The UK renewable project developer Oracle Power has started a transmission and grid interconnection study for its planned 1.3 GW renewable complex in southern Pakistan. The renewable hub is planned to be located in the village of Jhimpir in the Sindh Province, and should comprise 800 MW of solar and 500 MW of wind power capacity, along with a 450 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS). The output of the power-generating assets is planned to be fed to the National Grid, with connection facilitated through the Network of National Transmission & Dispatch Company (NTDC). The power evacuation will be done through the existing 220-kV Jhimpir-II Grid station or any other grid interconnection scheme identified in collaboration with NTDC. In conjunction with its project partner, State Grid Corporation of China’s subsidiary China Electric Power Equipment and Technology (CET), Oracle Power has assigned the transmission and grid interconnection study to local engineering consultancy Power Planners International, with the expenses being covered by State Grid China. The study should complete the project’s feasibility study package and help to lay the groundwork for future confirmation of potential off-take and financing arrangements. Oracle Power is also considering a green hydrogen and ammonia production plant in the Sindh province with a capacity of 400 MW and an estimated production of 55 kt/year of green hydrogen or 275 kt/year of green ammonia.
Pakistan’s new Alternative and Renewable Energy Policy (ARE, 2019) includes a target of at least 20% of alternative and renewable energy (excluding hydroelectricity) in the power capacity in 2025 and 30% in 2030. In 2020, Pakistan announced its intention to reach 27 GW of solar by 2047.
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