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

Metro Power Company Limited

 Salient Features

 

 

Project Company

Metro Power Company Limited

Policy

RE Policy 2006

Category

Commissioned

Sub Category

Other

Main Sponsor

INFRACO AISA KEENJHAR WIND PTE LTD

Main Sponsor Shareholder

35%

Other Sponsors

Danish Iqbal, Saad Iqbal, Natasha Iqbal, Javed Iqbal.

Other Sponsors Shareholder

65% 16.3%, 16.3%, 16.2%, 16.3%.

Lenders

Lenders (Foreign): International Finance Corporation (IFC), ECO Trade & Development Bank Lenders (Local): Commercial Facility Financer: Askari Bank, Bank Alfalah, NBP & UBL Project Monitoring Bank: UBL Commercial Facility Arranger: NBP Commercial Facility Agent: NBP Intercreditor Agent: NBP Onshore Security Trustee UBL Offshore Security Trustee: UBL Onshore Account Bank: NBP Offshore Account Bank: NBP

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)

125.236Million

Debt Equity Ratio

75.25

Debt Amount USD

93.927Million

Equity Amount USD

31.309Million

Levelized Tariff

14.5236US c/kWh Reference Exchange Rate 87.75 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 (DH) on joint and several basis

Net Efficiency

32.5% Net Capacity Factor 32.5 %

 Important Events

 

 

Issuance of LOI

13-MAR-2006

Tariff Determination

15-MAY-2012

Date of issuance of LOS

09-AUG-2012

Implementation Agreement

08-SEP-2014 GOP Guarantee 18-Feb-2015

Direct Implementation Agreement

11-NOV-2014

Power Purchase Agreement

26-FEB-2014 EPA

Direct Power Purchase Agreement

15-OCT-2014 Direct EPA

Achievement of Financial Close

20-FEB-2015

COD

16-SEP-2016