China Power Hub Generation Company (CPHGC) said it has successfully completed a 1,320 MW power plant at Hub region of Balochistan in Pakistan in partnership with global technology giant GE.

The project is a joint venture between China Power International Holding Limited (CPIH) and Pakistan’s Hub Power Company (Hubco).

It is one of the infrastructure ventures supported under the China Pakistan Economic Corridor, a large development megaproject that aims to connect Gwadar Port in southern Pakistan to Xinjiang, China’s northwestern autonomous region, through transportation and energy networks.

The CPHGC Power Plant is now commercially operational.

It will help Pakistan diversify its energy mix, allowing a significant reduction in the cost of electricity generation in Pakistan, providing electricity to 4 million households in Pakistan, said the statement from GE.

The Commercial Operations Date (COD) of the 1,320 MW plant was marked in the presence of Pakistan PM Imran Khan and Yao Jing, Ambassador to Pakistan of the People’s Republic of China, and other officials.

Under an agreement signed in 2016, GE had supplied the project’s engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractors Northwest Electric Power Design Institute Company (NWEPDI) and Tianjin Electric Power Construction Company (TEPC) with two units each of supercritical steam turbines, generators and boilers for the project.

Based in Hub, Balochistan, the Power Plant will help to strengthen Pakistan’s power sector.

CEO Zhao Yonggang said CPHGC was proud to deliver this project with agile execution and completed the work in co-operation with GE on schedule and on budget.

"We are excited that this landmark project will play a significant role in helping Pakistan to deliver on its energy mix ambitions and help to tackle the electricity shortfall that is hindering Pakistan’s progress," he noted.  

Massimo Gallizioli, CEO of GE Steam Power (Mena & Turkey) pointed out that the successful completion of the power plant underlines the strong collaboration among GE and its partners."

"Together we brought the world’s best to power Pakistan - local project management with Chinese engineering expertise and GE power generation technologies that were developed by advanced research and development teams based in Europe and China," he added.-TradeArabia News Service