed capacity of 3.87 million kilowatts is underway.
As the transmission system also needs to be improved and refurbished, China has helped Pakistan build a project with a rated transmission capacity of 4 million kilowatts.
The integration of millions of kilowatts of additional installed power capacity into the national grid has transformed Pakistan from a country with insufficient electricity to a country with surplus electricity, opening up new prospects for Pakistan’s industrial growth.
In particular, with the start of the construction of industrial zones along the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and the growth of foreign direct investment in the power sector, the prospects for the post-epidemic recovery of Pakistan’s economy are optimistic.
It is reported that at the beginning of this month, the unit of the Pakistan Lucky project of Shandong Power Construction Third Company, the largest lignite power station project in Pakistan, was successfully connected to the grid once. The unit parameters are excellent and the systems are operating stably.
Since the commissioning of the unit began, the project execution team has advanced planning, overall arrangements, concerted collaboration, forge ahead, and actively overcome the adverse effects of the new crown epidemic. The trial operation node work has been steadily and orderly progressed in accordance with the established plan and successfully achieved The grid connection target of the unit has laid a solid foundation for the subsequent performance test and COD work.
The Lucky 660 MW coal-fired power plant project has provided more than 4,000 jobs for the local area. The annual power generation is estimated to be 4.5 billion kWh, which can meet the electricity demand of nearly 2 million households, which will help alleviate the power shortage in Pakistan and further consolidate China and Pakistan. "Iron buddies" friendship is of great significance.
