Private Power & Infrastructure Board
Ministry of Energy (Power Division)
Government of Pakistan

Gul Ahmed Wind Power Limited

 Salient Features

 

 

Project Company

Gul Ahmed Wind Power Limited

Policy

RE Policy 2006

Category

Commissioned

Sub Category

Other

Main Sponsor

Gul Ahmed Energy Limited

Main Sponsor Shareholder

55.1%

Other Sponsors

Infraco Asia Indus Wind Pte Ltd, International Finance Corporation

Other Sponsors Shareholder

44.9% 35%: 9.9%:

Lenders

Lenders (Foreign): International Finance Corporation (IFC) Societe de Promotion et de Participation pour la Cooperation Economique S.A Lenders (Local): Commercial Facility Financer: Bank Alfalah, NBP & UBL Project Monitoring Bank: NBP Commercial Facility Arranger: UBL Commercial Facility Agent: UBL Intercreditor Agent: UBL LCY Issuing Bank: UBL Onshore and Offshore Security Trustee: NBP Onshore and Offshore Account Bank: UBL

Province

Sindh

Location

Jhimpir District Thattha, Sindh

Gross Capacity

50MW

Net Capacity

47.7MW

Configuration

20 x 2.5 MW (Nordex-N100) WTG

Total Project Price (USD)

141.81Million

Debt Equity Ratio

75:25

Debt Amount USD

106.3575Million

Equity Amount USD

35.4525Million

Levelized Tariff

15.1088US c/kWh Reference Exchange Rate 97.6 PKR/USD

Power Purchaser

National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC)

Term of Project

20Years

EPC Contractor

Descon Engineering Limited & Nordex GmbH Germany

Owner's Engineer

Nordex Pakistan Private Limited (NPPL), Descon Engineering Limited (DEL) on joint and several basis

Annual Availability

32.2% Net Capacity Factor 32.2%

 Important Events

 

 

Issuance of LOI

13-MAY-2006

Tariff Determination

23-APR-2014

Date of issuance of LOS

09-AUG-2012

Implementation Agreement

23-AUG-2015 GOP Guarantee 27-MAR-2015

Direct Implementation Agreement

11-MAR-2015

Power Purchase Agreement

30-DEC-2014

Direct Power Purchase Agreement

19-MAR-2015

Achievement of Financial Close

27-MAR-2015

COD

18-OCT-2016