‘Suki Kinari Hydropower Project passes Reliability Run Test successfully’
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
The Private Power and Infrastructure Board (PPIB) announced on Friday that the 884MW Suki Kinari Hydropower Project established under China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) framework with an investment of $1.7 billion has passed its Reliability Run Test (RRT) successfully.
According to the Managing Director PPIB, a one-window facilitator for private investment in the power sector, extended felicitation to the Chinese Sponsors (Energy China), China and Pakistan Governments, Chinese Financial Institutions, Pakistani Organizations, and all other stakeholders who worked hard as strong team to make this project a reality.
He said this achievement represents not only technological prowess but also Pakistan’s commitment to sustainable energy and environmental stewardship. The flow of about 3 billion units per annum of indigenous, clean, green, and renewable power from this project will light up homes, and fuel industries, and drive progress across Pakistan.
“Like many other hydropower projects, Suki Kinari HPP went through numerous ups and downs during its development but under the facilitation role of PPIB and active support of the stakeholder, ultimately today (Friday) this project stands completed after successfully passing its ‘Reliability Run Test’,” he added.
A few days ago, MD PPIB had proposed that the inauguration of the 884 MW Suki Kinari Hydropower Project be postponed till the achievement of the Commercial Operation Date (COD).
The project company through an email dated September 6, 2024, conveyed that the RRT for Suki Kinari Hydropower Project under Section 8.3 of the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) commenced on August 30, 2024.
Earlier, MD PPIB had claimed that the RRT requires a continuous run of 168 hours (7 days) leading to the achievement of Commercial Operation Date, however, on the 7th day of testing, one of the four power generation units experienced a trip and hence stoppage of RRT. Consequently, RRT could not be completed.
The company noted that the RRT test will restart the same day, 6th September 2024, and is expected to conclude by Friday, September 13, 2024, which is completed.
The Company has invited the Prime Minister to inaugurate the project on September 12, but the PPIB Managing Director has proposed that the project’s inauguration ceremony scheduled for September 12, 2024, maybe postponed till the achievement of COD.
Reference Link:- https://www.brecorder.com/news/40322418
Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
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