China Power Hub's 660MW coal unit halted by transformer fault

HUBCO told the Pakistan Stock Exchange on October 21 that the two-unit, 660 MW coal plant at Gaddani is affected, and it has not given a restart date.

HUBCO disclosed a serious electrical fault in the main transformer of Unit 1 at China Power Hub Generation Company Limited (CPHGC).

Unit 1 is out of service while the fault is investigated and repaired.

The plant has two coal-fired units with a combined capacity of about 660 MW, in Gaddani, Lasbela District, Balochistan.

CPHGC is a joint venture of HUBCO's subsidiary Hub Power Holdings and China Power International (Pakistan) Investment Limited.

The company has not said how long the outage will last or when Unit 1 will return.

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