Energy Infrastructure | MCQs

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On 28 November 1972, President Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto inaugurated the Karachi Nuclear Plant 

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Karachi Nuclear Power Plant (KANUPP) Unit 1. KANUPP is Pakistan’s first nuclear power plant, 

 With a total gross capacity of 137 MW.

K2 & K3 with the help of China 

K2  started on 21 May 2021 and has a 1100 MW capacity.

K3 is expected to start in 2022.

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Peace pipeline is an under-construction 2,775-kilometre pipeline

This delivers natural gas from Iran to Pakistan.

Inaugurated by the president of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, andthe  President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Founded on March 11, 2013

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The North-South gas pipeline, 1122-km in length with a 42-inch diameter, and which would annually transport around 12.4 billion cubic meters (bcm) of LNG from Karachi to Punjab in Pakistan.

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Inaugurated by the president of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari and the President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

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The Bhikki Power Plant is a natural gas-fired power plant located in Bhikki, Sheikhupura District, Punjab, Pakistan.

It is a combined cycle power plant with a generation capacity of 1,180 MW.

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The Nandipur Power Project is situated at Nandipur near Gujranwala 

It is a 425 MW combined cycle thermal power plant
Being constructed by the China Dongfang Electric Corporation,

The project was began in 2008 and completed in March 2015.

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“The North South Gas Pipeline” has been renamed as Pakistan Stream Gas Pipeline due to major shareholding for Pakistan.

Pakistan and Russia talks on 1,122-km high pressure RLNG pipeline from Karachi (Port Qasim) to Kasur (Punjab) ended

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• The Matiari-Lahore transmission project is an 878 km-long, 660 kV HVDC transmission line under CPEC and China's BRI.
• This project aims to enhance Pakistan's electricity transmission capacity and connectivity.