DHA Cogeneration Project to be launched

Karachi: The DHA water desalination and power generation project, first of its kind in the country is being formally inaugurated on Monday. A DHA statement here on Sunday said the project will provide 94 MW gross power linked to KESC network and 3 MGD of potable water specific for DHA needs.

It said the Desalination Plant has been established by DHA Cogen Limited (DCL), a company set up under a joint venture agreement between DHA and Messrs Sacoden (Pvt) Limited from Singapore, and its associates.

The successful completion of the project manifests a unique example of public-private sector partnership and provides coastal organisations a solution to gain autonomy for their water and power needs. The plant has been built in DHA Phase-VIII astride Arabian Sea on 10 acres of land at an approximate cost of $110-115 million in three years time.

The project is being commissioned with full technological backup of Siemens Pakistan/Siemens AG Germany and Alfa Laval of Sweden. Alfa Laval has provided the desalination units while Siemens Germany has provided the state-of-the-art combined cycle power plant.