Uch Power Plant
{{Infobox power station
| name = Uch Power Plant I & II
| name_official =
| image =
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| coordinates = {{coord|28|34|58|N|68|10|42|E|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| country = Pakistan
| location = Dera Murad Jamali
| status = Uch-I operational since 2000, Uch-II operational since April 2014[https://www.dawn.com/news/1102238/nawaz-launches-uch-ii-power-project Nawaz launches Uch-II power project] Dawn (newspaper)
| construction_began = 1996
| commissioned = 2000
| decommissioned =
| owner = Sapphire Fibres (50%)
Mindbridge (50%)
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| th_fuel_primary = Natural gas
| th_fuel_secondary = Fuel Oil
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| ps_units_manu_model = GE
| ps_cogeneration =
| ps_combined_cycle = Yes
| ps_electrical_capacity= Uch-I 596 MW, Uch-II 404 MW
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Uch Power Plant is a combined cycle power plant, located in Dera Murad Jamali, Nasirabad District, Baluchistan, Pakistan. It has three GE frame 9E gas turbines, three Deltak HRSGs and one GE steam turbine which can generate an output of 560 MW.{{cite web| url=http://www.acspit.com/projects/briefs/power/uch.htm| title=Uch Power Project| publisher=Applied Control Systems}}
The plant is owned by Pakistani textile company, Sapphire Fibres and business process outsourcing company, Mindbridge.{{Cite web|url=https://profit.pakistantoday.com.pk/2024/10/11/ccp-greenlights-sapphire-fibres-and-mindbridges-joint-acquisition-of-uch-power/|title=CCP greenlights Sapphire Fibres and Mindbridge’s joint acquisition of Uch Power |date=October 10, 2024|website=Profit by Pakistan Today}}
Uch-II Power Plant
Uch-II is a 404 MW gas-fired combined cycle power plant in Balochistan Province, Pakistan.{{cite news|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/360321/international-power-acquires-stake-in-uch-power-limited/ |title=International Power acquires stake in Uch Power Limited|date=6 April 2012|newspaper=The Express Tribune|accessdate=24 February 2020}}
Uch II uses the supply of indigenous gas in the Uch gas field. Uch I is also using the gas from UGF. It was built at a cost of $500 million, with IFC investment of up to $100 million.{{cite web|url=https://ifcext.ifc.org/IFCExt/pressroom/IFCPressRoom.nsf/0/73858C552226FE1585257CC5003ACDB5 |title=IFC-Funded Power Plant Starts Operations, Expected to Shrink Pakistan's Energy Shortage |author=Josef A. Skoldeberg |website=International Finance Corporation (World Bank Group) website|date=25 April 2014|accessdate=24 February 2020}}
See also
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