Faisalabad Sitara Chemical power plant

This article is part of the Coal Issues portal on SourceWatch, a project of Global Energy Monitor and the Center for Media and Democracy. See here for help on adding material to CoalSwarm.

This article is part of the CoalSwarm coverage of Pakistan and coal.

Sub-articles:

Proposed coal plants in Pakistan Existing coal plants in Pakistan China-Pakistan Economic Corridor coal projects

Related articles:

International Chinese coal projects India and coal

Faisalabad Sitara Chemical power plant is a 40-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station in Punjab province, Pakistan.

Location

The satellite photo below shows the location of the project northeast of Faisalabad.

Loading map...

{"type":"SATELLITE","minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"types":["ROADMAP","SATELLITE","HYBRID","TERRAIN"],"mappingservice":"googlemaps3","width":"600px","height":"500px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","visitedicon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"wmsoverlay":false,"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":17,"layers":[],"controls":["pan","zoom","type","scale","streetview","rotate"],"zoomstyle":"DEFAULT","typestyle":"DEFAULT","autoinfowindows":false,"resizable":false,"kmlrezoom":false,"poi":true,"markercluster":false,"clustergridsize":60,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clusteraveragecenter":true,"clusterminsize":2,"imageoverlays":[],"kml":[],"gkml":[],"searchmarkers":"","enablefullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":false,"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":31.5229235,"lon":73.3882226,"icon":""}]}

Background

The 40 MW coal plant at Sitara Chemical Industries was inaugurated by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in September 2016. The project will supply the chemical facility with excess power provided to the grid.

Project Details

• Sponsor: Sitara Chemical
• Parent company:
• Location: Faisalabad, Punjab province, Pakistan
• Coordinates: 31.5229235, 73.3882226 (exact)
• Status: Operating
• Capacity: 40 MW (Units 1 & 2: 55 MW)
• Type: circulating fluidized bed (CFB)
• In service: 2016
• Coal Type:
• Coal Source:
• Source of financing:

Articles and resources

Related SourceWatch articles

• Pakistan and coal