Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah said Friday that his government is committed and striving hard to tap renewable resources on the fast track so that the overall basket tariff of the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) may be reduced and made more affordable to the general publicof the country.
“Apart from reduction in tariffs, renewable energy will also contributed to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for creating a clean, reliable and sustainable environment,” he said while presiding over a meeting at the CM House before the signing ceremony of the MOU between the Sindh Transmission and Dispatch Company (STDC) of the Sindh Government and its private partners Gul Ahmed Group at Jhimpir for laying 60 km long transmission line from Jhimpir to Landhi where the Gul Ahmad Group is installing a 100 MW wind power plant.
Minister Energy Nasir Shah briefing the CM said that Gul Ahmed Group approached STDC for the construction of a 132kV Transmission Line from their power plant at the Jhimpir wind corridor to the Gul Ahmed Group located in the Landhi area.
The Minister P and D and Energy said that the Sindh government had already allocated 524 acres and 558 acres of land in the Jhimpir area wind corridor for the purpose. The STDC will be laying a 60 km long Transmission Line from the Jhimpir power plant, Thatta to Landhi Area, Karachi to transmit 100 MW wind power. This project is based on Business to Business (B2B). The project is expected to be completed by the end of 2027.
Both the above projects are environmentally friendly and will promote Green Energy in the province and cheaper sources of electricity, Nasir Shah said and added these projects would boost economy through the creation of Jobs in Sindh.
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, along with provincial ministers Sharjeel Memon, Nasir Shah, Zulfiqar Shah, Dost Rahimoo, and others, witnessed the signing ceremony between Sindh Transmission and Dispatch Company (STDC) and Gul Ahmad Group for the installation of a 100 MW Wind Power Project by Gul Ahmad Co at CM House. Director General STCD Saleem Shaikh and Mr Zain Bashir and Ziad Bashir of Gul Ahmad Group signed the MOU.
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