CET power line set to energize Pakistan

China Electric Power Equipment and Technology Co Ltd or CET, a subsidiary of State Grid Corp of China, said it will participate in the largest direct-current high-voltage transmission project along the China Pakistan Economic Corridor.

The 910-km, 660-kilovolt Matiari-Lahore DC transmission line, a project to be built on engineering, procurement and construction or EPC basis, also includes two converter stations. EPC contracts are common in the construction industry.

The transmission line is being constructed as part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor or CPEC. It starts from a converter station at Matiari near Hyderabad city in Sindh province and ends at Nankana Sahab near Lahore city in Punjab province.