Hydro China Dawood Wind Farm(Gharo, Thatta)

Project Type Wind

Project Description Dawood wind power project is a prioritized or
early harvest project under CPEC.

It installs 33 wind turbine generators with the

capacity of 1.5MW per unit and total capacity
is 49.5MW on 1,720 acres of land in the
coastal area of Gharo wind corridor in
Bhanbore, District Thatta, Sindh.
Installed Capacity 49.5 MW
Location Bhanbore, Gharo, District Thatta
Province Sindh
Estimated Cost (US $ Million) 112.65
Executing Company/Sponsors Hydrochina Dawood Power Pvt. Limited
(HDPPL)
Financing Independent Power Producer (IPP)

The total investment of Dawood wind power

project is USD 115 million.

This is a direct investment (FDI) project.

The rate of equity to loan is 30%:70%. On 11

March 2015, HydroChina and Industrial and
Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) signed
the loan agreement.
Coordinating Ministry Ministry of Energy (Power Division)
Supervising Agency Alternative Energy Development Board
(AEDB)
Financial Close achieved on March 27, 2015
Land acquisition
Enviromental NOC issued
Ground Breaking
Project Completed
Project Progress Update
Corporate Social Responsibility
.
On 22 April 2015, during President Xi
Jinping’s visit to Pakistan, President Xi
Jinping and Prime Minister Nawaz Shariff
witnessed the ground breaking ceremony of
Dawood wind power project via a video
display.
Commercial Operation Date (COD) attained
4th April, 2017
Current Status: Operational
 Energy Purchase Agreement (EPA)
with National Transmission and
Dispatch Company (NTDC) and the
Site Sub-lease Deed was signed in
September 2014.
 The Implementation Agreement (IA)
with AEDB was signed on 12
November 2014.
 Created more than 200 job
opportunities for locals. Dawood wind
power project has created over 200
direct jobs for the local people during
the construction period. Majority of
jobs have been provided to locals. All
the security guards are locals.
Presently 61 locals are doing security
guard duties at our project site. Local
people are also hired as generator
operators, sweepers, kitchen assistants
etc. for day to day work.
 Re-opened, renovated & made
operational a government primary
school.
 Government primary school Karam
Ali Goth had been closed for the last
ten years, which was re-opened by the
efforts of HDPPL management in July
2016. At present 35 students have
 been enrolled and attending classes
regularly. The school building was
repaired and renovated. After the
renovation of government primary
school, HDPPL has a plan to provide
desks, chairs etc. to the school so the
children can get better education in
proper environment.
References

Dawood 50MW Wind Farm Project (china-embassy.org)