HydroChina Dawood Wind Power Project

The HydroChina Dawood Wind Power Project is a wind farm which was developed as part of the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor's Early Harvest energy projects on 1,720 acres of tidal flats is located in Gharo, Sindh – approximately 80 kilometers east of Karachi.

[1] It is being developed by the Chinese firm HydroChina,[2] and is expected to provide electricity to the Pakistani grid by August 2016.

[3] Turbines will be sourced from China Ming Yang Wind Power Group Limited[4] and were jointly developed with the German firm aerodyn.

[6] Electric generation is expected to commence in August 2016,[6] It is expected that energy provided by the farm will be sufficient to provide electricity to some 100,000 households in the local area.

[8] The total power generation from this wind project is 49.5 MW.