Multan power station

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Multan power station is a cancelled power station in Multan, Punjab province, Pakistan.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Multan power station Multan, Punjab province, Pakistan 30.197778, 71.469722 (approximate)

The map below shows the approximate location of the power station.

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Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology
Unit 1 cancelled coal: unknown 55 unknown
Unit 2 cancelled coal: unknown 55 unknown

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name Owner Parent
Unit 1 Punjab State Power Corp Ltd [100%] Punjab State Power Corp Ltd [100.0%]
Unit 2 Punjab State Power Corp Ltd [100%] Punjab State Power Corp Ltd [100.0%]

Background

In July 2014, the chief minister of Punjab said the government was planning to build 110 MW coal power plants (2 x 55 MW) near industrial load centers in seven big cities: Sheikhupura, Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Sialkot, Gujrat, Multan, and Lahore.[1]

In September 2015, dozens of protesters from Multan's neighbouring town of Muzaffargarh staged a sit-in outside the Multan Press Club demanding the government abandon the proposed coal plant in Multan. The demonstrators stated that the proposed plant would ruin their agricultural land, and that the plant was not needed because there was already 6,000 MW of electricity capacity in the area. The demonstration was organized by the People’s Action Committee.[2] There had been discussions of converting the Muzaffargarh power station to coal that have also been dropped.

With no known activity on the project since the July 2014 announcement, the Multan power station appears cancelled.

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