Hub Power Company
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Hub Power Company Limited (HUBCO) is located at Hub, Lasbela District
, Balochistan
, Pakistan
. The Hub Power Company is a large, private-sector power company and its 1,200 MW plant is located 60 km from Karachi in Hub. The electricity at HUBCO is generated by four 323 megawatt oil-fired units that are supplied by a 78km long pipeline from Pakistan State Oil
(HUBCO, 1999b).
In simple terms, electricity is produced when steam drives the steam turbine generator. The oil is burned in 4 large boilers to produce this steam. HUBCO received a loan agreement of US $ 425 million from the Government of Pakistan via the National Development Finance Corporation
in 1994. It is considered one the most successful private-public partnership projects in Pakistan
In 1996, a multi-effect distillation plant, manufactured by Sasakura-Japan, was commissioned, with a capacity of 3,600 cubic meters of water per day.
Lasbela District
Lasbela is a coastal district of Balochistan province of Pakistan. It became a separate district in Kalat Division on 30 June 1954. The name is derived from the words Las which in Sanskrit signifies a settlement or lived in or lively and Bela which means "A Sea's Shore" in Sanskrit and is also the...
, Balochistan
Balochistan (Pakistan)
Balochistan is one of the four provinces or federating units of Pakistan. With an area of 134,051 mi2 or , it is the largest province of Pakistan, constituting approximately 44% of the total land mass of Pakistan. According to the 1998 population census, Balochistan had a population of...
, Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
. The Hub Power Company is a large, private-sector power company and its 1,200 MW plant is located 60 km from Karachi in Hub. The electricity at HUBCO is generated by four 323 megawatt oil-fired units that are supplied by a 78km long pipeline from Pakistan State Oil
Pakistan State Oil
Pakistan State Oil is the oil market leader in Pakistan. Its well established infrastructure, built at par with international standards, represents 82% of country’s storage...
(HUBCO, 1999b).
In simple terms, electricity is produced when steam drives the steam turbine generator. The oil is burned in 4 large boilers to produce this steam. HUBCO received a loan agreement of US $ 425 million from the Government of Pakistan via the National Development Finance Corporation
National Development Finance Corporation
National Development Finance Corporation is based Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan was founded by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. National Development Finance Corporation is the largest development finance institution of Pakistan performing diversified activities in the field of industrial financing and investment...
in 1994. It is considered one the most successful private-public partnership projects in Pakistan
In 1996, a multi-effect distillation plant, manufactured by Sasakura-Japan, was commissioned, with a capacity of 3,600 cubic meters of water per day.