Atlas Corridor
Component

Thar Block 2 (TEL 1 & 2) Coal-Fired Power Plant

power

Cities

Thar desert
Pakistan

Cost

$1b
$1,017,000,000

Phases

operational, 2022

Objective

Description

These are two 330MW mine-mouth coal-fired power plants in Thar Block II, near the villages of Singharo-Bitra in Taluka Islamkot within the district of Tharparkar in Sindh Province. It is a different project from the Engro Thar Block project, owned and managed by different entities, although the scale is very similar.

Capacities

660 MW Electricity

Finance

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$392000000 loan
China Development Bank Development bank
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$130000000 loan
China Minsheng Bank Company

Operators

Thar Energy Limited
Company

Contractors

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China Machinery Engineering Corporation
Company