Turkish power ship inaugurated
Federal power minister says no additional charges to be added to electricity bills to pay for rental power ship.
KARACHI:
Federal Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on Sunday announced that no additional charges will added to electricity bills once the Turkish power ship starts contributing to the power grid.
Speaking at the inauguration ceremony the power ship, Kaya Bey, he said that the government was aware of the current power crisis and that the rental power ship will aid in reducing the current shortfall.
He also said that the government was building dams to generate cheap electricity, as electricity produced with furnace oil was expensive.
The Kaya Bey, which is the world’s largest marine power-generating plant, arrived at Karachi Port on November 19, after a 12-day journey from Tuzla port of Turkey. The arrival of the rental plant is the result of an agreement inked between the governments of Pakistan and Turkey three years ago.
It is temporarily anchored at Karachi Port Trust’s berth Nos. 4 and 5 and it is likely to start generating electricity from next month.
The ship will be permanently docked between the Korangi Thermal Power Station and Jamot Jetty on November 24.
The rental power plant has a power-generation capacity of 232 megawatts (MW), 220MW of which will be supplied to different areas of the city through Korangi Thermal Power Station. Pepco and the Karachi Electric Supply Company have completed arrangements needed to set up the network, including the testing of the process and system through which electricity would be supplied.
Once this rental power plant starts functioning, Wapda will cut down 220MW of the 600MW that it used to supply Karachi.
Federal Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on Sunday announced that no additional charges will added to electricity bills once the Turkish power ship starts contributing to the power grid.
Speaking at the inauguration ceremony the power ship, Kaya Bey, he said that the government was aware of the current power crisis and that the rental power ship will aid in reducing the current shortfall.
He also said that the government was building dams to generate cheap electricity, as electricity produced with furnace oil was expensive.
The Kaya Bey, which is the world’s largest marine power-generating plant, arrived at Karachi Port on November 19, after a 12-day journey from Tuzla port of Turkey. The arrival of the rental plant is the result of an agreement inked between the governments of Pakistan and Turkey three years ago.
It is temporarily anchored at Karachi Port Trust’s berth Nos. 4 and 5 and it is likely to start generating electricity from next month.
The ship will be permanently docked between the Korangi Thermal Power Station and Jamot Jetty on November 24.
The rental power plant has a power-generation capacity of 232 megawatts (MW), 220MW of which will be supplied to different areas of the city through Korangi Thermal Power Station. Pepco and the Karachi Electric Supply Company have completed arrangements needed to set up the network, including the testing of the process and system through which electricity would be supplied.
Once this rental power plant starts functioning, Wapda will cut down 220MW of the 600MW that it used to supply Karachi.