Sindh seeks federal approval for five wind power projects.

HYDERABAD -- Sindh MinisAter for Energy Imtiaz Ahmed Sheikh has urged his federal counterpart Omar Ayub to ensure issuance of notification for five wind power projects, to be installed by independent power producers (IPPs) in the province, to encourage investors and promote clean power industry.

The minister said in a letter to the federal minister on Thursday that tariffs of the five wind power projects in Sindh had not been notified yet in the Gazette of Pakistan.

He said that a delegation of local and foreign investors had contacted Sindh's department of energy for investment in wind power generation but this delay in procedural issues might discourage investment.

He said the wind power projects awaiting tariff included; Norinco International Thatta Power, Iran-Pak Wind Power, Sino Well, Shafi Energy and Moro Power Company.

He pointed out that it was clearly mentioned in Alternative Renewable Energy (ARE) Policy 2019 that share of renewable energy resources in the country's electricity resources should be 20 per cent by 2025 and 30pc by 2030.

He said that under the policy, it was important to encourage renewable energy projects to achieve targets set by the policy as it would generate cheap electricity.

He urged power division of the federal ministry of energy to notify tariffs of the five projects to facilitate power generation from alternative and renewable sources and encourage investment in the sector.

These five IPPs will cumulatively contribute 275MW of clean energy to Pakistan's overall energy mix. 'Alternate Energy Board (AEBD) is likely to meet in the days to come and I think the board should discuss the issue of our projects pending publication of notification in the gazette for our tariff of 3.22 cent,' said owner of an IPP.

The five IPPs are to be established in Jhimpir...