Thar coal
energy & resources. Also Thar coalfield
A large deposit of lignite, a low-grade coal, in the Tharparkar district of Sindh, estimated at roughly 175 billion tonnes. It is mined by the Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company, a public–private venture majority-owned by the Sindh government, and burned in mine-mouth power plants; the first, of 660 MW, joined the grid in 2019 as Pakistan’s first plant running on domestic coal. Several Thar plants were built under CPEC.12
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- Thar coalfield. Wikipedia. Reference
- In the Thar Desert, Pakistan proves its indigenous coal can be a reliable power resource. POWER Magazine. Press
