Bin Qasim Thermal Power Station to run partially coal

KESC signs MoU with Chinese company to convert 2 boilers at Bin Qasim Thermal Power Station from furnace oil to coal.

KARACHI: The Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a Chinese company to convert two of its boilers at the Bin Qasim Thermal Power Station from furnace oil to coal, said KESC Manager Strategic Planning and Business Development Ammar Ali Talaat.

The conversion aims to reduce KESC’s reliance on furnace oil and will result in cost savings for the company and the consumers in the form of tariff reduction, he said while speaking at an energy awareness conference, organised by KESC at NED University here on Saturday.

He pointed out that Pakistan can save approximately $1 billion if power plants are converted to coal from furnace oil.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 6^th, 2011.