1,100 MW Karachi nuclear power plant connected to Pakistan’s national grid

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) has connected a 1,100 megawatts nuclear power plant, the Karachi Nuclear Power Plant Unit-2 (K-2), to the national grid, Pakistani media reported on Friday.
In 2013, China committed $6.5 billion to finance the construction of a major nuclear power project in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi, which would have two reactors with a capacity of 1,100 megawatts each.
“K-2 is the first Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in Pakistan with a generation capacity of 1,100 MWs and its addition to the national grid will surely help improve the economy,” Pakistani newspaper The News reported. “It is one of the two similar under-construction NPPs located near Karachi and will be inaugurated for commercial operation by the end of May this year.”
The other nuclear power plant in Karachi, named K-3, is expected to be operational by the end of 2021.
K-2 is expected to “nearly double the generation capacity of nuclear power plants, substantially improving the overall share of nuclear power in the energy mix,” The News added. 
The Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission is running six nuclear power plants in Pakistan currently. Two are located in Karachi while four sites are at Chashma in Mianwali district in Pakistan’s most populous Punjab province.