Gwadar's 300MW coal power plant to end energy scarcity by 2023.

ISLAMABAD -- The longstanding vagaries of the port city of Gwadar due to growing energy scarcity would end by October, 2023 after the completion of the 300megawatts coal-fired power plant.

The 300-megawatt (MW) coal-fired Gwadar Power Plant would cater the needs of some 150,000 local people by the end of 2023 under the 2050 Master Plan of Gwadar, said an official source while sharing exclusive updates of the project.

The power plant of an independent power producer was one of the key energy projects under the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), he added.

The project aimed at improving reliability on local power supply that would help gradually solve the problems in current economic development and urban construction in Gwadar region, which was being restricted by the shortage of power.

'We are currently spending millions of dollars per annum to generate electricity from diesel generators. I hope the plant would be...

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