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Pakistan's First DC Power Transmission Project Passing On Advanced Technologies To Locals
Fahad Shabbir (@FahadShabbir) Published January 18, 2023 | 01:50 PM
BEIJING, Jan. 18 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 18th Jan, 2023 ) :At the Matiari Converter Station, the starting point of Pakistan's power transmission artery, the number of trained DC power transmission engineers has nearly doubled.
The 886-km Matiari to Lahore�660kV HVDC Transmission Line project has imparted state-of-the-art knowledge to the local staff to sustain its safe operation and make the strongest power equipment worthwhile, one of the founding employees of the project, Assistant Duty Officer of Control and Protection Department, Mir Arslan Ali told China Economic Net (CEN).
Mir Arslan Ali who is imparting training to junior engineers is pleased to see that the state-of-the-art technology is being passed on to technicians.
From the completion of the project in 2020, the number of trained DC power transmission engineers has nearly doubled, growing from 16 to nearly 30.
On the site of the first HVDC transmission project in Pakistan, the engineers who are bound to become the backbone of Pakistan's power transmission sector are learning different fault situations and various solutions for the most complex conditions.
While China's most advanced power transmission technology offers a new starting point for the development of power transmission in Pakistan, we take up the baton and impart the state-of-the-art knowledge to the local staff to sustain its safe operation and make the strongest power equipment worthwhile", Mir Arslan Ali told CEN in an interview after he received the award for outstanding Pakistani staff in CPEC projects from the Chinese Embassy.
Since being put into operation in September 2021, the project has transmitted approximately 20.6 billion KWH of cumulative electricity, providing consistent, high-quality and clean electricity for nearly 10 million local households.
The transmitted power accounts for about one-sixth of Pakistan's entire grid. It not only helped Pakistan solve the problem of grid load distribution and uneven resources but also provided at least 7,000 employment opportunities during the construction period and carried out about 8,000 training sessions for Pakistani staff.
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