contract of electromechanical equipment project of Dasu Hydropower Station in Pakistan was signed

On February 10, the purchase contract of 765 kV GIS and GIL equipment for the complete electromechanical equipment project of Dasu hydropower Station in Pakistan   was officially signed in Changsha.

The Dasu hydropower station is located in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, about 350 kilometers from Islamabad. The project is financed by the owner and the bank loans. The joint venture formed by Zhongnan Institute and GE Electric Hydropower Equipment (China) Co., Ltd. signed the project contract on November 25, 2019 and is responsible for the implementation of the project. The total installed capacity of the project is 4,320 MW, and the underground plant is constructed in two phases. Owned by the Pakistan Water and Hydropower Development Agency (WAPDA), the installed capacity of the first phase of the plant is 2,160 MW (6X360 MW), and the voltage class of the booster station is 765 kV. It is a key hydropower project in Pakistan.

From 2020 to 2022, Zhongnan Institute and Xiamen ABB High Voltage Switch Co., Ltd. conducted several rounds of online and offline face-to-face negotiations on GIS and GIL equipment technology and business aspects of Pakistan Dasu Project. Through two years of unremitting efforts, they reached a full and unanimous understanding and consensus. Finally successfully completed the largest amount of the project procurement contract -- GIS, GIL equipment purchase contract signing.

The signing of this contract is of great significance to the smooth progress of the project, and also brings an opportunity for PowerChina to establish in-depth market cooperation with Hitachi Energy (China) Co., Ltd. and Xiamen ABB High Voltage Switch Co., LTD., which is conducive to expanding the scope and scale of cooperation between the two parties, realizing mutual benefit and win-win situation at a higher level, jointly exploring the third market and promoting high-quality development of each other.