Norwegian firm to establish wind turbines plant

NBT AS of Norway, one of the leading Wind Turbine Manufacturers in the world will establish manufacturing facilities of Mega Watt Class Wind Turbines in Pakistan. This was decided in a meeting on Saturday between MD Karachi Shipyard, Vice Admiral Iftekhar Ahmed Rao, and Chairman NBT AS Norway, Arne Myre. The meeting was chaired by Chairman AEDB, AIR Marshal Shahid Hamid (Retd).
NBT AS of Norway reached to an agreement with the Karachi Shipyard to manufacture wind turbines in Pakistan. The Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB) in pursuance of its mandate facilitated the agreement.
As per the agreement, the NBT AS would set up Wind Turbine Manufacturing Facility at Karachi Shipyard to manufacture Mega Watt Class Wind Turbines with a cumulative capacity of at least 1000 MW within five years. AEDB would also facilitate NBT AS in setting up a number of Wind Power Plants in Pakistan with a cumulative capacity of 1000 MW.-PR