Karachi: The World Bank will provide funding to utilise solar power for generating 350 Megawatts of clean electricity for the residents of Karachi.
In this regard, the World Bank, the Sindh government, and Karachi’s privatised power utility, the K-Electric, have entered into a tripartite memorandum of understanding (MoU).
The project to produce clean electricity for consumers in Karachi is a part of the Sindh Solar Energy Project (SSEP).
Under the initiative, two solar parks will be established in suburbs of Karachi each having the area of 600 acres. One of the parks will be established in Maghopir area of District West and the other clean energy facility will be set up in District Malir of Karachi. Each of the park will generate 175 MWs of clean electricity. The project is expected to be completed in two years with a cost of $40 million.
The Sindh Transmission and Dispatch Company, which is a subsidiary of Sindh government’s Energy Department, will lay the transmission line for evacuation of electricity from the solar parks. The K-Electric will be the buyer of the clean electricity and will also establish grid stations for the purpose.
Sindh Energy Minister, Imtiaz Ahmed Shaikh, said the provincial government is committed to utilise renewable and indigenous resources for clean power generation for the people of Sindh.
He said the utilisation of the solar power would go a long way to protect the Karachi’s environment and also bring down the cost of electricity for the...
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