The UK-funded 50MW Zephyr Power windfarm established in district Gharo Sindh has started adding electrons to the National grid. The plant will help boost the country’s power supply; energy from the wind generation will provide an additional source of clean, renewable energy to help improve the power supply in the region.
Zephyr Power is backed by CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution wholly owned by the UK Government. Zephyr Power has been developed by local sponsors Zia and Kumayl Khaleeli in close corporation with CDC and includes the Dossa family and Gul Ahmed Group as investors.
On the inauguration ceremony of the power plant British High Commissioner to Pakistan Thomas Drew, CDC’s Pakistan Country Director Habib Yousuf and and many stakeholders were present.
The winds farm has been established in the Sindh wind corridor and its inauguration has been executed right before the upcoming high wind season to maximize power generation.
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