STAFF REPORT ISB: With the aim of diversifying its energy mix and reducing emissions, Pakistan is no fast turning to wind energy by encouraging private investments but the governments transmission lines are not keeping pace with energy generation.
There are six wind energy projects in the country – two in Gharo and four in Jhimpir, Sindh, feeding 309 MW into the national grid.
Set up by the Fauji Foundation, a welfare wing of the Pakistan armed forces, the 40 mammoth towers dotting the landscape are spread across 1,656 acres in Gharo, Thatta district in the Indus delta.
Owned by the Foundation Wind Energy these two projects were built at a cost of $125 million each with 66 per cent foreign loans and borrowing 33 per cent from local institutions.