Electricity generation: Sindh govt signs MoU with Czech firm

MoU was signed for 50MW of power generation at the wind corridor in Thatta.

KARACHI: Sindh Government has signed a MoU with Wikov Wind A.S, a Czech Republic company, for 50MW of power generation at the wind corridor in Gharo Jhimpir District, Thatta. The MoU was inked by the Sindh Board of Investment Director General Muhammad Ziauddin and Wikov Wind chief Martin Wichterle in the presence of Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah, provincial finance minister Syed Murad Ali Shah and provincial information minister Sharjeel Memon. Wikov Wind is a leading producer of wind turbines used in power generation. Murad Ali Shah said the Sindh government will arrange for funds while Wikov Wind will provide the required material, machinery and technology.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 30^th, 2012.