Pakistan can significantly reduce its oil import bill by shifting to renewable energy and meet its rising industrial and domestic energy demands without burning fossil fuels in thermal power plants, the most expensive form of fuel.
With the ground breaking of country’s first 50MW Wind Power Project, a significant milestone in country’s history, Pakistan has taken first step in wind energy to bridge the current energy shortfall, which is adversely affecting the national economy. These views were expressed by Chief Executive and Managing Director of Fauji Fertiliser Company, Lt General (R) Malik Arif Hayat, while addressing the ground breaking ceremony of country’s first 50MW Wind Power Project by FFC Energy Limited, a subsidiary of Fauji Fertiliser Company, at Jhampir, District Thatta on Friday.
The project is nearly 60 per cent complete and will start its trial production in June 2012 which would be provided free of cost till the start of commercial operations in November 2012.
He said Pakistan is currently meeting 70 per cent of its power need by burning fossil fuels, despite the fact that soaring oil prices in the last few years have made it very difficult to economically generate power with current energy mix and consequently sustain economic growth.
Renewable energy sources like wind, solar, hydel and biomass are indigenous, abundant and green by their very nature. Moreover, project development time for wind and solar power projects is significantly lesser than coal or large hydel power projects, he added.
FFC’s investment in the ongoing project of 50 mega watt is $ 135m. However company has committed to put up more wind farms with total capacity of 250 mega watts.
Steps should be taken to reduce the cost of instalations of Wind mills.
Wind power project is a great step taken by government and investors to decrease the shortage of electricity in Pakistan, Now it is responsibility of Wind Power companies that they must prefer the local peoples for jobs. Because Jhimpir is a backward area where is no opportunity for job, It is first time that Job opportunities created by wind power companies.
If government want to save energy, then they sould take a step for pakistan. Because due to the shortage of electricity our economy is badly effected from everywhere. Most of the popular companies has been taking a step for shortage of electricity, they make a wind energy mills and sale out to the government. very shame
We need foreign investment for these projects .but major parts develop in Pakistan to try to cheap the prices , we also need mini wind power for residential projects . We need fastest way for these kind of projects and our media will completely support and advise the people ,we also need to develop in our country and government hep the local investor too . .
fauji fertilizer i think it is a department of Pakistan and it is going to sale electricity to pakistan..hahahahaha what a joke
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