Sachal Wind Farm (Jhimpir, Thatta)

Project Type Wind Turbine

Project Description The Sachal Windfarm Project is a wind farm,
developed on 275 hectare of land, with a total
installed capacity of 49.5 MW.

The project is located in the Jhimpir wind

corridor in the Thatta District, Province of
Sindh.

The project consists a total of 33 1.5-

megawatt wind turbine generators with an
output of 49.5 MW and a predicted power
supply to the grid of 136,500 MWh per
annum.

Sachal Energy, a fully owned subsidiary of

Arif Habib Corporation Limited, signed a
power purchase agreement with National
Electric Power Regulatory Authority in
February 27, 2014.

It has also signed an engineering,

procurement and construction contract and
operation & maintenance contract with
Chinese company Hydro China Corporation
Limited in April 28, 2012.

The construction of the project is expected to

start in April this year and its commercial
operation is expected to begin in 2016. The
project will annually generate 136,500MWh
of clean energy and reduce carbon dioxide
 emissions by approximately 85,000 tons.
Installed Capacity 49.5 MW
Location Jhimpir, District Thatta
Province Sindh
Estimated Cost (US $ Million) 134
Executing Company/Sponsors Sachal Energy Development Pvt. Limited
(SEDPL)
Financing Independent Power Producer (IPP)

The Industrial and Commercial Bank of

China (ICBC) and SEDPL signed a loan
agreement for the Sachal wind farm project in
Beijing on February 15, 2015 (Sinosure
backed financing).

The interest rate of the loan is 6.10 per cent.

Debt to Equity Ratio is 80:20 (Project debt:
USD 107.13 million, project equity: USD
26.78 million).
Coordinating Ministry Ministry of Energy (Power Division)
Supervising Agency Alternative Energy Development Board
(AEDB)
Constructors The windfarm has been constructed and
maintained by Hydrochina. The wind turbine
generators are manufactured by Chinese
manufacturer Goldwind Science and
Technology Co. LTD,
Financial Close achieved on December 18, 2015
Land acquisition
Enviromental NOC issued .
Construction Started April 2015
Project Completed Commercial Operation Date (COD) attained
 11 April, 2017
Tripartite agreement signed on
Project Progress Update  Current Status: Operational
Key Features 