STORY: CPEC hydropower project achieves hoisting of last rotor in Pakistan
DATELINE: June 11, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:23
LOCATION: Islamabad
CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the construction site
2. SOUNDBITE (English): ALI ADNAN, Engineer of Suki Kinari hydropower project

STORYLINE:

The Suki Kinari hydropower project in northwest Pakistan achieved the hoisting of a core component on Saturday, as a 413-ton rotor, crucial to turning water into electricity, was smoothly installed on the last of four generating units.
   
The successful hoisting of the last rotor will help advance the construction progress of the power station under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
   
The hydropower project started construction in January 2017.

Once getting functional, the CPEC project will annually generate some 3.21 billion kilowatt-hours of clean electricity, replacing 1.28 million tons of coal and reducing 2.52 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions per year.
   
It will significantly optimize Pakistan's energy structure, boosting the country's economic and social development.

SOUNDBITE (English): ALI ADNAN, Engineer of Suki Kinari hydropower project
"Basically the core and the soul of this project is that the new technology is coming from China. There is something new we are seeking and learning from China."

Launched in 2013, the CPEC is a corridor linking Pakistan's Gwadar Port with Kashgar in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, highlighting energy, transport and industrial cooperation.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Islamabad.
(XHTV)