ISLAMABAD – Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB) has signed anagreement for the construction of 11 wind power projects which wouldgenerate 550 megawatts electricity.
According to a statement issued on Tuesday, AEDB Chief Executive OfficerRana Abdul Jabbar signed the agreement with concerned companies to build 11windmills in Sindh which would inject electricity up to 550MW to thenational grid.
The contracts have been handed over to the 10 private companies which wouldconstruct the aerogenerators on separate localities in Sindh’s Jhimpirvillage to produce electricity for the energy-starved country.
According to details, the companies would construct 50MW windmills each andone 60MW aerogenerator to produce electricity in the mid of 2021.
The latest agreement would also make a shift towards renewable energygeneration by the federal government that had set a target to produceelectricity through alternative sources of power production up to 20pcinstead of using furnace oil.
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Power Division Minister Omer Ayub Khan had already announced thegovernment’s plan to generate 8,000MW of electricity through renewableenergy by 2025.
The minister said that around 85pc electricity would be produced throughdomestic resources to provide the commodity on affordable rates to theconsumers in the country.
