GE Renewable Energy, in a consortium with Powerchina Zhongnan Engineering, was selected by Pakistan's WAPDA to supply turbines and generators for Stage 1 of the 2.2GW Dasu hydropower project on the Indus River, expected to be commissioned in 2026.
Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi inaugurated the first of three new units at the Tarbela hydropower plant on 2018-03-10. Voith supplies the electromechanical equipment, valued at around EUR 200 million, for the fourth expansion for WAPDA, which raises output to 4,888 MW.
Siemens secured a deal from China Machinery Engineering (CMEC), the EPC contractor, to supply two gas turbines, a steam turbine, heat recovery steam generators and auxiliary systems for Punjab Thermal Power's 1.3GW combined-cycle plant in Jhang, valued at around €200 million.
Gasco Engineering executed a design, supply, installation and commissioning contract worth USD 4 million for a 120 MMscfd gas pressure boosting compressor station on the Mari Gas Pipeline at Daharki for client CPGCL.