STORY: China-Pakistan power project helps ensure Pakistan's energy security
DATELINE: July 29, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:52
LOCATION: Islamabad
CATEGORY: ECONOMY
 
SHOTLIST:
1. various of Matiari-Lahore high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission project
2. STANDUP 1 (English): ALI JASWAL, Xinhua reporter
3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese) LI SHOUJIN, Team supervisor of operations at Lahore converter station of the project
4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ZUBAIR TUFAIL, Team supervisor of operations at a converter station of the project
 
STORYLINE:
 
STANDUP 1 (English): ALI JASWAL, Xinhua reporter
"Behind me is the converter transformer here at ±660 kilovolt Matiari-Lahore high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission project, the only transmission project under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor framework. This technology (HVDC) is being used for the first time in Pakistan. (It) was invented and developed in China's northwestern Xi'an City." 
 
Xi'an XD Transformer Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of China XD Electric Co., Ltd., produced 28 converter transformers and 47 reactors that are being used in the Matiari-Lahore HVDC transmission project.
 
The eastern part of Pakistan is hot with the temperature exceeding 50 degrees Celsius most of the time in summer. For this reason, the design team of XD Group optimized the structure of the main components and the installation method of bushings.
 
From design and production to installation and application, the Chinese-built converter transformers have played a major role in the country's power grid.
 
SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LI SHOUJIN, Team supervisor of operations at Lahore converter station of the project
"Lots of equipment in this project is made in China, and the proportion of Chinese intellectual property rights is very high. As an important component, the main role of a converter transformer is to carry out energy transmission. Some other important parts like converter valves and smoothing reactors are also manufactured in China."
 
SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ZUBAIR TUFAIL, Team supervisor of operations at a converter station of the project
"We just came out as a fresh engineer, and especially the HVDC, there is no like other projects in Pakistan related to HVDC. So we didn't have any knowledge of HVDC technology. But the Chinese helped us so much especially like they have assigned us one Chinese to every Pakistani engineer."
 
The project has now operated safely for over 1,000 days, with a cumulative transmission of 26.8 billion kWh, guaranteeing the electricity use of 10 million households in Lahore and its surrounding areas and facilitating the socio-economic development in the area.
 
Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Islamabad. 
(XHTV)