Maple Leaf power station

From Global Energy Monitor

Maple Leaf power station is an operating power station of at least 80-megawatts (MW) in Mianwali, Punjab province, Pakistan.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Maple Leaf power station Mianwali, Punjab province, Pakistan 32.904671, 71.610642 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the power station.

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Unit 1, Unit 1: 32.904671, 71.610642

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology CHP Start year Retired year
Unit 1 operating coal - unknown, fossil liquids - petroleum coke 40 subcritical 2017
Unit 1 operating fossil liquids - petroleum coke, coal - unknown 40 subcritical 2017

CHP is an abbreviation for Combined Heat and Power. It is a technology that produces electricity and thermal energy at high efficiencies. Coal units track this information in the Captive Use section when known.

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name Owner
Unit 1 Maple Leaf Power [100.0%]
Unit 1

Project-level captive use details

  • Captive industry use (heat or power): cement & building
  • Captive industry: Power

Project-level coal details

  • Coal source(s): South Africa, Indonesia, Afghanistan, Domestic

Background

Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited (MLCFL) is a company that produces and sells cement. It was incorporated in April 1960 and is a subsidiary of Kohinoor Textiles Limited. In a notification sent to the bourse in 2017, MLCF announced the commencement of operations of a 40 MW coal-fired power plant by Maple Leaf Power Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the former. The notification read that the station will help the company meet its power requirements and add another reliable source of uninterrupted power supply, which would contribute in enormous savings in power costs.[1][2][3][4]

The power purchase agreement between Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited and Maple Leaf Power Limited started in 2017 and is valid for 20 years.[5]

In its 2022 Annual report, Maple Leaf Cement reports that due to rising coal costs on the international markets, it managed to keep fuel costs under control by using Afghan coal and domestic coal despite the problems of inconsistent supply and quality issues, as well as using petroleum coke.[6]

In December 2023, Maple Leaf Power was in the process of building a 25 MW solar power plant at the existing coal-fired facility. The solar plant was expected to be operating by June 2024.[7]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. "Maple Leaf Cement’s 40MW coal-fired power plant starts production," Pakistan Today, October 12, 2017
  2. "Maple Leaf’s New Coal Power Plant Has Started Commercial Production," Pro Pakistani, October 12, 2017
  3. "Maple Leaf to set up 40MW coal-fired plant," The International news, October 20, 2016
  4. "NEPRA, Application for a GENERATION License," Maple Leaf Power Limited, August 5, 2016
  5. "Annual Report 2021," Kohinoor Textile Mills Limited, June 2021
  6. Maple Leaf Cement (2022). "2022 Annual Report" (PDF). https://www.kmlg.com/. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. "Maple Leaf Cement To Install 25 MW Solar Power Plant To Lower Power Cost," AUGAF, December 2, 2023

Additional data

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