Coal Power Project at Port Qasim, EIA Report

In order to contribute toward meeting Karachi’s growing electricity demand, Datang Pakistan Karachi Power Generation – DPKPG (Private) Limited proposes constructing a coal fired power station at 250 acres land available in the Eastern Industrial Zone (EIZ) of Port Qasim Authority – PQA (Figure 1). The project aims at installation of 2 x 350 MW Coal based supercritical thermal power plant to reduce the dependency on expensive high sulphur fuel oil and to introduce cheaper alternative fuel for power generation, increase the efficiency and provide reliable low cost power to the Karachi City.