Chinese officials meet Zardari on power project
June 4th, 2011 - 2:00 pm ICT by IANSIslamabad, June 4 (IANS) A team of officials from China’s Three Gorges Dam, the world’s largest hydropower project, has briefed President Asif Ali Zardari on a 120 MW project at Sukkur barrage.
Associated Press of Pakistan reported that a Chinese delegation headed by Wang Shaofeng, senior vice president of Three Gorges Corporation of China, met Zardari Friday.
President’s spokesperson Farhatullah Babar said the meeting was a follow-up to an earlier meeting in which Zardari had advised the government to task the Chinese corporation to build a run-of-the-river hydro project at Sukkur barrage.
Run-of-the-river is a type of hydroelectric generation in which either a smaller storage or none at all is used to supply water to a power station. The plant without water storage depends on seasonal river flows.
China has offered financial and technical assistance to develop hydro and wind power, up-grade the existing transmission system and provide an integrated solution to the problems of power shortages and disruptions in Pakistan.
The Three Gorges Corporation is involved in a number of multi-purpose hydro and wind power projects in the country including Karot, Taunsa, Kohala and Bunji hydro electric projects.
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