470 MW wind electricity added to national grid in Sindh

ISLAMABAD: Four hundred seventy seven Megawatts of the electricity produced through wind mills has been added to the
17 Jun, 2017

ISLAMABAD: Four hundred seventy seven Megawatts of the electricity produced through wind mills has been added to the national grid during current Financial year in Sindh.

According to Radio Pakistan the total capacity of the wind power projects now stands at seven hundred eighty five megawatts of the electricity which will be enhanced to one thousand eighty five megawatts of the electricity during next financial year.

Sources concerned informed radio Pakistan that besides coal and wind power special attention is also being paid to the solar power.

Thirty billion rupees World Bank funded Sindh Renewable Energy development Project is being initiated in next financial year.

Through this project off- grid village electrification, Urban Rooftop PV and solar PV demonstration power plants will be installed.

Copyright APP (Associated Press of Pakistan), 2017

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