2. WIND POWER IN PAKISTAN
Pakistan has a tremendous potential of more than 132 GW of wind energy,
according to the United States Agency for International Development and the
National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
In 2019, Pakistan has 1186 MW of operational wind installation that generated
more than 1.7 TWh of electricity. With this much generation, wind contributed by
6% in renewable electricity by the end of 2018.
In 2018, GE Renewable Energy and Hawa Energy (Pvt) Ltd inaugurated a 50-
MW wind park in Pakistan known as the Hawa Power Project, consisting of 29
units of GE’s 1.7-103 wind turbines with a capacity of supplying power to over
20,000 homes.
3. WIND POWER IN PAKISTAN
The massive growth of wind in
period 2015-2018 and
upcoming ambitious projects
shows the commitment of
Pakistan to embrace wind
energy at larger scale in the
forecast period.
4. INSTALLED WIND POWER TURBINE
Jhimpir Wind Power Plant : it has a total capacity of 50 MW. This wind Corridor
has a 50000 megawatt potential with average wind speeds over 7 meter per
second.
Fauji Foundation setup :Two wind projects (50 MW each) at Gharo, Thatta District.
Artistic Energy (Pvt) Ltd : Setup 49.3 MW wind power project in Jhimpir Sindh. The
EPC contractor was Hydro-china. It consists of 29 Wind turbines GE 1.7 MW
each, and having hub height of 92m.
The ACT wind farm : Located in the province of Sindh. It will be run by three local
Pakistani Groups Namely Akhtar, Candyland and Tapal Groups. The deal is for 20
GW82 1.5MW turbine.
5. WIND ENERGY OUTLOOKS
IN PAKISTAN
Acoordig to the UND , Pakistan
has an approximately 346 GW
potential as shown in Figure.
This generation potential was
estimated to be around 0.5 TW
by the end of 2016. The wind
speed in the coastal wind zones
of Sindh Province is
approximate 5-12 m/s.
6. PROPOSED SITES FOR WIND TURBINE INSTALLATION
As regarding Pakistan, according to the surveys, the total area of the country is approx.
796,095 km2, including the water region whereas the land area is about 77,085 km2. The
coastal line area of Pakistan is almost 1100 km. Wind zones are mainly in an area of 250
km in Sindh and Baluchistan, which having 800 km of coastal area.
The wind velocity data of the selected zones was scrutinized and authenticated
uninterruptedly on at least an hourly basis for different heights such as 10 m, 30 m and 50
m.
The detail are in the figure
8. PROPOSED SITES
The sites in Sindh, the selected wind zones, approximately 7.653 GWh units can
be generated annually, which can substantially help to reduce the supply-demand
gap.
The sites in Baluchistan are proposed for generating electrical power in MWh, and
capacity factors are requested in percentages on a monthly and annual basis at 50
m heights only It is concluded from the analysis that, for the selected wind zones,
an electricity generation of 5.456 GWh units is estimated.