2017年CRI China helps build green coal power plant in Pakistan

 

Chinese and Pakistani investors¹ inaugurated the project in Hub, Balochistan province, Pakistan, on March. 21, 2017. [Photo: China Plus]

The groundbreaking ceremony for a China-Pakistan joint² venture, a coal fired power plant, was held in Hub, in the country's southwestern Balochistan province on Tuesday.

The power complex, built at a cost of two billion US dollars, will install two 660 MW power units, and will provide electricity to four million local families after its completion in August 2019.

The power complex is also expected to generate nine billion kilowatt³ hours of electricity to the Pakistani national grid⁴, and provide cheaper energy to Pakistani consumers.

Chain Power Hub Generation Company is a joint venture between the State Power Investment Corporation, China Power International Holding and the Hub Power Company Pakistan.

The Pakistani Federal Minister for planning and development Ahsan Iqbal laid the foundation stone for the plant, which is the first energy project in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and said the project is of great importance to Pakistan.

"Under CPEC, 35 billion dollars were allocated⁵ to the energy sector⁶, because in 2013, Pakistan was facing not acute but acutest energy crisis in the country with power shortages up to 18 to 20 hours per day. Without fixing energy problem, no country can move forward on its development path. CPEC has helped Pakistan fix the biggest problem in its economy for future growth. CPEC has also proven that a friend in need is a friend indeed."

The CEO of the Hub Power Company Khalid Mansoor said with soaring crude oil prices, Pakistan has to lessen⁷ its reliance on oil and seek cheaper fuel sources to generate electricity.

"The inclusion of a coal project for the first time in the country and for the power generation portfolio⁸ will certainly diversify⁹ the fuel links, and to use the cost of electricity, which will bring down the industrial and manufacturing cost and increase the competitiveness of Pakistani export in the global area, which is a major concern these days. The project will comply with international environmental standards for coal fired power plants."

In addressing environmental pollution concerns, the chairman of the China Power International Holding Ltd Wang Binghua promised that 10 percent of the total cost of the project will be used in emission¹⁰ control.

"Super critical technology, which is globally used to improve coal efficiency and a highly efficient technology for desulfurization, will be used in the Hub project. The project will be equipped with an electrostatic precipitator to meet the highest requirements for emission controls in Pakistan. Low-nitrogen combustion¹¹ technology will also be adopted to lower emissions¹² of nitrogen oxides."

According to the Chinese consul¹³ general Wang Yu, a total of 11 energy projects in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor are underway, which will have a generation capacity of more than 7,000 megawatts.

1 investors   

n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
• a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会

2 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

3 kilowatt   

n.千瓦

参考例句：

• They pay thirty fen per kilowatt hour.他们每度电付三角钱。
• The watt is a small unit of power so that we use the kilowatt instead.瓦特是小功率的单位，因此我们用千瓦代之。

4 grid   

n.高压输电线路网；地图坐标方格；格栅

参考例句：

• In this application,the carrier is used to encapsulate the grid.在这种情况下，要用载体把格栅密封起来。
• Modern gauges consist of metal foil in the form of a grid.现代应变仪则由网格形式的金属片组成。

5 allocated   

adj. 分配的 动词allocate的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• The Ford Foundation allocated millions of dollars for cancer research. 福特基金会拨款数百万美元用于癌症研究。
• More funds will now be allocated to charitable organizations. 现在会拨更多的资金给慈善组织。

6 sector   

n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形

参考例句：

• The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
• The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。

7 lessen   

vt.减少，减轻；缩小

参考例句：

• Regular exercise can help to lessen the pain.经常运动有助于减轻痛感。
• They've made great effort to lessen the noise of planes.他们尽力减小飞机的噪音。

8 portfolio   

n.公事包；文件夹；大臣及部长职位

参考例句：

• He remembered her because she was carrying a large portfolio.他因为她带着一个大公文包而记住了她。
• He resigned his portfolio.他辞去了大臣职务。

9 diversify   

v.（使）不同，（使）变得多样化

参考例句：

• Our company is trying to diversify.我们公司正力图往多样化方面发展。
• Hills and woods diversify the landscape.山陵和树木点缀景色。

10 emission   

n.发出物，散发物；发出，散发

参考例句：

• Rigorous measures will be taken to reduce the total pollutant emission.采取严格有力措施，降低污染物排放总量。
• Finally,the way to effectively control particulate emission is pointed out.最后，指出有效降低颗粒排放的方向。

11 combustion   

n.燃烧；氧化；骚动

参考例句：

• We might be tempted to think of combustion.我们也许会联想到氧化。
• The smoke formed by their combustion is negligible.由它燃烧所生成的烟是可忽略的。

12 emissions   

排放物( emission的名词复数 )； 散发物（尤指气体）

参考例句：

• Most scientists accept that climate change is linked to carbon emissions. 大多数科学家都相信气候变化与排放的含碳气体有关。
• Dangerous emissions radiate from plutonium. 危险的辐射物从钚放散出来。

13 consul   

n.领事；执政官

参考例句：

• A consul's duty is to help his own nationals.领事的职责是帮助自己的同胞。
• He'll hold the post of consul general for the United States at Shanghai.他将就任美国驻上海总领事(的职务)。