Engro Powergen Thar Private Limited (EPTL) was formed in 2014 to set up a 2x330MW power project in Thar Block II, Sindh, Pakistan. The company is a joint venture between Engro Powergen Ltd (EPL), China Machinery Engineering Corporation (CMEC), Habib Bank Ltd (HBL), and Liberty Mills Limited. The project successfully achieved commercial operations date on July 10, 2019.
EPTL’s power project is a pioneering project in generating electricity using indigenous lignite coal from the Tharparkar district. It is the first Company to have demonstrated proof of concept and successfully produced upto 660MW of electricity linking it to the national grid.