CPEC hydropower project to generate clean energy, boost development in Pakistan

STORY: CPEC hydropower project to generate clean energy, boost development in Pakistan DATELINE: July 18, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:05 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP 1 (English): ALI JASWAL, Xinhua reporter 2. various of the CPEC hydropower project 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ALI ADNAN, Health, safety and environmental engineer at SK 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Urdu): TAUSEEF AHMED, Health, safety and environmental engineer at SK 5. various of workers STORYLINE: STANDUP 1 (English): ALI JASWAL, Xinhua reporter "Behind me is the crushing plant of Suki Kinari (SK) Hydropower Project located on Kunhar River in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. This biggest hydropower project, under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) framework, is a diversion-type hydropower project featuring high heads and a long tunnel." The project is equipped with four turbine generator units with a capacity of 221 megawatts each, together with a total installed capacity of 873.5 megawatts. Invested an

CPEC hydropower project achieves dam capping in Pakistan

STORY: CPEC hydropower project achieves dam capping in Pakistan DATELINE: May 16, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:20 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1 various of the dam capping ceremony of the Suki Kinari Hydropower project STORYLINE: Pakistan's Suki Kinari Hydropower project in the northwestern part of the country achieved the dam capping on Monday, marking its entering of a new construction stage. The successful capping of the concrete dam on the Kunhar River will help advance the construction progress of the power station under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Calling the capping a key milestone of the 884-megawatt hydropower project, Chen Jiangbo, deputy manager of the Suki Kinari Hydropower project of China Gezhouba Group Company Ltd., which invests in and implements the project, attributed the achievement to the joint efforts made by the Chinese and Pakistani constructors despite multiple challenges. The hydropower project started construction in January 2017 with a total inve