Bhikki Power Plant starts: Facts and Figures
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LAHORE: LNG based Bhikki power plant in Sheikhupura has started generating electricity on trial basis.
According to Ministry of Water and Power, the plant has an overall capacity of generating 1200 MW of electricity.
The plant will start adding 750MW electricity in the national grid by March next year while it will start fully generating 1200 MW by December next year. The plant will save one hundred billion rupees to the national exchequer.
The Bhikki power plant is part of Government's consolidated strategy to overcome power shortage.
List of Power Projects to be completed by 2018
According to the Ministry there will be huge addition in power generation as Chashma-3, Chashma-4, Tarbela-4 and alternative energy resources power plants including wind and solar will be completed in the near future.
The Ministry said work on power plants and transmission lines are going on rapidly.
