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Lahore : Over 370 MW were added to national grid on Friday after the second turbine of the 1180 MW Re-Gasified Liquefied Natural Gas (RLNG) fired thermal power plant at Bhikki (Shikehupura) started generation on trial basis. Before this, the test run of the plant’s first turbine had been started successfully on March 11 (Saturday), adding about 400 MW to the national grid.
The trial generation of the plant’s second turbine was started during late Thursday night. “The turbine was operated on full scale and it touched a figure of 400MW. Later, its operation was observed to be stabled at 372MW on early Friday morning and finally it was synchronized with the national grid,” Ahad Khan Cheema, Chief Executive Officer of the Quaid-i-Azam Thermal Power (Private) Limited — a subsidiary of the Punjab government, informed.
He said like the first turbine, the second turbine’s trial operation will be examined on technical grounds through tests and protocols etc, as it would not be run on a regular basis in coming days. And this process will continue for next couple of weeks, he said.
Mr. Cheema said turbine’s trial power generation was in simple cycle mode and it would increase once it started generation in combine cycle mode after installation and trial operation of the third turbine (called steam turbine).
He said the regular operation of the two turbines would initially generate 750MW and it will gradually increase to 780MW or so. And after installation and operation of the third turbine, the combine cycle operation of the total three turbines will be completed, enabling the plant to generate about 1180MW. “In such situation, each turbine will generate over 393MW,” he explained.
He said the Bhikki project was expected to be completed by December, this year as per deadline fixed by the government. “Since we are meeting our timeline in every aspect related to this project, it will really be a record if we succeed in accomplishing this mega project by December, this year,” he said.
