Bhikki Power Plant

{{Short description|Pakistani power plant}}

{{Use Pakistani English|date=August 2024}}

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{{Infobox power station

| name = Bhikki Power Plant

| country = Pakistan

| location = Sheikhupura, Punjab

| coordinates = {{coord|31.603|73.904|type:landmark_region:PK|display=inline,title}}

| status = Operational

| construction_began = 2016

| commissioned = 2018

| cost = 919.8 Million US $

| operator = Quaid-e-Azam Thermal Power Limited (QATPL)

| ps_units_manu_model = GE H-class 9HA.01 gas turbines

| ps_electrical_capacity = 1,180 MW

}}

The Bhikki Power Plant is a 1,180 MW RLNG based combined cycle power plant located near Sheikhupura, in the Punjab province of Pakistan.

This is the first RLNG based power plant which is developed by Government of Punjab through its own resources. The plant is owned and operated by Quaid-e-Azam Thermal Power Limited (QATPL), a company wholly-owned by the government of Punjab. It is one of the three major RLNG power plants including Haveli Bahadur Shah and Balloki which were built between 2015 and 2018 to curb the electricity loadshedding in Pakistan. Letter of Intent (LOI) was issued on 13 May, 2015 and the project achieved its commercial operations in just 34 months on May 20, 2018.{{Cite web |title=PPIB Annual Report |url=https://www.ppib.gov.pk/publications/PPIB%20Annual%20Report%202019-20.pdf |access-date=2022-07-26 |website=ppib.gov.pk}}{{Cite web |title=Bhikki Combined-Cycle Power Plant |url=https://www.nsenergybusiness.com/projects/bhikki-combined-cycle-power-plant/ |access-date=2022-07-26 |website=nsenergybusiness.com}}