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Pakistan’s Hubco coal power plant signs loan contract with Chinese banks

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CHENGDU: A joint China-Pakistan coal-fired power plant signed a loan contract with banks in southwest China’s Sichuan Province, Xinhua news agency reported.

Hubco Coal Power Plant raised 1.5 billion U.S. dollars from a consortium of banks led by China Development Bank.

Construction of the power plant, costing about 2 billion U.S. dollars, began in March by China Power Hub Generation Company, a joint venture between Pakistan’s Hub Power Holdings Ltd. and China Power International Investment Ltd.

With a total capacity of 1.32 gigawatts, the project comprises two coal-based power plants with capacity of 660 MW each.

The power plant is expected to start operations in August 2019, eventually producing 9 billion kwh, meeting needs of 4 million Pakistani households and create 10,000 jobs in the country.

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