150 Megawatt
waste-to-Energy project in Karachi

The Sindh government has signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with the world’s reputed energy companies, says Energy Department communication.
Sindh Minister for Energy Imtiaz Ahmed Shaikh while addressing a ceremony held in Karachi for signing LoI for the 150 Megawatt waste-to-Energy project in Karachi said: It is a milestone in the history of Pakistan.
Advisor to CM Sindh for Law and Administrator KMC Barrister Murtaza Wahab, Dutch ambassador in Pakistan, Consul General of USA in Karachi, Consul General of UAE in Karachi, besides representatives of world’s reputed energy companies and Secretary Local government Sindh Najam Ahmed Shah, Secretary Energy Sindh Mr.Abu Bakar Madni and others were also present.
LoI was signed by Imtiaz Shah Director of Alternate Energy on behalf of the Sindh Energy Department with representatives of five companies such as M/s Khan renewable Pvt Ltd, M/s Babcocks, and Wilcox renewable, M/s China Machinery Engineering Corporation, M/s Green Waste Energy Pvt Ltd and M/s Engro Energy Pvt Ltd.
Imtiaz Ahmed Shaikh said that Sindh Govt has crossed another milestone and this project can produce 150 Megawatts of energy daily from garbage, collected from the metropolis.
He said that this project will not only help to clean the metropolis from garbage but it will also help to fulfill our energy requirements.
He said that this unique waste-to-energy project has been pitched according to the vision of PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and this project will also be expanded to other cities of the province in the future.
‘Sindh Govt will provide land for the project at the landfill site in the city’, he said.
Imtiaz Ahmed Shaikh said that an approximate investment of 600 million US dollars is expected in this project and about 6 to 8 thousand tons of waste will be consumed daily for the production of 150 Megawatt energy through this project.