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Zorlu Energy Group successfully completed the erection of the first wind turbine in Pakistan on Dec 3, 2008 with a capacity of 1,2 MW in Jamphir, Sindh Province.
Zorlu Energy Group’s project is the first wind farm to be built in Pakistan. After the completion of first phase by Jan 2009, the project will provide electricity to 60 thousand households.
The plant will reach a capacity of 50 MW in the second phase with plans to increase the capacity up to 300 MW. Zorlu Energy Group will then be providing electricity comparable to the generation capacity of the Kanupp nuclear plant in Pakistan. Totally green, totally renewable totally indigenous resource.
Zorlu Energy signed an agreement with the Pakistani Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB) in 2006 to establish a wind farm in Pakistan. According to the signed agreement, Zorlu Energy will build a wind farm in this region and generate electricity for a period of 20 years. In this project, as in Zorlu Energy's other investments, Zorlu Industrial is constructing the wind farm while Zorlu O&M will be responsible for their operation and maintenance.
ZORLU ENERGY GROUP
CORPORATE PROFIL
With its foundations laid down with Zorlu Energy Electricity Generation Co. Inc. founded in 1993, ZORLU ENERGY GROUP is currently one of the leading and most powerful companys in energy sector.With its integrated activities extending from generation and sales of electricity, the production, distribution and sales of natural gas and project process to “turnkey” installation and long term maintenance and operation of power plants, Zorlu Energy Group enjoys a unique position in the sector.
Zorlu Energy Group attaches a great deal of importance to studies into fields of renewable energy, such as hydroelectric, wind energy and geothermal energy, as well as thermal power plants and aims to step up its activities in this direction.
The Group continues to grow in compliance with the principle of diversifying products and services under the strategy of commanding a presence in every field of the energy business line, aiming to raise its investments in the generation, transmission, transportation and distribution of energy at both a national and international level going forward |
