A Russian Engineering Company, JSC Technopromexport, has expressed "keen interest" in the conversion of existing furnace oil power plants to the coal fuel plants. In this connection, a delegation of Technopromexports Company headed by Deputy Director General called on Minister for Water and Power Federal Khawaja Muhammad Asif at Islamabad and gave a detailed presentation on the company profile and its completed projects in Pakistan.
Company had already constructed three Thermal Power Stations of 210 megawatts (MW) each in Muzaffargarh which are capable of functioning on liquid and gas fuel. Khawaja Muhammad Asif, Minister Water and Power, welcomed the Russian Technopromexport company to operate in Pakistan and said that we have to convert our furnace oil power plants to the cost effective coal fuel. He said to the delegation that a provision of electricity at affordable cost to the common and industrial sector is our government's top most priority and every possible options will be explored to achieve this. He directed the official concerned to look into the details of this proposal of the JSC Technopromexport and make necessary arrangements to materialise it.