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Coal reserves in the Thar can produce hundred thousand megawatts of electricity for next 200 years.
Shamsuddin Shaikh, Chief Executive of Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company (SECMC), said that the company will complete the project started in three phases to generate affordable electricity from coal.
In the first phase of the project, the installation of two power plants, which has 330 megawatt production capacity of coal-generated electricity generation, is underway.
In the second phase of the project, coal mine production will be extended to 7.6 million tonnes per annum and two more power plants will be generated by 330 megawatt power plants.
Similarly, coal production from will be increased to 33 million tonnes in the third phase of the project, which will increase the power generation capacity from the coal to increase the total production of electricity to 3960 megawatt.
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Renault acquired land for their plant in Pakistan
Al Futaim - Renault Pakistan has announced that they have acquired industrial plot for production of Renault vehicles in Pakistan.
This plant will be established in the M3 Industrial City in Faisalabad's special economic zone.
Colin Cordri, senior managing director of Al Futaim Automotive International, said Al Futaim is committed to the Pakistani market and its project.
He said that this project will play an important role in bringing foreign direct investment to Pakistan.
Project design and pre-engineering work continues, while work on the site will be started soon.
The construction on the project will start by the end of 2018.
On completion of the work, about 50,000 cars will be generated per year from the assembly plant.
Al Futaim and Renault hope the production will start in 2020.
Yarn Alvi, chief executive officer of the Al Futaim - Renault Pakistan project, said that 'Renault is famous for the quality and safety of its vehicles & we provide modern European technology to its Pakistani Customers.
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Day & Night working of 102 MW Hydro Power Plant in - Azad ...
Construction of Gulpur Hydro power Plant commenced in September 2014 and the project is expected to be completed in 2019. The total cost of the project is about PKR 34 billion.....Note : these are pictures of Jan-Feb 2018.
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Rahmat Group is Launching Electric Cars in This Year
The world – slowly but steadily – is moving towards a sustainable future and this means that the automobile shift will be towards emission-free cars. The global market for electric cars will reach 35% in the coming two decades.
Anticipating a huge demand in the humble Pakistani market as well, Rahmat Group is bringing electric cars to Pakistan.
The Group has signed as much as 14 technical collaboration agreements and Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with different Chinese companies in the recent months. This includes agreements with:
Electric Power Technology Co,
Jiangzi Technical Vehicles Manufacturing Co Ltd,
Jiangsu Fuan Technologies,
Louyang Xinguang Lithium Science and Technology Co Ltd,
Zhehang Shangi Tianying Vehicle Industries,
Yangzhou Daojue New Energy Development Co Ltd,
Haohong Motors,
Weifang Shandong Electric Power Technology Co Ltd,
Shanghai Shenlong Bus Co Ltd,
Wuxi Shengbao Electric Vehicle Co Ltd, and
Base Ningbo Foreign Trade Co Ltd.
The agreements include the establishment of Electrical Complex at .
The Electrical Complex
According to Shaukat Qureshi – Chief Operating Officer of Rahmat Group – the Group has already acquired 25 acres of land for the complex. The complex will begin with manufacturing electric/battery powered buses. The company will then enter the two-wheeler electric market as well once it progresses.
As per the reports, Rahmat Group will partner with two Chinese manufacturers to turn its plans into a reality. The COO added:
All arrangements have been firmed up with the partners concerning plants, machinery, and equipment. immediate production would be under SKD followed by CKD as per the localisation program of Auto Policy 2016-2021. However for introduction, immediate imports of the desired units would be conducted within the 3-4 months.
The company also plans to develop lithium batteries for buses, cars and two-wheelers.
The group expects to come up with a model within first 4-6 months after its business initiation. The Rahmat Group has signed two agreements with two different Chinese companies. One company will handle the electric car production while the other will assemble electric vans, trucks etc.
The government recently reduced taxes on electric vehicles and Rahmat Group plans to take the lead in making the most of it.
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Tarbela’s 4th generation turbine starts rolling.
The first unit of Tarbela 4th Extension Hydropower Project has started electricity generation with effect from June 8. The unit, which is currently in its reliability period, is presently providing 335 megawatts (MWs) of of electricity to the national grid, which will gradually expand to its maximum capacity of 470MWs.
The second unit has also been put into wet commissioning three days ago. This unit is scheduled to enter its reliability period in the first week of July.
